Browsing by Subject "health financing"

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      Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries 

      Foo, Chuan De; Verma, Monica; Tan, Si Ying; Hamer, Jess; Mark, Nina van der; Pholpark, Aungsumalee; Hanvoravongchai, Piya; Cheh, Paul Li Jen; Marthias, Tiara; Mahendradhata, Yodi; Putri, Likke Prawidya; Hafidz, Firdaus; Giang, Kim Bao; Khuc, Thi Hong Hanh; Minh, Hoang Van; Wu, Shishi; Caamal-Olvera, Cinthya G; Orive, Gorka; Wang, Hong; Nachuk, Stefan; Lim, Jeremy; Cruz, Valeria de Oliveira; Yates, Rob; Legido-Quigley, Helena (2023-12)

      Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected the impact of the pandemic on the population, particularly vulnerable groups and individuals. We provide an overview and illustrative examples of health financing policies adopted in 15 countries during the pandemic, develop a framework for resilient health financing, and use this pandemic to argue a case to move towards ...
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      Universal health coverage in 'One ASEAN': are migrants included? 

      Guinto, Ramon Lorenzo Luis R.; Curran, Ufara Zuwasti; Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong; Pocock, Nicola Suyin (2015-01-24)

      Background: As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) gears toward full regional integration by 2015, the cross-border mobility of workers and citizens at large is expected to further intensify in the coming years. While ASEAN member countries have already signed the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers, the health rights of migrants still need to be addressed, especially with ongoing universal health coverage (UHC) reforms in most ASEAN countries. This paper seeks to examine the inclusion ...