Webinar on Health Financing & Social Health Protection for Rare Diseases YouTube video by P4H Network

New report from P4H Network & @rarediseasesint.bsky.social on health financing and social health protection for rare diseases, building on a global webinar held 5 Nov.

Missed it? Watch the full recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mN-...

#RareDiseases #HealthFinancing #UHC #GlobalHealth

US City Sues Ultra-Processed Food Companies, Seeking 'Restitution' For Health Costs - Health Policy Watch The City of San Francisco has filed a historic lawsuit against 10 ultra-processed food (UPF) manufacturers, seeking “restitution and civil penalties" to help

San Francisco’s lawsuit against ultra-processed food companies signals a shift in how health systems may fund the rising costs of chronic disease. As links to NCDs grow, governments are looking to recover health costs from commercial drivers
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#HealthFinancing

Check out new analysis by @edwinebarasa.bsky.social et al. Warns that as donor funding declines, many LMICs are adopting shifting costs to households, over-reliance on insurance, sidelining PHC, and weakening community health threaten equity and UHC progress.

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🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝟰𝗛 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁! Highlights include engagement in 40 countries, support to Chad’s AMED, reviews in Lao PDR, financing pilots in Madagascar, and major digital growth.
🔗 Full report: p4h.world

#P4HNetwork #UHC #GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #SHP

Financialisation is the last thing South Africa’s National Health Insurance needs | Daily Maverick South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) aims to address healthcare inequities, but the rise of financialisation threatens its success. Treating health as an asset compromises universal health c...

New op-ed warns 🇿🇦 ’s path to Universal Health Coverage risks being undermined by the financialisation of healthcare.

Authors call for stronger public financing, primary care investment, transparency, and equity-focused use of private capacity.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

#NHI #UHC

🚩 New on the #MontreuxCollaborative Blog!

Ghana’s digital public financial management reforms offer key lessons for health systems. The Ghana Health Service built flexible tools like PBMIS, GhiLMIS & e-Transactions to meet real-time needs.

www.pfm4health.net/blog/digital...

#PFM #HealthSystems

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁!

Join the launch of the 2025 Global Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage with @who.int, World Bank and @uhc2030.bsky.social

📅 Dec 8 | 🕗 8–9:30am EST / 14–15:30 CET
🔗 Zoom: ID 986 9474 5632 | Passcode .W1MJT=@r3

Interpretation in FR/ES/AR.
#UHC #FinProtc

We're looking forward to the launch of the @WHO and @WorldBank "Tracking #UniversalHealthCoverage: 2025 Global Monitoring Report" next Monday! Will you join us?

📆 8 December
🕒 14:00–15:30 CET
🔗 Details to join here: www.universalhealthcoverageday.org/global-heatm...

Autumn Budget 2025: what you need to know Headline points for healthcare leaders from the 2025 Autumn Budget.

🇬🇧📢 UK Autumn Budget 2025: Key health updates

🏥 Up to 250 neighbourhood health centres (120 by 2030) via a new PPP model
💻 £300m for NHS tech
💷 Health & care budgets +2.4% (2025–29)
💊 Branded medicines spend +25%

www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

#HealthBudget #NHS #UK

Partnership enhances Africa’s health accounts to advance UHC - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

WHO Africa and STATAFRIC are strengthening collaboration to improve how countries measure health spending and financial protection for UHC.
Recent trainings in Accra and Dakar brought together 40+ countries to build skills in NHA and data analysis.

p4h.world/en/news/part...

#UHC #HealthFinancing

APEC advances collaborative agenda to close women’s health financing gaps - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗖 economies are advancing efforts to close the 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗽 after the Smart Families Workshop in Incheon.

Progress toward a new Innovative Financing Framework highlights stronger cross-sector collaboration.

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#WomensHealth #HealthFinancing

Episode-based Payments in Health – An innovative proposal for Health Plans at the CLAVS 25 congress - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

New P4H blog: André Medici explores how episode-based payments can strengthen value-based care in Latin America, reducing costs and improving coordination.

Insights from CLAVS 2025 and IBRAVS’ framework.

p4h.world/en/episode-b...

#HealthFinancing #ValueBasedCare

[English] UHC High-Level Forum 2025 YouTube video by 厚生労働省 / Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

UHC High-level Forum takes place 6 Dec 2025 in Tokyo, hosted by Japan, @who.int & World Bank.
The event will launch the UHC Knowledge Hub and feature the UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025, National Health Compacts & high-level discussions.

🔴 Livestream: youtube.com/live/j0jwIIY...

At the #MontreuxCollaborative in Geneva, the session on decentralization highlighted that subnational governments manage major health spending.
Roles vary across countries, but strong national–local coordination is essential for effective #PHC and better #PFM for health.
@who.int #HealthForAll

Mejores inversiones para acelerar la eliminación de enfermedades en las Américas - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

La OPS/OMS avanza en su Iniciativa de Eliminación de Enfermedades, usando “Mejores Inversiones” para impulsar acciones costo-efectivas y respuestas integradas centradas en las personas en las Américas. Más aquí:

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#SaludPública #OPS

WHO has released new global health expenditure data for 190+ countries (2000–2023), along with updated dashboards and documentation. Explore the resources here:
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#GlobalHealth #UHC

Vietnam to add annual health checks to universal insurance benefits in 2026 - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

🇻🇳 Vietnam plans free annual health check-ups for all citizens starting 2026 under a proposal to boost preventive care and advance Resolution 72.

The plan also raises insurance coverage for near-poor households and seniors 75+.

Read more: p4h.world/en/news/viet...

#HealthPolicy #VietnamHealth

🇵🇭 PhilHealth aims to cut Filipinos’ out-of-pocket health spending from 44.7% to 25–30% by 2028, requiring higher gov’t health spending and bigger investments in primary care.

Total health spending hit ₱1.4T in 2024, yet households still bear much of the cost.

bit.ly/4ahTgYY

#UHC #HealthFinancing

Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program Reaches Record 200 Billion Won Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program Reaches Record 200 Billion Won Funds surge sixfold since 2019; critics highlight rise in non-severe disease support

📈 Korea’s Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program is set to exceed ₩200B this year—a sixfold rise since 2019 driven by eased eligibility and higher demand.

But support for non-severe diseases now surpasses severe cases, raising sustainability concerns.
bit.ly/4p6KNwA

#HealthPolicy #UHC

🔴 New study shows major Global Health Initiatives in Pakistan aren’t well aligned with UHC or PHC planning. Parallel grants, weak accountability & limited sustainability pose challenges.

Authors call for integration, shared power & stronger domestic financing.

bit.ly/4rpotQg
#UHC #GlobalHealth

Time to fully account for cost in monitoring financial protection and universal health coverage in low- and middle-income settings - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

📘 New commentary challenges global HTA methods in LMICs. Siriram & Harris show EQ-5D value sets poorly reflect South African patients’ health.

They propose utilitarian principlism + shifts incl. multi-criteria decision analysis for fairer decisions.

🔗 bit.ly/4im5d1P

#HealthPolicy #HealthEquity

Time to fully account for cost in monitoring financial protection and universal health coverage in low- and middle-income settings - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

🌍 New commentary highlights how LMICs overlook key cost drivers in UHC monitoring, transport expenses and time lost seeking care.
These burdens hit poorer & rural households hardest.
Authors call for better measurement, PHC investment & financing that covers non-medical costs.
🔗 bit.ly/4isC1qe

New data highlights wide gaps in EU health expenditure - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

📊 New Eurostat data shows big gaps in EU health spending. The EU spent €1.72T in 2023 (10% of GDP).

Germany leads, while Luxembourg & Romania spend just 5.7%. Per-capita spending up 44% since 2014.

More equity & sustainability needed.
p4h.world/en/news/new-...
#europe #healthexpenditure #data

Expanding budget space to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what role for tax expenditures? - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

🚩 New study: 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, special tax breaks that cut revenue, are linked to higher child & maternal mortality in 𝟱𝟱 𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗖𝘀 (2000–22).
Stronger public financial management reduces the harm. Reforming wasteful tax breaks can boost budget space for health.

bit.ly/43MC8qy @oupprimary.bsky.social

What can a ministry of finance do to improve health spending? - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

New 𝗢𝗗𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 explores how ministries of finance can boost health spending efficiency as 𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗖𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 $𝟱𝟲 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮 and LICs under $10.

It outlines 10 ways to strengthen budgeting, execution, procurement, decentralisation & digital systems.

p4h.world/en/documents...

#HealthFinancing #PFM

Africa CDC hails Nigeria's health reform model Africa CDC has emphasised that Nigeria will be among the few pilot countries for integrated health financing under the G20 partnership

🇳🇬Africa CDC spotlights Nigeria as a continental model for health reform.
At the 2025 Joint Annual Review, DG Jean Kaseya praised Nigeria’s leadership in integrated health financing, UHC, and local production.
guardian.ng/features/hea...
#P4HNetwork #HealthFinancing

Pandemic Financing The G20 High Level Independent Panel sets minimum annual benchmarks for pandemic financing and urges governments to take action by or before the September

Global health financing is shrinking as pandemic risks are rising. The G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) is calling for urgent action from governments around the globe for domestic and global financing to protect against catastrophic losses.

Read their report here ⤵️

HELEN CLARK: It is time for SA to realise the promise of universal health coverage Helen Clark emphasises the importance for SA to expedite its National Health Insurance reforms to achieve universal health coverage as it hosts the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting

South Africa’s G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting put a spotlight on its health reforms.
As Helen Clark notes, the rollout of the NHI Act aligns with global moves toward UHC.
The G20 discussions offered a platform to share lessons as SA advances implementation.
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...

Catalyzing solutions for equitable global access and sustainable financing for novel tuberculosis vaccines for adults and adolescents - P4H Network Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

The new @who.int report on 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗕 vaccines marks a pivotal moment.

Chapter 2.5 highlights why predictable, long-term financing is essential for rollout in resource-constrained countries.

▶️ p4h.world/en/documents...

#Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth

La OPS publica su informe 2025 sobre APS en Sudamérica, analizando cómo 9 países reorganizan sus sistemas y avanzan hacia modelos centrados en las personas. Un recurso clave para fortalecer la equidad en salud. 🔗

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#APS #SaludPública #OPS #SistemasDeSalud