Implementing the universal health insurance law of Egypt: what are the key issues on strategic purchasing and its governance arrangements?

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This document provides a detailed assessment of the purchasing function and its governance arrangements and serves to inform the implementation process of the universal health insurance law in Egypt by anticipating the strengths and challenges as well as providing options to support a shift towards more strategic purchasing.

Publication Year:

2020

Publisher

World Health Organization

Author:

Inke Mathauer
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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…