Tag Archives: Insurance

Report of the Technical Working Group on Sustainability for HIV/AIDS, Kenya

HIV/AIDS, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Health Systems 20/20, Government of Kenya Published: 8/1/2010 Resource Description: This report summarizes financial and human resource estimates and provides specific recommendations for putting Kenya’s HIV/AIDS program on more sustainable footing. Operational details for implementing decentralization of treatment and care services are discussed, along with the evidence and recommendations for implementing guideline changes in ART and PMTCT. […]

Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make it Work

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick, Christine Ortiz, Catherine Connor, and Beatriz Zurita Published: 6/1/2010 Resource Description: The Health Insurance Handbook provides policymakers and health insurance designers with practical, action-oriented support to deepen their understanding of health insurance concepts, help them identify design and implementation challenges, and define realistic steps for the development and scaling up […]

Maternal Health in Ghana: Investigating the Impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Maternal Health Indicators

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

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Laurel Hatt, Slavea Chankova, and Sara Sulzbach Published: 4/1/2009 Resource Description: To address economic barriers to skilled delivery care, policymakers have begun experimenting with health financing interventions such as vouchers and health insurance. Ghana, for example, has passed legislation to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which provides free antenatal and facility-based delivery […]

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