WB tables policy note on health financing – April 2011
The World Bank (WB) tabled a Health Financing Policy Note as input to the Tanzania strategy process and to get the ball rolling on the high-level multi-stakeholder process. As requested by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), and endorsed by the local...
Lancement officiel de l’assurance maladie obligatoire (AMO) – Mars 2011
A mandatory health insurance scheme, Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (AMO) is formally launched by the President of the Republic of Mali. Unfortunately, some parts of Mali civil society movements campaign against the scheme, and force the government to modify some of...
Technical Working Group forms – March 2011
External development partners (EDPs) put together a Technical Working Group (TWG) on Health Care Financing to support the government, and in particular the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The TWG comprises members from various EDPs supporting the government...
Workshop results in agreement on consolidating SHP programmes – March 2011
A joint Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and external development partners (EDP) workshop takes place, focused on identifying ways to improve the health financing system and social health protection (SHP). Agreement is reached on consolidating existing SHP...
MoH calls for P4H support on community-based health insurance – February 2011
P4H network partner GIZ convenes a kick-off meeting for all the P4H in-country organizations, including the ILO, SDC and WHO, who informally agree to collaborate in supporting universal health coverage and social health protection activities, and to actively exchange...
P4H accepts MoHSW request, works on details – January 2011
P4H partners at the global level work on the identification, confirmation and commitment of complementary resources to support Tanzania’s health financing strategy development process. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) revised its request for support,...
MoHSW considers P4H involvement – December 2010
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) issued a request to the P4H network to explore the possibility of P4H supporting Tanzania’s health financing strategy process. The World Bank (WB) contract with the consulting firm supporting the strategy process...
Ugandan State Minister of Health at UHC conference in Berlin – November 2010
The Ugandan Minister of State for Health, Dr. Richard Nduhuura, participated in a ministerial conference on health financing and universal coverage, as well as attending the P4H Open Forum in November 2010 in Berlin. Dr. Nduhuura expressed his appreciation for the...
Initiation of health financing strategy process -/10/2010
In response to the recommendations of the Joint Review Mission (JRM), confirmed by the International Health Partnership (IHP) JANS assessment and based on the health financing review, the Ministry of Health Planning Department (MoHPD) initiated the health financing...
P4H and the health financing inter-agency committee – October 2010
P4H partners are now represented and active in the health financing inter-agency committee (ICC), formerly known as the Health Financing Task Group, which is working on the health financing agenda and particularly on the implementation of the health care financing...
ILO suggests developing an integrated national social protection policy in Kenya
Following an advisory mission to Kenya undertaken from 28 June to 3 July by Xenia Scheil-Adlung and Axel Weber, ILO suggests developing an integrated national social protection policy in Kenya. See the mission report below....
New report on SHP in Nepal – September 2010
GIZ and the Ministry for Health and Population (MoHP), produce a report, “Nepal at the Crossroads: Setting the Stage for Improved Social Health Protection”, that assesses the current policy environment and outlines some preconditions for new financing arrangements....
JANS – July 2010
One of the recommendations of the International Health Partnership (IHP) JANS assessment related to universal coverage and social health protection was to speed up the health financing strategy development process. Uganda_JANS_report_January_2011
Nepal draws up timeline for health financing strategy – June 2010
Nepal Ministry for Health and Population (MoHP) officials participate in the South Asian Regional Forum organized by the World Bank in the Maldives at which the P4H CD makes a presentation on social health protection (SHP). The Nepali group discusses the importance of...
NESC accepting the draft health financing strategy – April 2010
The draft healthcare financing strategy has been accepted by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC: national advisory agency for policy analysis and development – see website); both Ministries of Health are in the process of developing proposals for the...