Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse …, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path … the share of government expenditure to health; (4) increasing external and donor financing; (5) increasing specific taxes …

While universal health coverage (UHC) offers a powerful goal for a nation, all countries-irrespective of income are … struggling with achieving or sustaining UHC. France is a high-income country where HC is in effect universal. Health …-related costs are covered by a mix of mandatory social health insurance (SHI) and private complementary schemes, while benefit …

The key actors in Bangladesh's Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program (HPNSDP) are the public … health infrastructure is considered one of the largest in the health sector; RH providers and facilities are available at all … levels. Several NGOs are active in Bangladesh's health sector, including international organizations such as CARE, Save the …

issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are … an important health challenge in the Pacific. First, (NCDs) can impose large but often preventable health, financial, and … bulk of health services. Second, risk factors in the Pacific are feeding a pipeline of potentially expensive-to-treat NCDs …

dolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank's reproductive health … to improve health outcomes and increase opportunities for schooling, future employment, and earnings. This brief …

analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by …The main objectives of this paper are to estimate the burden of tobacco-caused mortality as a whole and by main tobacco …-related diseases in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and to assess the distributional health impact of an increase in …

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise … of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the … current and projected future economic conditions. But many of the health burdens and costs can be avoided, or at least delayed …

This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil … implementation has independently sprung from a search for more effective ways of delivering public primary health care. The two …, initially by providing a background to universal primary health care in Brazil, paying particular attention to the family health …

Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks … health coverage and improve financial protection in the last two decades. The country study, first, takes stock of UHC … progress in Vietnam, examining both the breadth and the depth of health coverage and assessing financial protection and equity …

Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and … aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people …, and quality of human resources for health (HRH). Of Indonesia?s 33 provinces, 29 do not have the WHO recommended ratio of …