Joint Annual Review and Roadmap for the Health Financing Strategy – October 2011
25-26 Oct 2011: The Joint Review Mission (JRM) was held on 25 – 26 October, and focused on trends in health financing, as well as the challenges of funding key aspects of service delivery. Notable topics of discussion were: - the wage bill; incentives for health...
Joint Annual Review – Health Financing Synthesis Paper – October 2011
In preparation for the Joint Annual Review Meeting on 25-26 Oct, the P4H network partners jointly developed a health financing synthesis paper. The key objectives were to maintain the momentum of the health financing strategy development process, and to make...
Joint Annual Health Sector Review – October 2011
At Tanzania’s Joint Annual Health Sector Review, health financing was identified as a core reform area by all stakeholders of the health sector – civil society, private providers, government, and development partners. Equity, efficiency, transparency and increased...
Results of Health Sector Cost Driver Study – October 2011
In order to foster cost-conscious decision-making in the health sector, P4H supported a study on health sector cost-drivers – strategic decisions that have large cost implications for the sector. The results show that Tanzania has taken a number of cost-intensive...
WHO/WB mission to develop health financing strategy – September 2011
A joint WHO-WB mission, partially funded by P4H, is organized to assist the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in their efforts to develop a national health financing strategy. As part of this mission, a note on the health financing vision is prepared based on...
Finalising the Mongolian Health Insurance Law – September 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Germany (GIZ) jointly support the development of the Mongolian Health Insurance Law, which establishes a basis for building the institutional capacity needed to deliver health insurance and to provide quality health services to the...
WB releases fiscal space study – August 2011
The World Bank publishes fiscal space study looking at ways to expand the fiscal space to accommodate increased expenditures. The study looks at conducive macroeconomic conditions, the re-prioritization of health in the budget, health-sector specific sources, grants...
MoHSW orientation workshop for Health Financing Strategy – July 2011
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) organized a health financing strategy orientation workshop, run by the resident P4H expert and local WHO staff. The WHO framework for developing a strategy was introduced and the strategies adopted by neighbouring...
P4H backs missions on CBHI Reforms -/05/to/06/2011
There are two P4H-backed missions in 2011 in support of the implementation of Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Rwanda. The first, focusing on the CBHI Procedure Manual and CBHI strategic direction (May 2011), includes a review of the implications of the...
Assessment of demand-side financing schemes – June 2011
A study commissioned by the Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) and DFID on demand-side financing schemes reviews the coverage, effects and bottlenecks of the various health financing schemes currently operating in Nepal. The study recommends integrating the...
High level meeting results in agreement on purchasing and targeting – June 2011
Minister for health (Mr. Shakti Basnet) is briefed on the findings of different studies in a meeting of high level Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) officials and external development partners (EDPs). The meeting focuses on ways to improve the health financing...
P4H Coordination Desk visit – June 2011
P4H Coordination Desk (CD) invited to visit Tanzania to clarify Tanzania’s needs and expectations with regard to P4H, and to assist in the development of a joint action plan / roadmap which includes: a Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) orientation workshop...
Assessment of Government Health Financing System in Nepal -/05/2011
GIZ and the Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) produce a report – “Assessment of Government Health Financing System in Nepal: Suggestions for Reform” – which explores ways to make the system more efficient and equitable. Adopting the WHO framework on health...
Adoption of National Social Protection Strategy – April 2011
Under the leadership of the Prime Minister and with active coordination from the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), a national Social Protection Strategy is adopted. The document is the overarching reference for all future documents related to...
National Health Insurance Scheme – progress update – April 2011
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bill has been referred back to cabinet by the Solicitor General in view of changes introduced into the document without being endorsed by cabinet. The NHIS Task Force is in the process of preparing a cabinet paper, which...