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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....