Health Systems Deep Dive Courses
Deep-Dive courses complement and are often held after the Flagship Health Systems Flagship Core Courses. These Deep Dive "How-To" courses focus on a specific technical topic within the Flagship Course and provide Flagship course participants and alumni an opportunity to further apply the technical knowledge gained from the Flagship Course and share their own experiences with shared challenges. Flagship Deep Dive Courses also can be requested by World Bank Health Services Task Team Leaders and tailored to meet specialized needs of their client country counterparts, example to have a focused policy dialogue on a specialized topic such as eHealth systems.
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2023
November 16-17
Digital Health (for Argentina)
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March 27-28
Digital Health (for Ecuador)
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2022
Apr 25 – May 6
Primary Heath Care (UHC)
This course introduces the concept of fit-for-purpose PHC, global trend that necessitates reimagination of PHC, and high-level structural shifts required for fit-for-purpose PHC using quality measurements, mobilization in human resource, changes in service delivery, organization, and financing structures.
February 16-18
Non-Communicable Diseases
The main objective of the course was to inspire and motivate policymakers and participants to learn from promising service delivery models and to build back better, drawing on innovations introduced during the ongoing pandemic.
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February 22
Messaging Guide for Health Financing
This course provided an in-depth look at the guide “Making the Case for Health: A Messaging Guide for Domestic Resource Mobilization “. The guide provides a set of 16 compelling messages that can be used to make the case for investment in health as a way of achieving health sector objectives, including Universal Health Coverage goals.
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2021
June 22
Domestic Resources Management
A deep dive was provided on the concept of domestic revenue mobilization through health taxes, positioning this as one tool for raising revenue in a pandemic context with the added favorable impact on health outcomes combined with greater feasibility and acceptability. Participants were given a chance for 1:1 learning with facilitators during breakout sessions on the topics covered.
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World Bank Blogs Investing in health: Time for a rethink
By: Christoph Kurowski Martin Schmidt David B. Evans, November 07, 2024
Countries are entering a critical phase in achieving the health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Universal Health Coverage (UHC) at the core of these efforts. With only six years remaining to meet these goals, global progress toward UHC has been slow, and the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant setbacks.
At this pivotal juncture, we introduce two new reports that provide a comprehensive view of trends and prospects of government investments in health for almost the entire SDG period (2015-2029). The first examines government health spending trends in 63 low- and lower-middle-income countries from 2015 to 2023, while the second offers an outlook on government health expenditure for 170 countries through 2029. In contrast to expenditure figures, spending estimates exclude obligatory contributions to social health insurance, which, however, generally constitute only a minor source of public funding for health in low-income countries (LICs) and lower middle-income countries (LMICs).
The findings from these reports reveal troubling trends across LICs and LMICs, exposing serious risks to the sustainability of health investments. Fully attaining the SDG health targets is slipping out of reach for many nations, highlighting the urgent need for decisive action to address growing financing challenges. With these targets at risk, the World Bank Group remains committed to helping countries deliver quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030 as part of our global mission to ensure a basic standard of care throughout every stage of life.
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