One of the key targets of sustainable development goal 3.8 is UHC which requires that all persons irrespective of their social economic background should have access to quality health services when required without incurring financial hardship. To attain this goal,...
Understanding the characteristics of individuals or households that are most at risk of incurring catastrophic health expenditures could help in targeted policies to ensure financial risk protection among the most vulnerable. Researchers in Sudan investigated the...
Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is a kind of health insurance targeted at low-income groups and it has the potential to provide financial risk protection against exorbitant medical expenses among them. In Rwanda, CBHI is being implemented across the country...
Due to limited resources, most low income countries have developed a BHCP which defines a set of minimum healthcare interventions provided to people at an affordable cost. A BHCP is an important factor in the implementation of universal health coverage as it has the...
Research conducted by the National Planning Commission (NPC) with the assistance from the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and the Copenhagen consensus centre has revealed that significantly increasing financial investment in the health sector could...
In Honduras there is a health system integrated by the public and private sectors. The public sector is composed of the Ministry of Health (financed with resources from the national budget), which provides services to 60% of the population, and the Honduran...
Perinatal depression could occur during and after pregnancy leading to long-term effects on mental and physical well-being of mothers. Mental health and child wellbeing has been prioritized in New Zealand. As a results, expansion of maternal mental health services...
From December 8 to 15, 2021, a study tour will take place to set up the instruments for implementing the WAEMU Regulation on the regulation of social mutual societies (Administrative Body of Social Mutual Societies and National Guarantee Fund for Social Mutual...
On 31/12/2020, the Chadian National Assembly unanimously adopted the law creating the National Health Insurance Fund. This law was promulgated on the same day by the Head of State, the Marshal of Chad, Idriss Déby ITNO. Passage and promulgation of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affects Malaysia’s economy and household income, especially lower income families. To minimize the impact of economic recession and alleviate the poverty from the pandemic, Malaysia approved budget for 2022 with priorities to support...
From the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (Ramu) to the Assurance pour le renforcement du capital humain (Arch) project currently being rolled out, access to health care and services for the most disadvantaged remains a major concern in Benin. In public hospitals,...
Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in the Republic of Moldova (2020) A report by WHO with the above title has been published under authorship of By Iuliana Garam, Mariana Zadnipru, Valeriu Doronin, Andrei Matei, Ilaria...
Join ThinkWell, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and P4H for a special webinar, "Strengthening Kenya’s Free Maternity Policy: Lessons for Universal Health Coverage Reforms" on Tuesday, November 9 at 4:00 PM EAT (8:00 AM EDT/2:00 PM CET) to hear experts discuss new study findings...
New Zealand government raised a budget of $38 million to support Māori Health providers, aiming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and boost the vaccination rates of the Māori population. Out of the total budget, $17 million will be funded to support the providers...
