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Financing: News

 
What are the latest news stories related to health financing in Sub-Saharan Africa? You can find them all here on this page. To keep you up to date on financing issues, this page showcases the latest news stories related to health financing in SSA. Stories are categorized into country news, World Bank news and partners news. You can access all archived news stories by clicking on the relevant link on the left.
 

Country News
Representatives from Africa and Asia to Meet in order to Help Build Health Insurance for Universal Coverage in Southern Africa.
The forum will explore in particular the role of extending coverage of pooled financing mechanisms (often under the label of “health insurance”), for moving closer to universal health coverage.
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Feature Story
Putting theory into practice at an Africa-Asia knowledge sharing session on health insurance in Beijing.
The knowledge sharing session During the 2nd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research focused on what is known about health insurance in both Asia and Africa with the various challenges faced when implementing schemes on the ground.
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Country News
Asia – Africa Knowledge Exchange on Health Insurance
On Oct 31, the African Development Bank and the World Bank Institute join forces for an Asia-Africa knowledge-exchange session on Health Insurance at the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing, China.
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Feature Story
Workshop on "Equity in Health Coverage: Reaching the Poor" Brings Together Experts from India, Cambodia, Vietnam and 8 African Countries
From 24-27 September, 85 parliamentarians, heads of national agencies, hospital directors, and health experts from across Africa and beyond convened in the workshop in Marrakesh, Morocco
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HHA News
From the Health Financing Blog: Researching the Bamako Initiative
Vincent Okungu talks to Professor Lucy Gilson, from the University of Cape Town and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Part of a Special Series of Interviews from the Health Financing Blog.
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HHA News
Looking back on the Harare Declaration and the Bamako Initiative
a Featured Blog from Bruno Meessen from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium on two key events that have helped to shape service provision and resource management in Africa.
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OneHealth Budgeting Tool Seminars Available Online
Together with DevInfo, the Evidence-Based Planning and Budgeting (EBPB) community of practice held a live online webinar on the OneHealth tool at the end of March. This webinar has now been posted for all to view on the HHA Youtube Channel.
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Feature Story
Evidence Based planning and Budgeting COP: Launching a Series of Activities and Tools
On the 3rd and4th of November the steering committee of the Evidence Based Planning and Budgeting Community of practice (EBPB CoP) met in Nairobi to set out an action plan for enhancing evidence-based budgeting and financing in Africa.
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Feature Story
The Financial Access to Health Services Community of Practice hold a workshop on Maternal Health Fee Exemptions
The workshop brought together about 70 people from 10 African countries, including experts from ministries of health, maternal healthcare providers, research institutions, civil society and others, who all work in the field of maternal health.
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World Bank News
Un rapport d’IFC et de la Banque mondiale appelle à un partenariat entre gouvernement et secteur privé afin de développer les services de santé en Afrique
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