🎉 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

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

A Critical Assessment of Strategic Health Purchasing in Benin's Health Financing Schemes and the Implications for Universal Health Coverage Several reforms are underway in Benin to improve strategic health purchasing. This study examines th⁠e extent to which purchasing mechanisms in Benin …

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲?
Authors assess strategic health purchasing across Benin’s three major insurance schemes, call for a coherent financing strategy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#UHC #HealthFinancing #Benin #StrategicPurchasing #P4HNetwork

National Assembly Advances Dialogue on Sustainable Health Financing in Laos - P4H Network The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing

🇱🇦 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝘀

The National Assembly of #Laos held its 2nd workshop on “The Economics of Health” uniting parliamentarians, MoH & partners to secure long-term financing for immunisation & PHC

Read more: bit.ly/3XsXwxa

#P4HNetwork
@laotiantimes.com.web.brid.gy

At #WHS2025, we hosted a side event on Partnering for Efficiency: Strengthening Collaboration in Health Financing & Digital Health with support from GIZ, BMZ and SDC
on how partnerships & open tools like openIMIS advance sustainable HF reforms.

#HealthFinancing #DigitalHealth #P4HNetwork #WHS2025

Romania’s Senate Committees Back CASS Exemptions for Vulnerable Groups Amid Fiscal Debate - P4H Network

🇷🇴 Romania’s Senate committees back social health insurance contribution exemptions for vulnerable groups—mothers on parental leave, veterans. The move sparks debate between social protection and fiscal discipline.

🔗 p4h.world/en/news/roma...

#HealthFinancing #Romania #SocialProtection #P4HNetwork

BLOG: Financing for Future Pandemics – Three Strategic Shifts We Need Now 🌍

The Pandemic Treaty is a chance to reshape how the world funds prevention, preparedness & response.

By @cgdev.org now on P4H Network
🔗 p4h.world/en/financing...

#PPPR #HealthFinancing #CGD #PandemicTreaty #P4HNetwork

Students from @tcddublin.bsky.social's Global Health & Global Mental Health MScs joined a seminar on the #P4HNetwork with Christine Ortiz, exploring health financing & #UHC progress.
A great exchange on advancing #SDG3.8.2 through global collaboration.
🔗 p4h.world
#GlobalHealth #Dublin #Trinity

Join us at the World Health Summit 2025 side event in Berlin on Oct 14 -Partnering for Efficiency: Strengthening Collaboration in Health Financing & Digital Health

Co-hosted by OpenIMIS, P4H, GIZ, @bmz.de & SDC. 🌍

🔗 bit.ly/3J0Iw6b

#WHS2025 #P4HNetwork #HealthFinancing #DigitalHealth #GlobalHealth

Direct Unconditional Cash Transfers Boost Well-Being For Mothers And Babies - Health Policy Watch Hanna now has a new prescription at her disposal: unconditional cash transfers to pregnant women and new mothers in the form of the organization, Rx Kids.

Unconditional cash transfers boost maternal & child health.
In Flint (Rx Kids), results show ↓ preterm births, ↓ NICU stays, & better well-being.
Global evidence echoes this: cash can improve newborn health

🔗 healthpolicy-watch.news/direct-uncon...

#HealthFinancing #SocialProtection #P4HNetwork

Conseil Nationale de Santé 2025: Congolese healthcare takes a strategic step forward - P4H Network

🇨🇬 Le Congo franchit une étape clé vers la #CSU : le Conseil National de la Santé 2025 a adopté 9 recommandations sur la gouvernance, le financement et la participation communautaire. Objectif : CSU d’ici 2030.

🔗 p4h.world/en/news/cons...

#FinancementDeLaSanté #Gouvernance #P4HNetwork

Multiyear presence of P4H-CFP adds to Cambodia’s progress towards UHC - P4H Network

🇰🇭 CAMBODIA: From 2021–2024, P4H CFP Niccolò Rotigliano (GIZ/BMZ) advanced #UHC through tax & legal analyses, gender reviews, workshops & policy dialogue. Key: UHC Roadmap 2024–2034 + stronger Health Equity Fund.

🔗 p4h.world/en/case_stud...

#P4HNetwork #HealthFinancing

Estonia's Health Insurance Fund running a deficit for at least 15 years - P4H Network

🇪🇪 Estonia: Tervisekassa has faced deficits for 15+ years, driven by ageing, rising costs & demand for new treatments. Officials stress reforms to strengthen sustainability while safeguarding equity.

🔗 p4h.world/en/news/esto...

#Estonia #HealthFinancing #HealthSystems #P4HNetwork

🇧🇯In #Benin, #COVID-19 cut incomes by up to 20% & pushed 4% more households into catastrophic health costs, per Economies study by Honlonkou, Bassongui & Daraté. Urban, young, educated, male-headed households hit hardest
Read: www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13...
#UHC #P4HNetwork @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social

The role of health and health systems in shaping political engagement and rebuilding trust in democratic institutions Around the world, institutional trust is declining while democratic discontent is rising. What role do health and health systems play in this crisis? We review decades of interdisciplinary research to...

When people’s health declines, trust in institutions can crumble, sometimes pushing politics to the extremes.

A new @thelancet.com Regional Health – Europe piece asks: could inclusive, respectful care help rebuild democracy?

🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#HealthSystems #Democracy #P4HNetwork

🚩 New from @vitalstrategies.org: The Future of Health Financing in Africa

As donor aid shrinks & #NCDs grow, health taxes on tobacco, alcohol & sugary drinks offer a triple win:
✅ Save lives
✅ Raise revenue
✅ Cut system costs

📄 p4h.world/en/documents...
#HealthTax #SugarTax #AlcoholTax #P4HNetwork

Sierra Leone advances towards universal health coverage with key bill discussion - P4H Network

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone is advancing #UHC with a draft bill to create the Sierra Leone Agency for UHC. Backed by @who.int, the move aims to unify free healthcare & insurance schemes—cutting out-of-pocket costs & boosting social protection

📖 p4h.world/en/news/sier...

#HealthFinancing #SHP #P4HNetwork

New open-access study in @thelancet.com Regional Health – Southeast Asia explores health insurance coverage in 6 countries (2015–2022). Findings show persistent gaps by gender, education & location.
📄 Read: p4h.world/en/documents...
#UHC #HealthInsurance #SoutheastAsia #HealthEquity #P4HNetwork

Africa Unites to Take Stock of Disease Burden and Financial Needs towards NTDs Elimination by 2030 – Africa CDC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | June 26, 2025 — Fifty African Union Member States have endorsed a ground-breaking digital micro-planning portal co-created by Africa CDC to accelerate the elimination of Neglec...

50 @africanunion.bsky.social countries endorse a new #AfricaCDC digital portal to fast-track #NTD elimination by 2030. Aligned with Agenda 2063, it supports country-led planning & calls for sustainable financing.
africacdc.org/news-item/af...
#HealthForAll #P4HNetwork

South Africa’s Treasury steps in after Pepfar cuts, boosts HIV funding and health infrastructure - P4H Network

🇿🇦 After major #PEPFAR cuts, #SouthAfrica’s Treasury steps up with R753.5m ($42.7M) for HIV services, research & medicines. @gatesfoundation.bsky.social & @wellcometrust.bsky.social pledge more, but clinic closures & job losses persist.
🔗 p4h.world/en/news/sout...
#HIV #HealthFinancing #P4HNetwork

Nigeria plans public health tax on sugar, cigarettes, and alcohol to combat NCDs - P4H Network

🇳🇬 #Nigeria plans a public #healthtax on sugar, alcohol & tobacco to cut NCD deaths by 33% by 2030—complementing the WHO-backed #PENPlus for severe NCD care.
Read via #P4HNetwork: p4h.world/en/news/nige...

Catastrophic health expenditure, social protection coverage, and financial coping strategies in adults with symptoms of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya: a cross-sectional study These findings suggest a sizeable burden of CHE in people seeking care for chronic respiratory disease symptoms in Meru County in Kenya, driven by socioeconomic and sex inequalities and impaired acces...

📢 A new @lancetgh.bsky.social study finds 26% of adults with chronic respiratory symptoms in Meru County, #Kenya face catastrophic health costs.
72% lacked #NHIF, 95% used coping strategies.
Study urges stronger #SocialProtection.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#CHE #UHC #P4HNetwork

South Korea Faces Fiscal Crisis in National Health Insurance - P4H Network

🇰🇷 South Korea’s national health insurance faces fiscal strain. Proposals to scrap the subsidy sunset system & boost state funding spark debate. Experts urge reforms to curb rising costs.
🔗 Read more via #P4HNetwork: p4h.world/en/news/sout...
#HealthSystems #SouthKorea

A new vision for universal health coverage in an age of global displacement - P4H Network

🌍 Migration & displacement are reshaping health needs. A new @thelancet.com Public Health article urges a cosmopolitan UHC model—one rooted in global solidarity, climate finance & equity. Health is a shared right.
p4h.world/en/news/a-ne...
#UHC #GlobalHealth #P4HNetwork

Bridging The Nutrition Financing Gap With Private Sector Partnerships - Health Policy Watch Better nutrition is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty affecting millions of people across the world. As international development funding faces

Private sector innovation can help close the $128B nutrition financing gap. With shrinking aid budgets, it's time for co-investment—not charity. Better nutrition builds stronger economies & healthier futures.
healthpolicy-watch.news/bridging-the...
#GlobalHealth #P4HNetwork #Nutrition

Gavi and ADB to unlock sustainable immunisation financing in Asia - P4H Network

@gavi.org & @adb.org join forces to expand sustainable immunisation financing across 32 Asia-Pacific countries. With $100B in lending & a push for vaccine equity, this partnership boosts UHC goals. 🌏💉
#HealthFinancing #UHC #Immunisation #P4HNetwork
p4h.world/en/news/gavi...

Challenging inadequate and fragmented primary health care financing: findings from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, and Nepal - 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...

Strengthening #PHC in South‑East Asia is key to achieving UHC. A study led by Aungsumalee Pholpark highlights fragmented financing, low budgets & poor provider incentives in #Bangladesh, #Indonesia, #Maldives #Nepal.👇
🔗 p4h.world/en/documents...
#PrimaryHealthCare #HealthFinancing #UHC #P4HNetwork

Transforming primary health care in Indonesia: ThinkWell supports financing for bold health reform - P4H Network

#ThinkWell is working with 🇮🇩 to strengthen how primary health care is financed & delivered through the #ILP reform. New funding for CHWs in #Badung & national efforts to streamline flows are underway. 🌍💡
🔗 p4h.world/en/news/tran...
#PrimaryHealthCare #HealthFinancing #UHC #P4HNetwork

Budget allocation for Brazil’s Unified Health System to increase by 6.2% in 2025 - P4H Network

🇧🇷 Brasil aumentará en un 6,2% el presupuesto del SUS en 2025. Atención primaria y especializada recibirán más recursos, pero preocupa la reducción para salud indígena. El compromiso con la #CUS continúa.
📄 Más info: p4h.world/en/news/budg...
#SaludPública #Brasil #EquidadEnSalud #P4HNetwork

📄 A new concept paper from #AfricaCDC calls for stronger domestic health financing in response to declining aid. It promotes innovation, public investment & resilience across African health systems.

🔗 p4h.world/en/documents...
#HealthFinancing #AfricaCDC #P4HNetwork #UHC #sovereignty