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Global Landscape: Fiscal Space for Health

May 28, 2020

Public financing in the health sector is an essential component for countries working to implement universal health coverage (UHC). Unfortunately, the reality that many low- and middle-income countries currently face are health systems that are inefficiently funded through high levels of out-of-pocket spending. As demographics shift and the burden of chronic disease management rises, countries must identify ways to increase public financing for health and reduce out-of-pocket costs. This report helps make the case for why countries must “realize fiscal space for health” to continue to advance their UHC goals.

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Protected: DRM Collaborative Policy Dialogue Toolkit – Phase I

May 21, 2020

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Leveraging Provider Payment to Achieve Health System Goals

May 8, 2020

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 included: There is no one approach that works everywhere all the time, and no endpoint. There are many ongoing country innovations to learn from. Being a strategic purchaser starts with analysis… and analysis starts with using what you have. Download the Leveraging Provider Payment to Achieve Health System Goals report for a full recap of the meeting.

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Cover of the Revisiting Health Financing technical initiative brochure

Revisiting Health Financing Brochure

November 29, 2019

The Health Financing technical initiative was launched after extensive consultations with JLN member countries and the JLN Steering Group, including during the Annual UHC Financing Forum (April 2016, Washington DC), the 2016 JLN Global Meeting (July 2016, Malaysia), and through multiple JLN Member surveys. The World Bank led a country-by-country consultation was from February to March 2017 to further identify membership and representation. 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 organized.

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eModule: Costing of Health Services for Provider Payment Manual

October 10, 2017

A digital companion course to the JLN Costing of Health Services for Provider Payment manual.

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