Performance-based incentive (PBI) programs are burgeoning all over the world, and can be leveraged to strengthen social accountability and overcome key challenges associated with civil society monitoring of health care providers. Community-based
Ensuring the funds allocated for health services and supplies are actually used for their intended purpose is key to increasing access to life-saving health care in low- and medium-income countries. For nearly two decades, countries and international organizations have used Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) as an important tool to strengthen the governance of health […]
The Government of Saint Lucia has been considering a national health financing mechanism since the early 2000s. After initial work by a task force in 2002, this mechanism has become known as the Universal Health Care (UHC) plan. The UHC plan as currently envisioned would identify sources of additional revenue for expanding health services coverage […]
The Egyptian Health Sector Reform Program introduced the Family Health Model in 1999 to strengthen the existing primary health care service delivery system. The FHM revised the basic package of integrated services in the PHC facilities,
For more than 20 years, community-based health insurance (CBHI) has been a component of the health financing system in Mali. Known as mutual health organizations, or mutuelles in French, CBHI schemes are not-for-profit mechanisms
The main objective of Health Sector Public Expenditure Review for fiscal year (FY) 2011 (PER FY11) was to assess the budgetary allocations and expenditures to inform stakeholders about progress made in key health financing milestones over the 2006/07 – 2011/12 period. Specifically, the Health Sector PER
Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Nejmudin Bilal Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: The Health Extension Program is a flagship of the Ethiopian Health Sector Development Program: an innovative intervention marked by institutionalization of primary health care, government leadership, and the alignment and substantial support of development partners. Most importantly, the program is the main vehicle for achieving the Ethiopia’s […]
Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Hailu Zelelew Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: Ethiopia endorsed a health care financing strategy in 1998 that envisioned a wide range of reform initiatives. The implementation of these reform initiatives was legalized through regional legislations and operationalized in line with prototype implementation frameworks that were modified and aligned within specific regional contexts. The strategy […]
Resource Type: Brief Authors: Avril Ogrodnick, Tesfaye Dereje, and Megan Meline Published: 2/6/2012 Resource Description: After signing the 2003 peace accord, Liberia’s government engaged with international partners to rehabilitate the health system. Between 2006 and 2010, the country’s infant and under-five mortality rates declined steadily. By 2010, the total number of new or reconstructed health facilities had increased to 550. Preventable conditions […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Marianne El-Khoury, Elizabeth Ohadi, Chinyere Omeogu, and Oluwaseun Adeleke Published: 2/1/2012 Resource Description: The USAID-funded Health Systems 20/20 project conducted a Public Expenditure Management Review (PEMR) for the health sector in three Nigerian states: Sokoto, Cross River, and Nasarawa. The PEMR examines the flow of funds across government levels down to the service providers […]
