{"id":987738712,"date":"2024-02-10T05:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&#038;p=987738712"},"modified":"2025-01-06T05:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T04:14:43","slug":"who-supports-tajikistans-reforms-in-primary-health-care-to-reach-universal-health-coverage","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/who-supports-tajikistans-reforms-in-primary-health-care-to-reach-universal-health-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO supports Tajikistan&#8217;s reforms in Primary Health Care to reach Universal Health Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; SUMMARY &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||20px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO summarized Tajikistan&#8217;s efforts in transforming its health system to accelerate progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Significant reforms supported Primary Health Care (PHC) approach with a strong family medicine focus, thus strengthening the health system on the way to &#8216;health for all&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT OF THE NEWS &#8211; BLOCK 1 &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1em||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/feature-stories\/detail\/tajikistan-is-reforming-primary-health-care-to-reach-universal-health-coverage\">reported by WHO:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tajikistan&#8217;s transition from a highly centralized healthcare system to PHC began with legal reforms to establish new financing mechanisms to increase health spending and improve financial protection for the population. The Tajikistan government has, as a result, progressively increased funding for primary care services, resulting in higher government health spending and an overall increase in public health spending as a percentage of GDP.<sup>1<\/sup><a name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a>Health financing reforms are underway to provide a more comprehensive and unified approach to healthcare financing, fostering a move from input-based resource allocations to strategic purchasing of primary healthcare services. Progressively increasing public resources available for PHC is pivotal to improving communities\u2019 access to essential healthcare services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WHO noted Tajikistan&#8217;s transition towards improving the demand for and access to primary care services and. WHO supports the country&#8217;s shift from a system heavily reliant on hospital-based secondary and tertiary care towards primary care and public health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/feature-stories\/detail\/tajikistan-is-reforming-primary-health-care-to-reach-universal-health-coverage\">According to WHO<\/a>, the portion of public health budget allocated to PHC has increased from 34.6% in 2010 to 40.7% in 2022. As a result, the number of PHC visits per person has been rising steadily from 4.8 in 2010 to 7.6 in 2022. Moreover,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>To further improve access to essential health services, especially to the poorest and\u00a0most vulnerable households, Tajikistan is also revising the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), using a phased implementation starting with priority groups alongside additional co-payment arrangements. As of 2021, the BBP covers 33.1% of the Tajikistan population,<sup>2<\/sup> with ongoing efforts to expand coverage and harmonise different co-payment and fee-for-service arrangements to reduce financial barriers to healthcare.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The full text of the featured story describing Tajikistan\u2019s progress toward UHC via PHC can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/feature-stories\/detail\/tajikistan-is-reforming-primary-health-care-to-reach-universal-health-coverage\">WHO webpage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT OF THE NEWS &#8211; BLOCK 2 &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. 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