P4H Mission to Kenya – October 2016
Development partners engaged in supporting, monitoring, and advocating for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) show strong interest in exchanging on the UHC agenda. And on effective collaboration on finalizing and implementing the Kenyan health financing strategy. P4H+...
P4HC+ update
Following the fading of El Niño, rains finally set in and temperatures dropped. This allowed for many activities to happen as people were reinvigorated, including P4HC+ partners. Most Khmer farmers, however, incurred serious debts as a result of the draught and soring...
Introduction of a ‘Better Budgeting Practices Tool’ – for better alignment of PFM with HF
Public Financial Management (PFM) and Health Financing (HF) systems aim to make use of public funds effectively. In health this means that funds are spent efficiently and equitably, and used to purchase quality interventions. Alignment between Budget Cycle/ PFM...
Article on L4UHC High-Level Policy Dialogue event in Feb 2016
Please find below a link to an article about the Leadership for UHC High Level Policy Dialogue event, which took place in Chisamba in Feb 2016 (see also Intranet entry from 19.02.16) ------- A multi-sectoral, high-level group – drawn from across government, the...
P4HC+ update and joint support plan (draft)
The new coordination mechanism called P4H Cambodia+ (P4HC+) bringing 12 organizations to the table is taking off. The update below provides some context and info on upcoming activities. Context: With the onset of 2016 a new breeze went through the Cambodian health...
Designing a new coordination mechanism
Given the new Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, the development of the Social Health Protection Framework by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the invitation of several donor partners (and finally agreement by the others) for P4H to coordinate the technical input...
Process update -/01/2016
Source: GIZ / P4H Country Focal Point The formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan (2016-20) is not yet completed although the section on health financing was finalised. The related strategies will focus on the national budget for health, targeting of available...
NHI implementation update -/09/2015
Source: GIZ i. The implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) was targeted nearly a year ago (November, 2014) with design features including draft Standard Operating Procedure in hand. However the lack of legal basis has led to delayed...
Process update -/08/2015
Source: P4H Country Focal Point (GIZ) A major activity was the formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, a consultative process that commenced at the start of this calendar year. Attention was paid to carefully integrate elements of the Health Financing...
Two requests – one mission
The Government of Malawi is in the process of undertaking a series of reforms aimed at restructuring the health system and assessing financing options to ensure a more efficient, transparent and equitable health system. Two requests. In this context, a...
MoH request to comment on updated draft HFS – June 2015
The Ugandan Ministry of Health issues a request to the P4H Network to review the updated Health Financing Strategy. 2015_05_01_UGA_HFS_Draft 2015_06_10_UGA_MoH_request_HFS_review The preparations for a joint response can be viewed on the Ugandan Forum pages.
MoH requests support to HFS development -/05/2015
In May 2015, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Malawi requests technical support from the P4H Network, through GIZ, to the development of a Health Financing Strategy (HFS). 2015_05_22_Malawi_MoH_request_HFS_support
Update on HI law – Apr 2015
Source: WHO In January 2015, the Mongolian Parliament approved new amendments into the Law of Mongolian Citizen`s Health Insurance to be effected from 1 July 2015. It`s unofficial English translation is attached below. At this time, major changes include: ...
Diffusion du rapport de la mission (mars 2015) du conseiller sous-régional OMS
The mission takes place in a context where the Ministry of Solidarity (MAHSRN) is officially in charge of the UHC agenda & the draft health financing policy (dated March 2014) is yet to be proposed to the governement. The mission has been an opportunity to liaise...
Workshop on the drafting process of the health financing strategy
During the workshop, the results of the following studies were presented: Situational analysis of health financing in Mozambique Preliminary results of the NHA Medication expenditures for AIDS Panorma of health insurance Performance based financing WHO, WB, Swiss...