The Social Protection and Health Action Research and Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) Network is going to organize a virtual conference on Bridging the SDGs to optimise health-related social protection from 2-3 December 2020.
The Social Protection and Health Action Research and Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) Network is going to organize a virtual conference on Bridging the SDGs to optimise health-related social protection from 2-3 December 2020. The main objectives: • To share...
If you’re not ready, you need to adapt: lessons for managing public finances from the COVID-19 response
Hélène Barroy, Federica Margini, Joseph Kutzin (Word Health Organization), Nirmala Ravishankar (ThinkWell), Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen (World Bank Group), Srinivas Gurazada (PEFA), Chris James (OECD) COVID-19 has been a well-recognized stress test for public financial...
Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance: a wrong track for LMICs? Watch the webinar!
The video of the first webinar of the WHO HGF series organized in partnership with the P4H Network and Emerging Voices, "The Case Against Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance for Low- And Low-Middle-Income Countries" is now available! In low and...
Webinar (PAHO/WHO – ECLAC)
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New study highlights the relevance of social determinants of health in Mozambique
A recent study published by Sam Jones and Alba Llop (Copenhaguen University) puts the focus on the identification of Social Determinants of Health that significantly influence health inequalities. These SDH are crucial for the design of appropriate evidence-based...
(WHO – Interim report, 27 August 2020)
<Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic> (WHO - Interim report, 27 August 2020) https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-EHS_continuity-survey-2020.1 “WHO conducted a key informant survey among ministry...
Leveraging the strengths of a mixed purchasing system for COVID-19: a perspective from Indonesia
Leveraging the strengths of a mixed purchasing system for COVID-19: a perspective from Indonesia Anooj Pattnaik, Deputy Director for Learning www.ThinkWell.global Prastuti Soewondo, Country Director, ThinkWell Indonesia Nadhila Adani, Analyst, ThinkWell Indonesia...
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the Covid-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Full report: Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the COVID-19 response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the COVID-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
by Inke Mathauer, Fahdi Dkhimi, Matthew Townsend Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization The full report can be found here. COVID-19 continues to have a tremendous impact on health systems, with countries around the world...
Budgeting challenges on the path towards universal health coverage: the case of Benin – September 2020
Background In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin is piloting a project of mandatory social insurance for health entitled “ARCH”. Methods We analysed budget data and ARCH documents, and conducted four observation missions in Benin...
Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance: a wrong track for LMICs? A forthcoming webinar.
In low- and low-middle-income countries, there is an increasing interest in initiating and expanding social health insurance through labor taxes. Yet, this vision goes against available empirical evidence. This session will build on recent recommendatons by...
HEAR WHAT PARTICIPANTS THINK
More than 200 high-level individuals have been involved in L4UHC, from health and financial specialists through to politicians and representatives of civil society. Find out what they think about the programme, and how it has helped countries progress UHC, in the...
Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Embassy of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) renew effort to address the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia
The Namibian government renewed its efforts in containing the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), which was declared as an outbreak since 14 December 2017. To this end, the “Improving the national preparedness and response capacity to contain infectious disease outbreaks...
Nepal boosts drugs availability – August 2020
Nepal has made significant progress in improving drug availability in districts. Pukar Malla, an executive coach at the Nepal Leadership Academy, explains how L4UHC helped create a safe space to innovate, and the importance of starting small and thinking big. Nepal...
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https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e003509 Summary box ► COVID-19 has exposed structural deficiencies in health, social and economic policies and sectors in the Americas impacting the resilience of health systems and societies. ►Due to the pandemic, the region of the...