"The article examines how Cambodia has reformed its health financing system to ensure access without removing user fees."
DOCUMENT | 28 Apr 2022
A role for user charges? Thoughts from health financing reforms in Cambodia.
Cambodia
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NEWS | 15 Apr 2022
Australia’s health budget tops $132bn for 2022-23
Australia
Australia's health budget will exceed $132bn for 2022-23, which increased from $62bn for a decade ago due to a rise of healthcare expenditures, the expansion of the pharmaceutical benefits scheme, the Covid-19 response and the addition of $2.3bn over four years for...
DOCUMENT | 13 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – ILO presentation on reform trends (16 March, 2022)
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
Virtual Roundtable: Strong and resilient health systems in Western and central Africa: What will it take?
The Western and Central Africa Region and the Heath Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank are jointly organizing a high level roundtable on Strong and Resilient Health Systems in West and Central Africa during the 2022 WBG-IMF Spring...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
WEBINAR #2 on Social Health Protection and Health Financing Reforms in the CIS
Join us as at we exchange knowledge and regional perspectives of Social health protection and health financing reforms in Commonwealth of Independent States. Our panelists will exchange lessons learned, key achievements, and progress made toward social health...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1: Presenting executive summary, additional resources and a video of the webinar now available on YouTube
On 16 March 2022 the P4H Network hosted the first of two webinars on social health protection and health financing reforms in three countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). P4H hosted the webinar in collaboration with the World Health...
DOCUMENT | 12 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Summary English (16 March, 2022)
DOCUMENT | 11 Apr 2022
Transition to program budgeting in Uganda: status of the reform and preliminary lessons for health
Uganda
To make sustainable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), public health financing is very critical. Uganda has taken major budgetary reforms to optimize budget planning, transparency, and accountability since the early 2000s. The two major reforms over...
NEWS | 11 Apr 2022
A new document on the transition to Program Based Budgeting and its implication on health has been posted on the Uganda country page
Uganda
The report describes Uganda's transition process to programme-based budget, as a means to better align with public policy priorities and enhance accountability and transparency. It also discusses what the implications are for the health sector. The report...
NEWS | 07 Apr 2022
Webinar Series for Awareness-building on DRG for UHC
TARGET PARTICIPANTS: This e-learning course aims at building up knowledge and learning experiences for participants from countries that want to pursue the universal health coverage policy with payment to acute inpatient care with diagnosis-related group tools. The...
NEWS | 05 Apr 2022
Going Granular: Equity of Health Financing at the District and Facility Level in India
India
Health financing equity analysis rarely goes below the state level in India. This paper assesses the equity and effectiveness of public spending on health in the state of Odisha. It identifies the weak link between district spending and district need, proxied by...
NEWS | 05 Apr 2022
Health budget in light of pandemic
India
This paper is an attempt to demonstrate the planned reforms in the health budget, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is to be seen how the financial allocation for the health sector impacts the health of the Indian people. Access this paper here
POST | 04 Apr 2022
Promising Practices That Are Helping Ministries of Health Improve Their Health Budget Execution
It’s a goal that has challenged many a health ministry: how to free up significant resources for health services by increasing health budget execution. Late last year, health sector practitioners from eight countries (Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Lao PDR, Liberia,...
NEWS | 04 Apr 2022
Singapore’s health care expenditure is expected to significantly increase by 2030 due to population ageing
Singapore
Due to population ageing, healthcare will account for the bulk of increases in government social spending by 2030 as it is predicted that the older population will account for 25 percent of Singaporeans. It is estimated that if the current healthcare spending,...
NEWS | 02 Apr 2022
New Zealand has allocated $22 million to fund health services for Māori
New Zealand
The New Zealand Government has allocated $22 million for the interim Māori Health Authority to begin funding health services for Māori population. The Māori Health Authority is the lead commissioner of health services targeted at Māori and the co-commission for other...