Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea

The health sector of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has seen significant positive developments in recent years. Key indicators of health access and quality have, however, barely improved or have even declined (for example, maternal and child health) from 2...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/906971515655591305/Health-financing-system-assessment-Papua-New-Guinea
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spelling okr-10986-291942021-05-25T09:09:59Z Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea World Bank Group DEMOGRAPHICS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH EXPENDITURE DONOR FINANCING INSTITUTIONS IMMUNIZATION HIV AIDS TUBERCULOSIS MALARIA The health sector of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has seen significant positive developments in recent years. Key indicators of health access and quality have, however, barely improved or have even declined (for example, maternal and child health) from 2006 to 2015. In 2016, PNG entered the accelerated transition phase from the vaccine alliance (Gavi) support. During this time, the government will be expected to increase its share of co-financing for vaccines, while Gavi gradually decreases their contribution. The government is simultaneously moving towards universal health coverage (UHC), along with many other developing countries, and has recently established fee free primary health care and subsidized secondary care. Given this backdrop, the health financing system assessment (HFSA), which evaluates the financing system and institutional sustainability, comes at an opportune time. The report begins by providing a comprehensive background, including an overview of PNG’s economic situation, health demographics, health financing, human resources for health and the health system. It then analyses two areas critical to sustainable health financing: (i) PNG expenditure, with a focus on levels and sources of health expenditure, as well as resource allocation; and (ii) PNG reliance on donor resources, in particular, the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis, and malaria (GFATM) and Gavi. 2018-01-19T20:30:38Z 2018-01-19T20:30:38Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/906971515655591305/Health-financing-system-assessment-Papua-New-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29194 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Health Sector Review Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Papua New Guinea
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topic DEMOGRAPHICS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
DONOR FINANCING
INSTITUTIONS
IMMUNIZATION
HIV AIDS
TUBERCULOSIS
MALARIA
spellingShingle DEMOGRAPHICS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
DONOR FINANCING
INSTITUTIONS
IMMUNIZATION
HIV AIDS
TUBERCULOSIS
MALARIA
World Bank Group
Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Papua New Guinea
description The health sector of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has seen significant positive developments in recent years. Key indicators of health access and quality have, however, barely improved or have even declined (for example, maternal and child health) from 2006 to 2015. In 2016, PNG entered the accelerated transition phase from the vaccine alliance (Gavi) support. During this time, the government will be expected to increase its share of co-financing for vaccines, while Gavi gradually decreases their contribution. The government is simultaneously moving towards universal health coverage (UHC), along with many other developing countries, and has recently established fee free primary health care and subsidized secondary care. Given this backdrop, the health financing system assessment (HFSA), which evaluates the financing system and institutional sustainability, comes at an opportune time. The report begins by providing a comprehensive background, including an overview of PNG’s economic situation, health demographics, health financing, human resources for health and the health system. It then analyses two areas critical to sustainable health financing: (i) PNG expenditure, with a focus on levels and sources of health expenditure, as well as resource allocation; and (ii) PNG reliance on donor resources, in particular, the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis, and malaria (GFATM) and Gavi.
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title Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
title_short Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
title_full Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed Health Financing System Assessment : Papua New Guinea
title_sort health financing system assessment : papua new guinea
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/906971515655591305/Health-financing-system-assessment-Papua-New-Guinea
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