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The Role of Health Insurance in Family Planning

Announcements, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

A new policy brief written by HFG and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) finds that “Well-designed insurance programs offer a way to improve the quality and equitable provision of family planning services.” The Role of Health Insurance in Family Planning explores how insurance programs “can be designed to increase demand for and uptake of family […]

Plan Stratégique de Développement de la PSSP, 2015-2019

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

Ce Plan Stratégique de Développement de la Plateforme du Secteur Privé de la Santé (PSSP), 2015-2019 représente une feuille de route pour permettre à la PSSP d’atteindre son objectif et la vision de contribuer à l’amélioration l’état de santé de la population béninoise sur la base d’une meilleure organisation des acteurs du secteur privé de […]

Political Winds Blow a New Life into Senegal’s Mutuelles de Santé

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

Senegal has been implementing various forms of health insurance (private, public, and community-based) for decades. Renewed political will has energized the use of community-based health insurance (mutuelles de santé) as a key element in the government’s push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. While this government support is laudable, financial, technical, and organizational challenges […]

Sustaining HIV/AIDS Treatment Services: Estimating the Health Insurance Liability for Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam (2015-2020)

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), HIV/AIDS, Home Page Map, Publications

Vietnam’s HIV/AIDS response is mainly financed by external sources, with 73% of spending on HIV funded by international donors for the period 2008-2010. As donor funding is expected to decline over the coming years, it is critical for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to identify viable solutions for sustaining HIV/AIDS activities. The Decision No 1899/QD-TTg, […]

Ethiopia Scales Up Community-based Health Insurance

Announcements, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI)

In Ethiopia, there is an old tradition called idir or kire of community organizations providing financial help to families for emergencies, like funerals. But a new form of “idir/kire” nicknamed “edir/kire while alive” is gaining traction as the Ethiopian government pursues its goal of providing universal health coverage. That scheme is community-based health insurance or […]

Effects of User Fee Exemptions on the Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services: A Review of Literature

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Health Systems Research, Journal Publications, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH)

Resource Type: Journal Article (Literature Review) Authors: Laurel E. Hatt, Marty Makinen, Supriya Madhavan, Claudia M. Conlon Published: 12/31/2013 Resource Description: User fee removal has been put forward as an approach to increasing priority health service utilization, reducing impoverishment, and ultimately reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. However, user fees are a source of facility revenue in many low-income countries, often used […]

Effect of Health Insurance on the Use and Provision of Maternal Health Services and Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Health Systems Research, Journal Publications, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH)

Resource Type: Journal Article (Systematic Review) Authors: Alison B. Comfort, Lauren A. Peterson, Laurel E. Hatt Published: 12/31/2013 Resource Description: Financial barriers can affect timely access to maternal health services. Health insurance can influence the use and quality of these services and potentially improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. We conducted a systematic review of the evidence on health […]

Building on Community-based Health Insurance to Expand National Coverage: The Case of Ghana

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

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Nathan J. Blanchet and Osei B. Acheampong Published: 12/30/2013 Resource Description: Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme has captured the global health community’s attention as one of the most ambitious plans for universal health coverage in Africa. From modest growth of mutual health organization (MHO) schemes to a rapidly scaled-up and centralized national […]

Promoting the Use of Mobile Money to Strengthen Health Systems: Applications for Health Care Financing

Digital Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 7/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile phone-based financial transactions, commonly referred to as mobile money, promote financial inclusion and can be used to address key financial barriers to health care access for the poor, such as high out-of-pocket spending costs and prohibitive transportation costs to health facilities, especially in rural […]

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