Out-of-pocket health spending linked to weaker universal health coverage in poorer countries
A nine-year panel study of 147 countries finds that out-of-pocket health expenditure as a share of national health financing is ...
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WHO builds a 71-intervention rehabilitation toolkit for primary care
The WHO's Basic Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation distills 297 candidate interventions into 71 that primary care workers without rehabilitation ...
Economic sanctions linked to worse health outcomes in scoping review of 32 studies
A scoping review of 32 primary empirical studies finds economic sanctions are predominantly associated with adverse health outcomes, health system ...
Richer Countries Have Far More Doctors, Dentists and Nurses, Global Analysis Finds
A study of 189 countries found pro-rich horizontal inequity in health workforce density and UHC service coverage, with the largest ...
Community health workers in Madagascar outline five priorities for a stronger tuberculosis response
A qualitative study of 26 community health workers in Madagascar identifies five priorities for strengthening the country's tuberculosis response.
Health insurance doubles odds of care in rural Tanzania study
A survey of 494 households in rural Tanzania found insured residents had roughly double the odds of using healthcare services ...
Higher Human Development Tied to Stronger Universal Health Coverage, Global Panel Study Finds
A country-level panel study of 2000–2021 data finds that higher human development is associated with better universal health coverage, with ...
Community-based health insurance reaches few Ethiopian households, national survey finds
A national cross-sectional survey shows CBHI enrollment in Ethiopia ranges from 5.3% to 69.1% across regions, far below the 80% ...
Pharmacist-led community pharmacy model flags early kidney risk in Thailand
An action research study in Thailand developed and refined a pharmacist-led chronic kidney disease screening and prevention model across 17 ...
Debt payments crowd out women’s health spending as donors retreat, study finds
A modelling study of 71 countries finds debt service cuts women's health spending more sharply than general health spending, while ...
Malaysia Maps a Stakeholder-Driven Path to an Explicit National Health Benefit Package
A participatory Malaysian study involving 84 stakeholders has produced a framework for an explicit national health benefit package, identifying seven ...
Recurring health worker strikes in Kenya expose deep governance gaps in devolved health system
A qualitative policy analysis finds that recurrent Kenyan health worker strikes stem from governance and implementation failures rather than a ...
Policy analysis maps Somalia’s health-service delivery constraints and reform sequence
A policy analysis of 61 sources identifies fragmented authority, household payment exposure and operational constraints in Somalia, and supports a ...
BMJ commentary links green transition revenue to universal health coverage
A BMJ commentary proposes protected shares of fossil fuel subsidy reform, carbon-pricing revenue and critical-mineral royalties to help finance universal ...
2024 Burundi cross-sectional survey: low effective refractive coverage in adults 50+
A 2024 national cross-sectional analysis found that 6.1% of adults aged 50 and older in Burundi had effective refractive error ...
Neurosurgical bills in Nigeria push vulnerable households deeper into poverty
A prospective cohort study at University College Hospital, Ibadan, finds that the median out-of-pocket cost of a neurosurgical admission is ...
Post-Soviet Health Systems Faced a Pandemic Stress Test They Were Never Ready For
A new editorial in Frontiers in Public Health reviews how post-Soviet countries, still reforming Soviet-era Semashko health systems, struggled with ...
Documentary policy brief finds revised health-financing measures expose hidden hardship in India
A documentary policy brief using Indian evidence finds that revised measures of health financial protection must be read alongside spending ...
Commentary maps India’s effort to move health technology assessments into state action
A 2026 commentary documents India’s ADOPT programme, which uses training, stakeholder sessions and regional centres to connect health technology assessments ...
Universal coverage without financial protection: why out-of-pocket payments persist despite universal coverage in Georgia
A mixed-methods study reports that Georgia’s high out-of-pocket payments persist despite nearly 90% population coverage and reflect interacting financing, benefit-design, ...
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