Following the post-Soviet transition period, public spending on health dropped sharply, as did health care use rates. Health care use rates declined in part because formal and informal out-of-pocket expenditures had to compensate for the decrease in public spending....
Reducing out-of-pocket payments for health in order to achieve universal health coverage in Mongolia – The Center for Policy Impact in Global Health Healthcare costs are among the largest barriers to accessing health services and achieving universal health coverage...
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies monitors country specific health system and policy related developments. As part of Health Systems in Transition (HiT), it includes health financing that covers health expenditure, sources of revenue, fund flows,...
"The Summit will revolve around the pillars of healthcare - Investment in Healthcare, Digital Health, Skill Development and Mainstreaming Health Innovations. It will offer a unique platform conducive to meaningful dialogue that will pave the way for collaborations,...
Paper on User Fees in Cameroon / UNAIDS , August 2019
Welcome to the latest issue of 'Stories from the field', all about how countries are working to achieve universal health coverage. In Issue 6 we share Samoa's approach to tackling the problem of non-communicable diseases through a primary health care approach. We...
Welcome to a new issue of Stories from the field, with great features about Sri Lanka's focus on primary health care, and Oman's work on patient safety. In 2019, we will continue to share your many stories of change from the field. If you have a...
Data of Bugdet Household Surveys have been compiled to estimate incidence of catastrophic expenditure in Africa, available at McIntyre, D. et al (2018): Challenges in Financing Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa, published by the Oxford Encyclopedia of...
Hot off the press - Groundbreaking report on Global Health Financing from WHO Shaping the future of Health Systems : lessons from Global health expenditure Things are moving fast in the health sector! Global expenditure in health illustrate this trend, which the...
This paper analyses the introduction and expansion of health insurance schemes in Tanzania. Health insurances were introduced around year 2000 as part of a more general health reform process aimed at improving access to health services. The paper argues that the...
As part of the 2017-2022 Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Malawi released an updated set of National Health Indicators and accompanying targets. hese indicators support monitoring for the Ministry of Health and...
