Open source software for social health insurance
Many countries have turned to open source software as a flexible, reliable and low-cost approach to managing their health information systems. Germany and Switzerland have now joined forces to facilitate the creation of an open source solution for social health...
ACS core group meeting in Dakar
Event Time : 01 Nov 2017 8:00 am to 02 Nov 2017 4:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : No
WHO 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 course is structured in line with WHO’s approach to thinking and...
P4HC+ Regular Meeting
Venue: World Bank Office, Phnom Penh Agenda: Presentation on “stimulating utilisation of health services by pre-identified poor people under different HEF configurations: [1] integrated social health protection scheme in Kampong Thom by GIZ; [2] community-managed...
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...