Practical, peer-tested resources developed collaboratively by policymakers and practitioners across JLN member countries — adaptable, actionable, and grounded in real-world experience.
The Primary Health care (PHC) Financing for Resilience Benchmarking Tool (The Benchmarking Tool) is PROPEL Adapt’s standardized qualitative approach to assessing country health financing systems for health system resilience in the context of a country’s political context and public financial...
Across Ghana, Morocco, Indonesia, and Kenya, a common challenge emerges: private providers deliver a significant share of primary health care, yet regulatory frameworks lag behind. Licensing and registration systems are improving but remain incomplete, and quality monitoring is consistently the...
Over the past decade, many low- and middle-income countries have made expanding health coverage a national priority. During 2021, 11 countries took part in the JLN Learning Collaborative on Population Targeting, which focussed on population targeting as a critical component for expanding...
This report describes the experiences of the 14 country members of the collaborative in the following areas: PHC resource flows to primary care providers for various inputs: human resources, medicines, capital expenditure, and operations and maintenance; Strategies for, and experiences with,...
The Addressing Public Governance Challenges in Digital Health knowledge product guides countries on how to design and implement effective digital health governance, drawing on experiences from Joint Learning Network (JLN) member countries and formative literature. It examines governance...
Primary health care (PHC) is the backbone of universal health coverage (UHC). Investing in PHC not only promotes more equitable access to Resource allocation—the rules, criteria, and systems for distributing public funds to various sectors, including health—is a critical component of health...
This report describes the experiences of the 14 country members of the collaborative in the following areas:PHC resource flows to primary care providers for various inputs: human resources, medicines, capital expenditure, and operations and maintenance; Strategies for, and experiences with,...
The purpose of HS4TB Contracting policy primer is to highlight the actions that are needed to create the enabling environment for contracting health services and are relevant to countries considering contracting or looking to improve their existing contracting practices. How these actions are...
CE MANUEL A ÉTÉ RÉALISÉ par le Réseau d'apprentissage commun pour la couverture sanitaire universelle (JLN), un réseau novateur de praticiens et de décideurs politiques internationaux qui collaborent à l'élaboration d'outils pratiques destinés à aider les pays à mettre en place une couverture...
Les rédacteurs remercient la Fondation Bill et Melinda Gates et la Fondation Rockefeller pour leur généreux financement qui a rendu possible la production de cet Outil d'Auto-évaluation des Soins de Santé Primaires de la CSU. D'autres partenaires ont apporté une expertise technique précieuse et...
Ce guide a été produit par le Réseau d'apprentissage conjoint pour la couverture universelle de la santé (JLN), une plateforme d'apprentissage innovante où les praticiens et les décideurs politiques du monde entier développent conjointement des connaissances globales axées sur le "comment"...
FORMER un groupe de travail composé de représentants de tous les groupes de parties prenantes clés afin de superviser la conception et la mise en oeuvre de l'exercice de calcul des coûts et l'utilisation des résultats. CONVOQUER un atelier participatif animé pour parvenir à un consensus sur le...
pays du JLN depuis 2010 pour identifier les défis pratiques et les solutions créatives liés aux systèmes de paiement des prestataires de soins de santé et la manière dont ils peuvent être conçus et mis en oeuvre pour aider à faire progresser les objectifs de couverture sanitaire...
CE GUIDE A ÉTÉ PRODUIT par le Réseau d'apprentissage commun pour la couverture sanitaire universelle (JLN), un réseau innovant de praticiens et de décideurs politiques du monde entier qui s'engagent dans un apprentissage de praticien à praticien et développent en collaboration des outils...
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) ensures access to essential health services without financial hardship. A core policy instrument to achieve UHC is a well-defined Health Benefits Package (HBP). HBPs outline covered services, cost-sharing arrangements, and eligible beneficiaries. They guide...
Bridging Theory with Practice: The How-To’s of Universal Health Coverage The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) brings together policymakers and practitioners from low- and middle-income countries for intensive learning exchanges on common technical barriers to universal...
This learning brief presents key learnings from a review of the literature to identify examples of successful MOH efforts that have led to increased health budget execution, learning exchange meetings, and country-specific TA support. It summarizes the activity implementation process. This is...
As countries work to improve access to and utilization of essential health services for their populations, many are undertaking health system transformations to prioritize and strengthen primary health care (PHC). Between 2020 and 2021, in partnership with the Joint Learning Network for...
Synopsis This report provides a synthesis of the learning from a Virtual Roundtable Series on Integrating Rehabilitation into Primary Health Care. Through funding from the Leahy War Victims Fund (LWVF) and partnership with USAID’s Inclusive Development Hub, the Health Systems Strengthening...
In recent decades, many LMICs have adopted a Health Benefits Package (HBP), which defines the coverage of services, the proportion of the costs that are covered, and who can receive these services under Universal Health Coverage. Once developed and implemented, a HBP should not be static as...
In 2020, the PHC Financing and Payment collaborative pushed the boundaries of traditional webinar group-based learning and tested a more intimate and in-depth collaborative learning modality: country pairings. This modality pairs two or three countries with a specific interest in a topic – one...
Following the 2020 Joint Learning Network’s Learning Exchange on Patient Pathways and Pandemics: COVID-19 and Beyond, led by Aceso Global, a technical team was launched to focus on implementing and scaling up E-consultations at the primary health care (PHC) level. The CoP was designed to foster...
Across the globe, decision makers at all levels of the health care system agree that patients should be given rapid access to innovative medicines that target life-threatening diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, and hepatitis C. Governments face increasing amounts of pressure to...
This Mini-Guide was produced by the Joint Learning Network on Universal Health Coverage's Virtual Learning Exchange on the Private Sector. It distills the key lessons, frameworks, and case study that were co-produced during the course of the 'Contract Management' workstream of the learning...
This Mini-Guide was produced by the Joint Learning Network on Universal Health Coverage’s Virtual Learning Exchange on the Private Sector, which took place between March and June 2022. It distills the key lessons, frameworks and case studies that were co-produced during the course of the...
This is a report from a Community of Practice (CoP) designed to foster practical learning by accompanying implementation in an “implementer” country, Malaysia, which had previously launched an E-consultation initiative during the pandemic and wanted to improve and expand it further. A number of...
These country case studies outline the key lessons learned and recommended actions for multi-sectoral teams brought forth by pandemic response leaders in three low-and-middle-income countries. Experts from the countries identified lessons and actions to further reduce COVID-19 transmission in...
This brief synthesizes relevant evidence, participant country experiences, and lessons learned on national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to highlight efficient and effective approaches that may be applied for health systems resiliency and improved pandemic preparedness.
The Who, What, and How of Paying for Health Services for Universal Health Coverage Members of the Joint Learning Network for Universal Coverage (JLN) have a common purpose to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) – securing access to good quality services for their populations without...
Over the past decade, many low- and middle-income countries have made expanding health coverage a national priority. During 2021, 11 countries took part in the JLN Learning Collaborative on Population Targeting, which focused on population targeting as a critical component for expanding...
The DRM collaborative created narrative summaries to help Ministry of Health policymakers effectively analyze and present evidence-based arguments for investment in health to their Ministry of Finance counterparts using their own budget data and supplemented with global resources. The concise...
This file provide the common information system requirements for four process areas, as well as the general system requirements for an entire information system, as described in the Determining Common Requirements for National Health Insurance Information...
India drew on its participation in the JLN’s Medical Audits Collaborative and adaptation of the Medical Audit Toolkit to implement a medical audit system that could be decentralized and scaled by India’s states to review claims, identify fraud, and ensure the quality of health services being...
This case study profiles the use of the Strategic Communications Practical Guide and Strategic Communications Planning Tool in Nigeria. Nigeria's implementation of the Strategic Communications Practical Guide and Strategic Communications Planning Tool to address underlying facilitators and...
Mongolia's use of the Empanelment Assessment Tool enabled a shift to a person-centered approach for PHC. Linking empanelment to a mobile technology initiative providing team-based PHC home visits has contributed to a national empanelment approach and shifts in health care seeking behavior. This...
Making the Case for Health: A Messaging Guide for Domestic Resource Mobilization was created following DRM collaborative member country requests for evidence-based arguments that can support communication across the health and finance sectors to make the case for investment in health. The guide...
This report provides an overview of country health regulatory systems, including key economic and political information that can affect the will and ability of stakeholders to regulate the health sector. It also provides information on regulatory actors and institutions that are responsible for...
This report is part of the Primary Health Care Initiative's Private Sector Engagement Collaborative and documents Ghana's experience in regulating private PHC. Each country assessment report describes the country’s regulatory context, health sector objectives and strategy, and demographic and...
This report includes six case studies sharing how Bangladesh, China, Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea have coordinated their COVID-19 pandemic responses. The case studies, which were developed by the JLN Primary Healthcare (PHC) Financing and Payment Collaborative...
Malaysia's use of the Toolkit to Develop and Strengthen Medical Audit Systems shaped the operations for a new Medical Audit Section responsible for auditing PeKa B40 claims. The SOPs for the unit support identifying and deterring fraud and review of provider perfomance resulting in improved...
Kenya's use of the Costing of Health Services for Provider Payment toolkit produced findings that were used to change county-level reimbursement models to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve financial sustainabilty. This case study profiles the use of Costing of Health Services for...
Malaysia's use of the JLN UHC PHC Self-Assessment produced findings that were used to improve public private partnerships to increase PHC coverage. This case study profiles the use of the Universal Health Coverage Primary Health Care Self-Assessment Tool in Malaysia. Malaysia piloted this...
This is a set of tools produced by the Domestic Resource Mobilization Collaborative to guide policy dialogues. Policy Dialogue Toolkit Policy Dialogue Toolkit: Compiling Relevant evidence and Technical Resources Policy Dialogue Toolkit: Presenting the Evidence Policy Dialogue Toolkit: Planning...
This is an overview and summary of the Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HePRA) Benchmarking Tool administered to 10 countries in 2019, namely Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines, and Vietnam. Access related resources using...
This is the Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation Benchmarking Tool. This tool includes both a questionnaire and visualization that can be used to create a HePRA Database for your country. Access related resources using these links: Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation...
This excel database compiles results from the Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HePRA) Benchmarking Tool being administered to 10 countries in 2019, namely Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines, and Vietnam. Access related...
Once you have filled out the Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HePRA) Questionnaire for your country, this interactive PDF allows users to assign benchmarks to create a visual for a country's existing health priority setting and resource allocation scores. Don't have an upgraded...
This blank questionnaire can be used by you to gather responses on priority setting and resource allocation practices in your country. The Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HePRA) visualization can then be used to create a visual of your country’s health priority setting and...
DRM Collaborative Policy Dialogue Toolkit > Compiling Relevant Evidence and Technical Resources This page is a compilation of relevant evidence and technical resources that can be used for initiating and preparing for a policy dialogue. Contents include knowledge products produced during...
On February 18-20, 2020, the Primary Health Care Financing and Payment collaborative hosted 60 participants from 14 countries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss and share how provider payment mechanisms support health goals in different countries. Some key takeaways from the discussions...
Other related resources include: Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HEPRA) Tool and Database Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation (HePRA) overview & 10 country summary Health Priority Setting and Resource Allocation Database Blank HePRA Visualization Tool Blank...
As more countries aim to implement universal health coverage (UHC), leaders will face challenging decisions from scarce resources. In addition to increasing health sector allocations, improving health system efficiency will be critical to their journeys to achieve UHC. Measuring Health System...
The Dynamic Inventory of DRM Resources and Efforts was created to bridge a gap in the current discourse between Ministries of Health and Ministries of Finance, providing an easy to-access compilation of existing resources, including existing databases of such efforts, case studies, and other...
The Health Financing technical initiative was launched 2016 and is led by the World Bank. This brochure provides an introduction to the JLN, an overview of the initiative’s work, and summaries of the learning collaboratives and exchanges that the initiative has organised.
A Guide to Common Requirements for National Health Insurance Information Systems updates the JLN's 2012 publication, Determining Common Requirements for National Health Insurance Information Systems, to provide additional information on: why system requirements are important the methodology for...
As countries continue to invest in and strengthen their health information technology systems, they will gain greater access to data that can be used to deliver more efficient services. This guide is a companion to the Using Health Data to Improve Universal Health Coverage case studies...
The Who, What, and How of Paying for Health Services for Universal Health Coverage Welcome to the Provider Payment Mechanisms (PPM) Podcast: The Who, What and How of Paying for Health Services for Universal Health Coverage ↗. This miniseries was created in collaboration with technical experts...
In many health systems, empanelment signifies a step toward more effective and better coordinated primary health care by helping to transform reactive care, oriented around visits, into proactive care that can deliver broader improvements to population health. Empanelment: A Foundational...
Using the experiences of South Korea as an example, these case studies look at country experiences of and challenges to using health data to improve universal health coverage policies. In particular, three case studies examine the use of data to: Segment and identify people at risk of chronic...
The Vertical Integration Diagnostic and Readiness Tool can help leaders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess and implement vertical integration policies, programs, and pilots by guiding them through reviews of the overall policies, regulatory and enabling institutional...
Designing Health Benefits Policies: A Country Assessment Guide: This jointly produced and piloted assessment guide, developed by the six countries listed above, guides countries in prioritizing and thinking through the complex web of decisions that must be considered when developing,...
Globally, there is growing agreement that primary health care (PHC), with its ability to address up to 90 percent of a population’s diverse health needs, is central to the achievement of UHC. The JLN Primary Health Care Measurement for Improvement collaborative is a network of delegates from 15...
As countries work toward UHC, they recognize that the public sector alone cannot provide all necessary comprehensive primary health care services to cover country populations and that countries need to engage and effectively steward both the and private health sectors. This guide can be used by...
The Strategic Communication for Universal Health Coverage Practical Guide and Planning Tool equips UHC and health policy champions and implementers with actionable guidance on how to develop a comprehensive strategic communication plan tailored to different stakeholder groups to achieve a...
Realizing UHC requires deliberate, tailored communication strategies that increase engagement and knowledge, and create support for change among a diverse group of stakeholders – including political leaders, health care purchasers, providers, patients, suppliers and civil society groups; this...
In most countries, primary health care (PHC) providers are the first point of contact that most people have with the larger health care system. Primary health care is accessed the most by patients and can have the greatest impact on health outcomes compared with other parts of the system....
Aiming to address gaps in practical knowledge, this toolkit provides guidance on setting up medical audit units, conducting investigations, and using the results of a medical audit. The guide also includes a step-by-step review of claims to identify providers prone to fraud or poor quality of...
The Primary Health Care (PHC) Measurement for Improvement Collaborative was launched in partnership with the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) in April 2016, with the goal of developing practical tools and approaches to improve country-level measurement of PHC performance,...
A carefully developed provider payment system can be a powerful instrument for making progress toward universal health coverage. Effectively monitoring this system is an integral part of the process. Countries can draw on the collective experience presented in this toolkit to create an...
What is it? Advice from Implementers to Implementers is a practical manual that contains step-by-step guidance along with real-world examples and case studies to help facilitate public-private sector engagement around primary health care (PHC). The first two modules of the Manual provide...
This workbook is a companion to the practical guide titled Assessing Health Provider Payment Systems. It contains a set of sample data tables and interview tools to be adapted and used by the Analytical Team to assemble key background data and information, conduct interviews, and carry out the...
All payment mechanisms involve trade-offs and may lead to unintended consequences. As a result, practitioners and policymakers struggle to assess which specific payment mechanisms can achieve health systems goals. There is very little existing documentation to help guide policymakers and...
The tool, referred to as the “UHC-PHC Self-Assessment Tool,” is a multi-stakeholder survey that helps accomplish the following: Document and assess how health insurance or financial coverage institutions interact with other PHC actors and programs; Identify key areas of improvement and...
Developed by the JLN Costing Collaborative, the Costing Toolkit serves as an accompaniment to the Costing of Health Services for Provider Payment: A Practical Manual. The Manual provides tools and templates (found in the Costing Toolkit) based on the day-to-day experiences of a network of...
Connecting Health Information Systems for Better Health: leveraging interoperability standards to link patient, provider, payor, and policymaker data eBook, developed by PATH for the JLN Information Technology Technical Initiative, is a reference guide for countries wanting to link their...
This is the first resource on costing that bridges theory with practical step-by-step guidance on how to address challenges related to costing for provider payment in low-and middle-income countries. The manual is accompanied by a workbook with comprehensive tools and templates and an...
This paper aims to aid countries that are consolidating health insurance schemes to achieve universal coverage by providing an overview for national policymakers on the role of the health data dictionaries (HDD) and why establishing one early on is a key step in promoting system interoperability.
This report provides a set of practical tools and resources for country decision-makers to employ as they develop national level health insurance information systems. Countries identify their common information technology needs and examine the functional requirements for information systems...
This paper address key implementation questions raised by countries on the journey toward universal health coverage, and provides concrete data so that policymakers and information technology professionals alike may understand the ramifications of the provider payment choice on the IT systems...
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