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Health Financing
Improving Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance Relationships for Increased Health Funding
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Global Health Initiative (GHI) worked with consultants in Ghana, Senegal, and Uganda to assess technical skills within these countries’ ministries of finance and ministries of health, as well as the communication between the ministries in order to improve implementation of systems and increase budget allocations for the health sector. This report discusses their findings. Click here to access the documen
Stratégie d'extension de la Mutualité au Mali : Une rencontre nationale pour faire le diagnostic
Le Centre International des Conférences de Bamako (CICB) sert de cadre, depuis le jeudi 24 septembre, ce jusqu’au 26 septembre 2009, aux « Rencontres nationales de diagnostic pour une stratégie d’extension de la Mutualité au Mali ».
Redynamisation du réseau de la mutualité : Pour une accessibilité de tous aux soins de santé
La salle Wa Kamissoko du Centre international de conférence de Bamako CICB a abrité le jeudi 24 septembre 2009 un atelier national de diagnostic pour une stratégie d’extension de la mutualité au Mali. Organisé par le Ministère du Développement Social, de la Solidarité et des Personnes Agées, cet atelier visait à l’extension des mutuelles de santé.
Free Health Care in Nepal
The Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 stated, for the first time, that: ‘Every citizen shall have the right to get basic health service free of cost from the State as provided for in the law’.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Evidence from Rwanda on the Impact of Results-based Financing for Health
Excitement is growing about results-based financing (RBF) for health, a financing mechanism that turns the traditional donor approach of paying for inputs on its head. RBF for health is a cash payment or non-monetary transfer made to a national or sub-national government, provider, payer, or consumer of health services after predefined results have been attained and verified.
Paying Primary Health Care Centers for Performance in Rwanda
Paying for performance (P4P) provides financial incentives for providers to increase the use and quality of care. P4P can affect health care by providing incentives for providers to put more effort into specific activities, and by increasing the amount of resources available to finance the delivery of services. This paper evaluates the impact of P4P on the use and quality of prenatal, institutional delivery, and child preventive care using data produced from a prospective quasi-experimental evaluation nested into the national rollout of P4P in Rwanda.
Health Care Financing in Nepal
This report reviews Nepal’s existing health care financing policy, and explores options for designing better health care financing strategies with the goal of producing efficient, equitable, and effective health care services in the future.
Assessment of Health System Performance in Nepal
The central issue in health policy is how the health sector can contribute to a country’s economic development and poverty reduction. There is a growing consensus that health is not merely a medical issue, but a matter of development in general. Thus, it is essential to understand the contribution the health sector makes to economic development and poverty reduction in order to more clearly justify the financial resources needed by the health sector.
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Leading Global Health Blog
Even though I have worked in Sierra Leone in the past, the role of MLI Country Lead has given me the opportunity to build upon these previous experiences and to work closely with members of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), to support the implementation of health policies and reforms that they have prioritized.
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