Egyptian government inches toward vaccine-for-fee model with private sector
As the government in Egypt continues to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, plans to allow private healthcare companies to sell vaccinations are underway. During a meeting of the House of Representatives Complaints and Suggestions Committee on Monday,...
A new document is available on the South Africa’s country page
A new document has been uploaded on South Africa's country page. The document discusses the development process of the 2019 National Health Insurance (NHI) bill against the backdrop of the country’s political and social context. The document can be...
Civil society organisations, media ready to better Liberia’s health coverage and financing by 2030
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have a critical role in advocating for adequate domestic financing and resource mobilisation in Liberia. One such CSO is the Public Health Initiative Liberia (PHIL), a community health focus organization working to promote and...
WHO Country Office writes official letter to the MOH about support available through ACT-A health systems connector
A Letter to the Ministry of Health and Social Service was sent officially by the WHO Representative (WR) on support available through ACT-A health system connector. The WR (SAGOE-MOSES, Charles) addressing the letter to Executive Director MOHSS (Mr Ben Nangombe)...
Interorganizational and Intersectoral collaboration in Namibia for national budgetary dialogue
The USAID and its implementing partners were actively involved with WHO and MOHSS throughout the process of discussion on ACT-A and deciding the priorities for Namibia. UNICEF was keen to participate in the Essential health service package work. UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and...
Namibia is developing the Terms of Reference for analytical work under ACT-A initiative
The Ministry of Health and Social Service along with the support of P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) initiated the development of TOR for analytical work under ACT-Accelerator. The TOR on 'Assessing Namibia’s Essential Health Service Package' is being initiated with...
The Access to COVID-19 Tools – Accelerator (ACT-A) process guide for budgetary dialogue introduced from the P4H Global Coordination Desk to the Country Focal Persons (CFP) Namibia
The Global Coordination Desk Core Team members presented the ACT-A process guide for national budgetary dialogue tool and opportunity to the P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia on 7th October 2021. The CFP Ethiopia along with the African Regional Office (AFRO)...
P4H CFP initiated process of developing common understanding and consensus building at the WHO office Namibia on the ACT-A process guide for budgetary dialogue
Following the introduction of the ACT-A process guide to the P4H Country Focal Person (CFP), the CFP initiated the process of consensus building at the WHO Country Office Namibia. Discussions with World Health Organization Representative (WR) Namibia: The P4H CFP...
Cross country learnings for initiating dialogue in the countries
P4H provided platform and promoted dialogues, experience sharing between countries, regional office, global experts and global coordination desk. The Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia had the opportunity to have regular interactions with other CFPs like the CFP in...
P4H CFP engaging with the Ministry of Health and Social Service (MOHSS) in Namibia
The P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia engaged with the head of the Policy and Planning Department in the MOHSS Namibia and conducted an in-depth discussion on the process guide for national budgetary dialogue and the opportunity through ACTA. The discussion...
Development of the presentation to collaborate with Government and Partners
Following the inputs from the WHO Namibia office, orientation from the Global Coordination Desk as well as Regional Support, and learnings from other countries, the Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia developed an introductory presentation on the discussion of the...
Small task force of the UHC Committee to agree on the potential areas of support through ACT-A
A small task force from the UHC Committee consisting of representative from WHO, MoHSS – Policy and Planning Department, USAID and Abt Associates was constituted and convened in Namibia. The task force discussed different options, developed a matrix of possible area...
P4H CFP Engagement with Partners and Ministry to promote joint ownership
The P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) made a presentation at the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Committee meeting with the objective of taking the initiative further and promoting joint ownership towards the budget dialogue. The presentation focused on ACT-A initiative,...
P4H CFP continued dialogue with the MOHSS to discuss the priorities
The P4H Country Focal Person continues liaison with the Ministry of Health in Namibia towards budgetary dialogue in the context of COVID-19. Discussion with Deputy Director Budget and Finance: There were discussions with Deputy Director Budget and Finance who...
Documents on health financing and the health transformation plan in Iran now available
Presenting a group of five documents on reducing catastrophic health expenditure and out-of-pocket payments (OOP) and moving towards universal health coverage UHC) through the health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran. One study is on a range of factors that...