Tag Archives: Health Finance

Follow the Money: Making the Most of Limited Health Resources

Health Finance, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Worldwide, health systems are being asked to do more with less. In many countries, donor funds have stagnated or are declining. Policymakers can influence public and private health spending to improve efficiency, quality, equity, and expand access to life-saving health services. To succeed, however, governments need evidence around their health financing landscape. More and more, […]

Vietnam 2013 General Health Accounts and Disease Expenditures with Sub-Analysis of 2013 HIV/AIDS Expenditure (Vietnamese)

Health Finance, HIV/AIDS, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Report Authors: Pham Le Tuan Published: June 2016 Resource Description: Hệ thống Tài khoản y tế (SHA – System of Health Account) là một công cụ hữu ích trình bày một cách có hệ thống dòng chảy của các nguồn tài chính liên quan đến sử dụng các hàng hóa và dịch vụ y tế […]

A Rapid Assessment of Key Areas of the NHSSP for Timor-Leste: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities for Moving Forward

Health Finance, Health Systems Research, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors:  Andrea Feigl, Chris Lovelace, Nikita Ramchandani Published: 4/01/2016 Resource Description:  Since gaining its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made significant strides in rebuilding its political system, physical infrastructure, civil service structure, and health care system. The country has done this with substantial financial and technical donor support. In the health sector, Timor-Leste has […]

Financing Options for Antiretroviral Procurement

Home Page Map, Presentations

Resource Type: Presentation Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Published: 4/1/2016 Resource Description: This presentation contains proposals to local partners to present policy options for centralized reimbursement and co-payment. In this way, HFG provides much needed technical support to the Ministry of Health and other government agencies in Vietnam. Furthermore, this proposal illustrates the means by which HFG, […]

Additional Domestic Resources to Scale-up the HIV and TB Response in South Africa

Health Finance, HIV/AIDS, Publications, Resource Mobilization

Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Published: 12/1/2015 Resource Description: To tackle its substantial HIV and tuberculosis (TB) burdens, South Africa continues to rapidly scale up its response to both diseases. Over the past decade, the government of South Africa (GoSA) dramatically increased its financing for HIV and TB programs. Rapid scale-up requires […]

Burundi’s Health Accounts Data Underline Need for Health Financing Reforms

Health Finance, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Published: 9/1/2015 Resource Description: Faced with a double burden of disease, Burundi’s government is grappling with how to address growing demand for health care. At the same time, the government is working to balance financial constraints, rising costs, and limited resources. Policymakers need access to the reliable data […]

Championing Sustainability, Namibia Funds Health Accounts

Health Finance, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Published: 8/1/2015 Resource Description: In Namibia, donor funding for health dropped by 47 percent between 2009 and 2013. This sharp decline could have broad implications for the health sector—particularly Namibia’s HIV and AIDS response which relies heavily on donor resources. In light of declining donor resources for health, […]

Tracking Urban Health Expenditures – Preliminary Results from Secondary Analysis of Bangladesh National Health Account

Health Finance, Home Page Map, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

This brief presents preliminary findings of a secondary analysis of Bangladesh National Health Accounts (BNHA) IV focused on tracking urban health expenditures. This analysis is important given the rapid urbanization in Bangladesh, with 23% of the population currently living in urban areas.

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