Workshop on CBHI and HEF in Cambodia – November 2011
A joint AFD/GIZ workshop on social health protection for the poor and near-poor focused on the implementation of Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) and Health Equity Funds (HEF) in the same geographic areas takes place in Phnom Penh.
Health financing background paper completed – November 2011
WHO contributes a background paper providing a situation analysis of the health financing system in Nepal to the Technical Working Group (TWG), incorporating inputs from P4H network partners and other relevant stakeholders (see report for details)....
Update on health financing issues in Kenya – November 2011
After completing the drafting of the Health Financing Strategy in early 2011, discussions at national level and in the National Social and Economic Forum focused on the organizational landscape of future health care financing. Several recent developments may influence...
Health Financing System Analysis Produced – November 2011
The first draft of the health financing system analysis was produced, supported by P4H, and further discussions are planned for January 2012, which are expected to provide strategic inputs and recommendations for the transition to universal coverage and Social Health...
Joint Annual Review and Roadmap for the Health Financing Strategy – October 2011
25-26 Oct 2011: The Joint Review Mission (JRM) was held on 25 – 26 October, and focused on trends in health financing, as well as the challenges of funding key aspects of service delivery. Notable topics of discussion were: - the wage bill; incentives for health...
Joint Annual Review – Health Financing Synthesis Paper – October 2011
In preparation for the Joint Annual Review Meeting on 25-26 Oct, the P4H network partners jointly developed a health financing synthesis paper. The key objectives were to maintain the momentum of the health financing strategy development process, and to make...
Results of Health Sector Cost Driver Study – October 2011
In order to foster cost-conscious decision-making in the health sector, P4H supported a study on health sector cost-drivers – strategic decisions that have large cost implications for the sector. The results show that Tanzania has taken a number of cost-intensive...
Joint Annual Health Sector Review – October 2011
At Tanzania’s Joint Annual Health Sector Review, health financing was identified as a core reform area by all stakeholders of the health sector – civil society, private providers, government, and development partners. Equity, efficiency, transparency and increased...
WHO/WB mission to develop health financing strategy – September 2011
A joint WHO-WB mission, partially funded by P4H, is organized to assist the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in their efforts to develop a national health financing strategy. As part of this mission, a note on the health financing vision is prepared based on...
Finalising the Mongolian Health Insurance Law – September 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Germany (GIZ) jointly support the development of the Mongolian Health Insurance Law, which establishes a basis for building the institutional capacity needed to deliver health insurance and to provide quality health services to the...
WB releases fiscal space study – August 2011
The World Bank publishes fiscal space study looking at ways to expand the fiscal space to accommodate increased expenditures. The study looks at conducive macroeconomic conditions, the re-prioritization of health in the budget, health-sector specific sources, grants...
MoHSW orientation workshop for Health Financing Strategy – July 2011
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) organized a health financing strategy orientation workshop, run by the resident P4H expert and local WHO staff. The WHO framework for developing a strategy was introduced and the strategies adopted by neighbouring...
P4H backs missions on CBHI Reforms -/05/to/06/2011
There are two P4H-backed missions in 2011 in support of the implementation of Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Rwanda. The first, focusing on the CBHI Procedure Manual and CBHI strategic direction (May 2011), includes a review of the implications of the...
High level meeting results in agreement on purchasing and targeting – June 2011
Minister for health (Mr. Shakti Basnet) is briefed on the findings of different studies in a meeting of high level Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) officials and external development partners (EDPs). The meeting focuses on ways to improve the health financing...
Assessment of demand-side financing schemes – June 2011
A study commissioned by the Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) and DFID on demand-side financing schemes reviews the coverage, effects and bottlenecks of the various health financing schemes currently operating in Nepal. The study recommends integrating the...