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Digital Financial Services in Health 2012-2017: Lessons from Literature and Expert Interviews

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Published: September 2017 Resource Description: The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project has promoted the use of digital financial services (DFS) in health for the past five years. HFG knowledge management activities include publishing case studies, participating in DFS workshops, interviewing service providers, conducting literature reviews, and conducting field […]

Mobile Money for Health

Resource Type: White Paper Authors: Sherri Haas, Marilyn Heymann, Pamela Riley, and Abeba Taddese Published: 11/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile money provides unique opportunities in the health sector. It can be integrated into existing activities—replacing cash flows—to improve efficiency, accountability, and transparency in financial transactions. It also opens up potential to improve scalability of subsidy and incentive schemes and […]

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

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 […]

Mobile Money Defined

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 7/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile money describes financial transactions that are conducted using a mobile phone, where value is stored virtually (e-money) in an account associated with a SIM card. Such transactions are compatible with basic phones and do not require internet access. Mobile money systems have the potential […]

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