In the context of scarce resources and increasing health care costs, strategic purchasing is
viewed as a key mechanism to spur countries' progress toward universal health coverage …

Strategic health purchasing is a key strategy in Burkina Faso to spur progress toward
universal health coverage (UHC). However, a comprehensive analysis of existing health …

Strategic purchasing of high-priority services is a critical part of effective spending to
advance UHC goals. Available conceptual frameworks for strategic purchasing have …

Background Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are implementing health financing
reforms toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Tanzania direct health facility financing …

Many low-and middle-income countries are adopting far-reaching health financing policies
using strategic health purchasing (SHP) approaches to address their health sector …

Background: Strategic health purchasing in low-and middle-income countries has received
substantial attention as countries aim to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), by …

For Nigeria to make progress on its commitment to universal health coverage, additional
public funding will be required. But more resources alone will not be enough. Government …

Ghana is a lower-middle-income economy that has made significant efforts to improve its
health system, in order to achieve universal health coverage. Ghana has adopted strategic …

To make progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), most countries need to commit
more public resources to health. However, countries can also make progress by using …

Well-functioning purchasing arrangements allocate pooled funds to health providers, and
are expected to deliver efficient, effective, quality, equitable and responsive health services …