Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in wide scale social and economic implications and has had a huge impact on people’s lives, families and communities [1]. In response to the […]
Evaluating Strategic Health Purchasing Functions in Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency of Resources Allocated for COVID-19 Response in Abia State
Introduction Abia state was free of COVID-19 until March 29, 2020, when two sick persons tested positive for the virus. The effect of the pandemic on the physical, social and […]
Strategic Investments in Communication Improve the Fight Against COVID-19: The Case of the 3535 Helpline in Burkina Faso
Communication is a key component in the response to COVID-19. At the beginning of the epidemic in Burkina Faso, a helpline was set up to allow the public to alert […]
Incidence and Case Fatality Rate for COVID-19 in Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria: An opportunity to Make the Right Investment and Improve Strategic Health Purchasing in the Health Sector
A novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) known to be responsible for an infectious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified and reported from Wuhan city of […]
Towards Strategic Health Purchasing for UHC: Recognizing and Mitigating the Consequences of Multiple and Mixed Provider Payment Mechanisms in Abia State
Background Although public health expenditure is low in Nigeria, healthcare purchasing has been predominantly passive and inefficient, meaning that limited resources are wasted (Etiaba et al., 2018). Recent health financing […]
COVID-19 Response In Nigeria: Where is the Accountability and How Strategic is the Purchasing of Health Services?
October 27, 2020 Health is a fundamental human right; thus, access to this basic right of an individual should be protected and guaranteed to citizens of all nations irrespective of […]
Crédits transférés aux collectivités territoriales : quel bilan après une décennie de mise en œuvre ?
Après l’adoption de la décentralisation comme mode d’administration privilégié du territoire par la constitution du 2 juin 1991, le Burkina Faso a adopté en 2004 le Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales qui […]
Using Development Assistance for Health (DAH) to Strategically Purchase Health services: Experiences, Lessons, and Options for Uganda
Through the Uganda Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) and other policy pronouncements, Uganda has committed to accelerating progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, wherein all Ugandans will […]
Mise en œuvre de l’assurance maladie universelle au Burkina Faso : quels enjeux pour l’implication des mécanismes assurantiels préexistants ?
Le Burkina Faso a adopté en 2015 une loi portant sur la création d’un régime d’assurance maladie universelle (RAMU), obligatoire pour tous. Nous proposons une réflexion sur la problématique de […]
Implementation of Universal Health Insurance in Burkina Faso: Challenges of Involving Pre-existing Insurance Mechanisms
In 2015, Burkina Faso adopted a law on universal health insurance scheme (RAMU), which is compulsory for all. This blog examines the issue of involving existing insurance mechanisms in the […]