Makueni county has launched a health financing scheme called Makueni Care, allowing registered households to access free services at public hospitals. This brief provides an overview of how the scheme works and discusses how the SP4PHC team will support the County...
Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project aims to improve how governments purchase primary health care (PHC) services, with a focus on family planning (FP) and maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH). The project is supported by the Bill &...
This brief summarizes findings from a landscaping study conducted by Universitas Gadjah Mada’s (UGM) Center for Reproductive Health, ThinkWell’s learning partner. Drawing from an extensive review of the literature, interviews with key stakeholders, and focus group...
This case study provides a preliminary review of the Government of Uganda’s initial response to COVID-19 from March to June 2020 across institutional, financial, and operational dimensions. It seeks to capture the priorities and investments made early in the...
This report summarizes findings from a landscaping study that ThinkWell and the Center for Reproductive Health at Universitas Gadjah Mada undertook in 2018 on JKN engagement with private midwives under the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project....
This report documents the nature and magnitude of financial flows to Uganda’s health sector and the purchase of primary health care (PHC) services. Developed in consultation with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), it serves as a corollary to ThinkWell’s review of...
In Uganda, voucher schemes improved access to family planning (FP) and maternal newborn health (MNH) services for poor women in rural areas. This was largely due to their targeted approach of improving access to high-quality services. On the national stage, voucher...
In the context of health systems, purchasing refers to the allocation of pooled funds to providers of services on behalf of a population. The World Health Report 2000 pushed forward the idea that countries should move beyond passive purchasing, where the purchaser...
Etat de la situation du projet ARCH-AM au Benin fin 2019
Le rapport des comptes de la Santé 2014,2015 et 2016 est le deuxième exercice du genre mené au Sénégal à travers la nouvelle méthodologie SHA 2011 adoptée par l'OMS.
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the Covid-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
The draft essential health service package costing (ESP) report was prepared by Dr. Shankar Prinja, WB consultant with support by the WB and WHO Lao country office. The study was conducted since early 2019 and covered 121 interventions of the essential health service...
