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 […]
Regardless of their country’s income level, decision-makers are forced to choose where and how best to spend their health budgets. Health Priority Setting: A Practitioner’s Handbook provides practical guidance for low-and middle-income countries on how to use data and evidence when allocating resources in the health sector to help achieve their health priorities. Co-produced by the […]
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 Efficiency in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Resource Guide introduces the concepts and principles of […]
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 […]
This document provides an introduction to the development and use of system requirements, that countries can use as a starting point to define, design, and implement information systems to support health insurance programs.