While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and … child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality … rates are high relative to GDP per capita, and utilization of essential health services is low, given significant demand …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR …), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summarizes overall trends in health outcomes and government health … financing over 2000-2014 and analyzes trends in planned and realized government budgetary health spending data covering fiscal …

Thailand has succeeded in expanding coverage of publicly-funded and publicly-managed health insurance schemes …, following the introduction of universal health coverage policy in 2001. While Thailand's achievement of universal health … coverage (UC) is well noted, recent researches and studies have indicated that there are still gaps in health utilization and …

Afghanistan has made strong gains in health outcomes, health service coverage andhealth systems performance since 2003 …, with a particular impact on women and children's health. All told, Afghanistan has made notable progress towards achieving … the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for improving maternal (MDG5) and child health (MDG4). According to United …

In Nigeria, health care is devolved to the states and primary health care (PHC) is the responsibility of the local … governments, but existing budget and capacity constraints impact delivery for an effective health program. To respond to this … concern, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) developed a National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP, 2010 …

While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with … death rates related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) than the neighboring countries on their west. The suboptimal health … of theinefficiency and waste in the health sector …

A strong health financing system will be an important priority as Bangladesh seeks to meet theexpectations of its … foundation for an informed discussionabout government health spending and future health financing options in Bangladesh. It … analyzesalternative sources of additional health financing and their potential contribution to higher spending in the sector. The findings …

identifies measures to boost fiscal revenues and improve the efficiency of public spending with emphasis on health and education … avoiding waste and improving outcomes. In health, the report recommends measures to improve the allocation of resources to … health units. If implemented, these measures could result in combined fiscal savings of at least 2.5 percent of GDP. Finally …