No. 18 in the GFF/WHO Health Financing & PHC Webinar Series

Financial protection is a central pillar of universal health coverage (UHC) and an essential objective of resilient health systems. Despite global progress in expanding access to health services, millions of people continue to experience financial hardship when seeking the care they need. Out-of-pocket health expenditures remain a major barrier to accessing essential services and can push individuals and families into poverty or force them to forgo necessary treatment. Ensuring that people can obtain quality health services without suffering financial hardship is therefore critical for achieving equitable and sustainable health systems.

How to do this however remains unclear and many reform options have been attempted to decrease OOPs and catastrophic health expenditures: implementation of social health insurance, exemption mechanisms for target groups, direct cash transfers, to name a few.

This webinar will review the latest evidence on what works and does not work in countries ‘attempts to improving financial protection, and contrast the experiences of Ghana, Burkina Faso and China in their reform journey.

Note: Webinar will be held in English avec traduction instantanée en français.

AGENDA

• Introduction — Isidore Sieleunou (GFF)
• Framing presentation — Improving Healthcare-Related Financial Protection in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: A Rapid Evidence Review — Krista Kruja (Evidence Link)
• Panel discussion —  Victor Asare Bampoe (National Health Insurance Authority, Ghana), David Zombré (Burkina Faso) and Zhao Ying (Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security, China). Facilitation: Isidore Sieleunou
• Wrap up — Gabriela Flores (WHO)

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