January 2021. This blog post from WHO describes how countries are demonstrating that effective primary health care and a strong health workforce are among the most powerful ways to bring health services
December 2020. This article from the journal Health Systems and Reform describes the projections for health spending in Pacific Island countries (PIC), which have emerged as among the most at-risk
November 2019. WHO’s Financing Common Goods for Health special issue of Health Systems & Reform brings together leading experts and policymakers from across a range of disciplines, to provide the technical and economic
December 2020. This blog from the World Economic Forum shares three ways the shift to value-based healthcare can enable UHC in a post-pandemic recovery world. It argues that VBHC is fundamental to
November 2020. This blog from the Center for Global Development discusses why priority setting in health is more critical now than ever before; where global priority setting expertise lies and
December 2020. This blog post from R4D takes stock of available guidance for PPE in health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), suggest ways to improve that guidance, and invite
December 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and response are having profound impacts on India's people, leading to myriad health-care challenges, a looming economic recession, and humanitarian crises. The long-standing need for universal
December 2020. At the request of the Minister of Finance of Chile, a joint team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reviewed
December 2020. WHO released Guidance Paper #8 outlining the background to, and design of, the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), WHO’s standardized qualitative approach to assessing country health financing systems. The HFPM
December 2020. This book from the World Bank examines how nine different health systems--U.S. Medicare, Australia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China (Beijing) and the Russian Federation--have transitioned to using
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Governments push for Universal Health Coverage as COVID-19 continues to devastate communities and economies
January 2021. This blog post from WHO describes how countries are demonstrating that effective primary health care and a strong health workforce are among the most powerful ways to bring health services
Economic Contraction from COVID-19 in the Pacific: Implications for Health Financing
December 2020. This article from the journal Health Systems and Reform describes the projections for health spending in Pacific Island countries (PIC), which have emerged as among the most at-risk
Financing common goods for health
November 2019. WHO’s Financing Common Goods for Health special issue of Health Systems & Reform brings together leading experts and policymakers from across a range of disciplines, to provide the technical and economic
Shift to digital during the pandemic could enable universal health coverage
December 2020. This blog from the World Economic Forum shares three ways the shift to value-based healthcare can enable UHC in a post-pandemic recovery world. It argues that VBHC is fundamental to
Afro-European Partnerships in Health: Accelerating Better Efficiency of Health Spending
November 2020. This blog from the Center for Global Development discusses why priority setting in health is more critical now than ever before; where global priority setting expertise lies and
4 opportunities to enrich guidance for public-private engagement in health
December 2020. This blog post from R4D takes stock of available guidance for PPE in health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), suggest ways to improve that guidance, and invite
Reimagining India's health system: a Lancet Citizens’ Commission
December 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and response are having profound impacts on India's people, leading to myriad health-care challenges, a looming economic recession, and humanitarian crises. The long-standing need for universal
Video: Excise Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Fuel: Lessons from Chile
December 2020. At the request of the Minister of Finance of Chile, a joint team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reviewed
Assessing country health financing systems: the health financing progress matrix
December 2020. WHO released Guidance Paper #8 outlining the background to, and design of, the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), WHO’s standardized qualitative approach to assessing country health financing systems. The HFPM
Transition to Diagnosis-Related Group Payments for Health : Lessons from Case Studies
December 2020. This book from the World Bank examines how nine different health systems--U.S. Medicare, Australia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China (Beijing) and the Russian Federation--have transitioned to using