This paper is the product of a comprehensive review of both published and unpublished literature, and an extensive process of peer review and consultation. We extend our appreciation to the many comments we received on earlier versions of the paper at a number of...
In the budget presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe at the parliament earlier in March this year, the health sector was allocated the third-highest sectoral allocation behind education and agriculture, which amounts to about US$349...
The executive director of the IHSS, Adriana Zúñiga, proposes to the health commission of the National Congress that the institute joins the efforts for the creation of the new Social Security Law, allowing the expansion of coverage based on updated actuarial studies....
This strategy describes the implementation process of the free healthcare initiative as announced by the Sierra Leone President at the 2009 United Nations General assembly. The full document can be accessed using the link below
Join us for the launch of the ILO Report, ‘Accessing Health Benefits Under the ESI Scheme: A Demand-side Perspective’, and a panel discussion on the views of the direct stakeholders of the ESI Scheme, on the incentives and obstacles that presently...
The sixth edition of the World Bank Somalia economic update series made several policy recommendations that would set the country up for economic recovery. These include; Investing in health and social safety nets would help improve health outcomes and human capital...
Over 326,000 vulnerable households in Nairobi have been registered for the National Hospital Insurance Insurance Fund (NHIF) by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). The NHIF is part of the government’s universal health care policy to ensure that vulnerable...
The Ministry of Health has decided to set up a committee to reflect on and monitor the implementation of the CSU pilot phase. This committee's mission is to propose the documents required to operationalize the CSU's operational phase at the end of 2021. Working group...
Health financing is an important function of the health system and plays a key role in enabling progress towards Universal Health Coverage by improving effective service coverage and ensuring adequate financial protection from impoverishment arising from health...
In 2019, the South African government committed to establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected from catastrophic expenditures from medical expenses to attain universal health coverage. This NHI Act,...
The study synthesises the empirical research studies and discusses the health need of the elderly population, healthcare utilization and healthcare expenditure. Despite an increasing feminization of India's older population, women's health in later life and the health...
Health financing equity analysis rarely goes below the state level in India. This paper assesses the equity and effectiveness of public spending on health in the state of Odisha. It identifies the weak link between district spending and district need, proxied by...
The paper quantifies the economic burden of illness due to wage loss and medical care spending, as well as differences in them across the socio-economic distribution. The study used data from Village Dynamics in South Asia (VDSA) survey and the Indian Human...
The study data from the health and consumption surveys of National Sample Surveys over 14 years to overcome these limitations and estimated the incidence and intensity of CHE and impoverishment using the capacity-to-pay (CTP) approach. The incidence of CHE for...
This study identifies the factors contributing to unmet healthcare need and investigates the intersectionality of class with caste and gender in determining unmet need. The analysis informs that class inequality is fundamental to having unmet needs with the limited...
