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The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the … health- and poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless they take urgent steps to strengthen their health … Bank Governors can help countries seize the opportunities of high-performance health financing by adopting and steering a …
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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 …
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Guinea-Bissau meets many, if not all, criteria that characterize health systems in fragile states. The country's health … system faces persistent challenges related to low public spending, poor infrastructure, inadequate supply of health workers …, inadequate clinical and managerial training systems, malfunctioning referral system, non-operational health-information systems …
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Leaving no one behind is a central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which recognizes health as a … fundamental human right. Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is key to delivering on this promise. UHC ensures that everyone … receives good quality health services, when and where needed, without incurring financial hardship arising from payments made …
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Investing in One Health - cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary coordination and collaboration across the human health …, animal health, and environmental health sectors - is crucial for maintaining healthy agricultural and food systems and … addressing global health security risks. Such action can reduce the threat of future pandemics through upstream preventive …
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that pooled sources of health funding, such as payments by the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC or PhilHealth …) and the government budget, should progressively replace OOP spending as the source of financing for health care, the … not only at the purchasing arrangements of PhilHealth, but also purchasing of health services by the DOH and local …
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Several studies have identified problems in the DRC health sector, including: low budget allocation, high household … provided a new and updated overview of the health sector in relation to the government's new priorities in the reframed 2019 …-2022 National Health Development Plan (NHDP). This second report focuses on revenue distribution between the central and provincial …
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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 …
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for health. This report aims to provide a snapshot of the current health financing system of Lao PDR and to identify … critical constraints and opportunities facing the health care system as the country undergoes transitions in demographics …, epidemiology and health financing. In addition to reviewing the overall health financing system, the report includes an in …
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