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Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment, Maldives 2025

The WHO Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is the standardized qualitative assessment of the health financing system of a country. The assessment...

Tracking out-of-pocket health expenditure under System of Health Accounts 2011

Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending by households is a major way of financing health expenditure in many countries, often linking access to care with the ability...

Maldives Health Financing Progress Matrix Assessment Report

This report summarizes the findings of the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) assessment for the Maldives, using WHO’s standardized qualitative...

Tracking pharmaceutical expenditure under the System of Health Accounts 2011

This technical note provides guidance on tracking pharmaceutical expenditures under the System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011. It explains key concepts,...

Advancing universal health coverage and health security through private health sector engagement: meeting report, Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 July 2024

Within the health sector, private sector engagement (PSE) is recognized as critical to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC), specifically...

Tracking universal health coverage: 2025 global monitoring report

The window to 2030, the SDG target year, is closing. Without accelerated and sustained progress, hard-won UHC gains risk being lost. Using revised and...

Responding to the health financing emergency: immediate measures and longer-term shifts

This guidance paper provides a set of health financing-related actions and analytics for countries to consider as they respond to rapid changes in funding...

Progression pathway for governance of mixed health systems: a user guide

The Progression Pathway for the Governance of Mixed Health Systems has been developed in 2024 to support countries to effectively engage with the private...

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