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Community Health Financing as a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage: Synthesis of Evidence from Ghana, Senegal, and Ethiopia

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Hailu Zelelew Published: June 2015 Resource Description: In about half of all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 40 percent or more of the total health expenditure (THE) comes from household out-of-pocket payments. In fact, out-of-pocket health expenditure was less than 20 percent of THE in 2012 in only 10 of 47 countries (Sambo et al., 2013). Against this […]

HFG Project Overview – Improving Health Finance and Governance Expands Access to Life-Saving Health Care

HFG Project, Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors:  Health Finance and Governance Project Published: 6/1/2015 Resource Description: A functional health system delivers the quality health care people need, where they need it, at prices they can afford. The United States Agency for International Development’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project collaborates with partners in lower middle-income countries to increase their domestic resources for health, manage […]

Hematology machine purchased using the retained revenue help Meshualekia health center better serve its clients

Revenue Retention Improves Quality of Care at Addis Ababa Health Center

Announcements, Health Finance, Leads, Resource Mobilization

Debrework Getachew, head of the Meshualekia Health Center in Kirkos subcity of Addis Ababa, considers himself a witness to the dramatic changes that Ethiopia’s Health Care Financing (HCF) reforms have brought to his facility. He has been working there for more than six years. He started as a care provider and now leads a workforce of […]

Evaluation of Community-Based Health Insurance Pilot Schemes in Ethiopia: Final Report

Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Home Page Map, Publications, Universal Health Coverage

As part of its health care financing strategy in general and its health insurance strategy in particular, the Government of Ethiopia endorsed and launched community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in 13 pilot woredas in Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP), and Tigray regions in 2010/11 to provide risk protection mechanisms for those employed […]

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Ethiopia Health Minister Applauds Community-Based Health Insurance

Announcements, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI)

On a recent visit to the Dewa Chefa district community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu recognized the success of CBHI in expanding access to care and reaffirmed his earlier announcement that Ethiopia would expand CBHI throughout the country. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked with the […]

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Ghana’s Learning Exchange with Taiwan Builds Confidence, Cooperation in National Health Insurance Agency

Announcements, Leads

In Taiwan, universal health coverage  (UHC) is not just a goal, it is already a reality. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) covers 99.9% of the country’s population by providing low-cost health care to its beneficiaries through a centralized, single-payer system. Built on a strong foundation of proven information technology, the system allows both administrators and patients […]

Urban Health Financing in Bangladesh in the Context of Universal Health Coverage

Announcements

Urban Health Financing in Bangladesh, in the Context of Universal Health Coverage Special Session at the International Conference on Urban Health Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9.00-10.30 AM Executive Lounge, BICC This special session focuses on data and evidence on urban health financing in Bangladesh, with discussion on implications for future programming and planning. Newly conducted […]

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