In this article, researchers analyze the impact of the 2023 Sudanese conflict on the country’s fragile health financing system through interviews with key policymakers. Findings reveal that while the conflict has exacerbated resource allocation challenges,...
The impact of community-based health insurance on out-of-pocket healthcare spending
The paper examines how Rwanda’s community-based health insurance (CBHI) program influences household healthcare expenditures. Using survey data, the study finds that CBHI significantly reduces out-of-pocket healthcare costs, with an 83% decrease in per capita...
National Health Insurance to expand benefit package for pregnancy and childbirth
National Health Insurance has unveiled a plan to expand its benefit package to support healthy pregnancies and childbirth, starting from November 2024. This includes coverage for continuous glucose monitors for diabetic patients during pregnancy, reduce out-of-pocket...
Can people afford to pay for health care? WHO report on financial protection in Kyrgyzstan
This WHO report is part of series of country-based reviews that monitor financial protection in European health systems by assessing the impact of out-of-pocket payments on household living standards. Financial protection is central to universalhealth coverage and a...
WHO and European Observatory team up to strengthen rehabilitation financing in Ukraine
WHO Ukraine, alongside the European Observatory, launches a study to explore sustainable financing models for rehabilitation services, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s healthcare system amidst growing demand for rehabilitation care.In a new collaborative effort, WHO...
Utilisation and barriers of social health protection
This paper analyses the extent of utilisation and identify the barriers faced by individuals in the Federally Administrative Area of Pakistan concerning the Social Health Protection Programme. The study findings indicated that approximately 12% of the participants...
Bandim Health Project report
Technical appendix to the policy brief ‘Mortality of women and children, coverage of essential maternal and child health services and out-of-pocket payments in rural Guinea-Bissau during PIMI III’: Report delivered to the Delegation of the European Union...
National STI/HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan 2020-2024
The National Strategic Plan aims to accelerate and amplify the national response to the dynamics of the epidemic through a set of strategies and interventions. These actions should contribute to breaking the STI/HIV transmission chain and ensuring universal access to...
National Health Development Plan 2024-2028
Based on the orientations of the PNS 2024-2034 (vision, values, guiding principles and reforms), and developed through an inclusive participatory process involving all stakeholders in national health action, the PNDS 2024-2028 is the first step in this renewed...
Making social protection a reality for people with TB: a perspective on new global guidance
The article "Making Social Protection a Reality for People with TB: A Perspective on New Global Guidance," published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, examines the critical role of social protection in addressing the social and economic...
National Social Protection Strategy-2012
The document consists of four parts and several appendices. The first part introduces the definitions, dimensions and conceptual framework of social protection(chapter 1), outlines the main elements of the national context in relation to the issue at hand(chapter 2)...
PNDS 2022-2030 Volume II: Integrated monitoring and evaluation plan
The PNDS 2022-2030 Performance Framework is built around four (04) programs: Program 1: Accelerating the reduction of maternal, neonatal and infant/child mortality Program 2: Strengthening disease control Program 3: Health security and public health emergency...
PNDS 2022-2030 Volume 1: Situational analysis and PNDS
The 2022-2030 national health development plan will be deployed in an economic context of major constraints linked to the country's state of underdevelopment, but also of promising opportunities and prospects for economic growth and a better distribution of national...
Out of pocket care costs among HIV and hypertension co-morbid patients in Uganda
This study investigates the financial burden of out-of-pocket costs for patients with both HIV and hypertension (HTN) in urban and peri-urban Uganda. Through a survey of 94 patients from 10 clinics in Wakiso and Kampala districts, researchers assessed the direct,...
More Singaporeans will get higher healthcare subsidies
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced an increase in public healthcare subsidies across range of services for Singaporean residents, beginning from October 1. This increase will benefit approximately 1.1 million residents.As reported by Daphne Yow in CNA, the MOH...