Deadline for applications: Fifth Advanced Course on Health Financing for Universal Coverage for Low and Middle Income Countries 2018
The WHO is pleased to announce its fifth Advanced Course on Health Financing for Universal Coverage for Low and Middle Income Countries, to be held from 18 to 22 June 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia. The deadline for applications is Thursday 1 March 2018 at midnight (Geneva,...
Strategic purchasing for UHC: Key policy issues and questions
The paper "Strategic purchasing for UHC: Key policy issues and questions" is a summary from expert and practitioners’ discussions held during the strategic purchasing events organized in April 2016 in Geneva and in September 2016 in Rabat. The paper frames five key...
Info: Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)
Results for Development — with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — is helping to establish the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC, http://www.r4d.org/projects/toward-health-strengthening-strategic-purchasing-expertise-africa/). SPARC...
International Consultative Workshop at Phnom Penh on future directions for P4HC+
Phnom Penh, 6 February 2018: P4H has been operational in Cambodia since 2009, with initial membership of four development partners. In late 2015 the local network was expanded, its objectives and ways of operation clarified and was renamed as P4HC+ to highlight its...
Malawi’s Parliamentarians debating Health Financing Options
Members of Parliament (MPs) discussed the implications of different health financing models on accessibility and quality of care in Malawi. Their debate was informed by national and international technical experts, civil society campaigners, health practitioners and...
Launch of Japan Health Systems in Transition (HiT) Review @ PMAC 2018
HiTs in all countries are available at the APO website. Event Time : 02 Feb 2018 11:15 am to 02 Feb 2018 11:30 amTimezone: UTC+09:00Event is Conference : NoLeaflet of Japan HiT in Japanese.Leaflet of Japan HiT in English.
Cambodia: The P4H International Consultation Workshop
Date: 6 February 2018 Venue: Himawari Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia The morning of this entire-day-event is an opportunity for P4HC+ partners to gather with network representatives working in other countries, mainly Africa, and steering the initiative from various...
Hot off the press – Benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy report. The case of Indonesia by GIZ
“Financial Sustainability and Coverage Effectiveness of the Indonesian Health Insurance System - The role of benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy”. The assessment is part of the German contribution to the European Union Social Protection Systems...
The Phnom Penh Post: Employers required to pay more into NSSF for workers
The Phnom Penh Post, 9 January 2018: "According to a prakas and a sub-decree released last year by the Ministry of Labour, as of January 1, 2018, all businesses hiring one or more employees are now required to pay 3.4 percent of each employee’s average salary each...
The Phnom Penh Post: Hun Sen promises new fund to keep Kantha Bopha hospitals running
The Phnom Penh Post, 15 January 2018: "Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced plans to form a second foundation to raise funds to keep the Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals afloat, though with the government poised to take over management of the hospitals, one...
Khmer Times: Decree reviewed for loopholes
Khmer Times, January 12, 2018: "The Interior Ministry yesterday created a working group to review possible loopholes in a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund for public officials, civil servants and veterans. Interior Minister Sar Kheng...
Khmer Times: Free state healthcare extended
Khmer Times, January 3, 2018: "The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. Mam Bun Heng...
Latest Global Health Expenditure Data: 2000-2015
During the UHC Forum held in Tokyo from 12-15 December 2017, WHO released new health expenditure estimates for the period 2000 to 2015 through its Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). The database includes more than 190 WHO Member States and is now consistent...
UHC Forum 2017: First P4H event as a Member of the P4H Steering Group
P4H-the Global Network for Health Financing and Social Protection in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health Policy Research of Japan and Asia Pacific Observatory organized an event on Health Financing and Asia Regional Networking during the UHC Forum 2017...
UHC Forum 2017: Asia Networking for Health Financing and Social Protection
P4H in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP) and Asia Pacific Observatory (APO) organized a side event on health system financing, social health protection and Asia regional collaboration during the UHC Forum 2017 held in Tokyo,...