(1/5) Three routes are open to development banks that want to lend more for health: hybrid capital, unused Special Drawing Rights, and better use of capital shareholders have already committed. Part 2C concludes Part 2 of our series on financing health systems in the age of the aid retreat. 🧵

1/7 Development banks have freed up billions in new lending capacity in recent years. Almost none of it has gone to health. Part 2B of the P4H series on financing health systems in the age of the aid retreat. 🧵

(1/5) Africa's institutional capital is routinely cited at $2 trillion. The figure within reach of the countries that need it most is closer to $250 billion. P4H's series on financing health in the age of the aid retreat asks where the money actually sits and who's best placed to move it. 🧵

(1/7) Five steps to designing a blended finance fund for health. Part 1 of P4H's series on financing health systems in the age of the aid retreat.

(1/5) Where will the money for health actually come from? DAC funding fell >23% in 2025 - health funding potentially down 40%+. Governments are now scoping blended funds, debt swaps, and development bank balance sheets to reimagine health financing.

New report from P4H Network & @rarediseasesint.bsky.social on health financing and social health protection for rare diseases, building on a global webinar held 5 Nov. Missed it? Watch the full recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mN-... #RareDiseases #HealthFinancing #UHC #GlobalHealth

Webinar on Health Financing & Social Health Protection for Rare Diseases

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San Francisco’s lawsuit against ultra-processed food companies signals a shift in how health systems may fund the rising costs of chronic disease. As links to NCDs grow, governments are looking to recover health costs from commercial drivers healthpolicy-watch.news/us-city-sues... #HealthFinancing

US City Sues Ultra-Processed Food Companies, Seeking 'Restitution' For Health Costs - Health Policy Watch

The City of San Francisco has filed a historic lawsuit against 10 ultra-processed food (UPF) manufacturers, seeking “restitution and civil penalties" to help

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Check out new analysis by @edwinebarasa.bsky.social et al. Warns that as donor funding declines, many LMICs are adopting shifting costs to households, over-reliance on insurance, sidelining PHC, and weakening community health threaten equity and UHC progress. 🔗 gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...

🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝟰𝗛 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁! Highlights include engagement in 40 countries, support to Chad’s AMED, reviews in Lao PDR, financing pilots in Madagascar, and major digital growth. 🔗 Full report: p4h.world #P4HNetwork #UHC #GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #SHP

New op-ed warns 🇿🇦 ’s path to Universal Health Coverage risks being undermined by the financialisation of healthcare. Authors call for stronger public financing, primary care investment, transparency, and equity-focused use of private capacity. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... #NHI #UHC

Financialisation is the last thing South Africa’s National Health Insurance needs | Daily Maverick

South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) aims to address healthcare inequities, but the rise of financialisation threatens its success. Treating health as an asset compromises universal health c...

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🚩 New on the #MontreuxCollaborative Blog! Ghana’s digital public financial management reforms offer key lessons for health systems. The Ghana Health Service built flexible tools like PBMIS, GhiLMIS & e-Transactions to meet real-time needs. www.pfm4health.net/blog/digital... #PFM #HealthSystems

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! Join the launch of the 2025 Global Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage with @who.int, World Bank and @uhc2030.bsky.social 📅 Dec 8 | 🕗 8–9:30am EST / 14–15:30 CET 🔗 Zoom: ID 986 9474 5632 | Passcode .W1MJT=@r3 Interpretation in FR/ES/AR. #UHC #FinProtc

We're looking forward to the launch of the @WHO and @WorldBank "Tracking #UniversalHealthCoverage: 2025 Global Monitoring Report" next Monday! Will you join us? 📆 8 December 🕒 14:00–15:30 CET 🔗 Details to join here: www.universalhealthcoverageday.org/global-heatm...

🇬🇧📢 UK Autumn Budget 2025: Key health updates 🏥 Up to 250 neighbourhood health centres (120 by 2030) via a new PPP model 💻 £300m for NHS tech 💷 Health & care budgets +2.4% (2025–29) 💊 Branded medicines spend +25% www.nhsconfed.org/publications... #HealthBudget #NHS #UK

Autumn Budget 2025: what you need to know

Headline points for healthcare leaders from the 2025 Autumn Budget.

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WHO Africa and STATAFRIC are strengthening collaboration to improve how countries measure health spending and financial protection for UHC. Recent trainings in Accra and Dakar brought together 40+ countries to build skills in NHA and data analysis. p4h.world/en/news/part... #UHC #HealthFinancing

Partnership enhances Africa’s health accounts to advance UHC - P4H Network

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𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗖 economies are advancing efforts to close the 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝗽 after the Smart Families Workshop in Incheon. Progress toward a new Innovative Financing Framework highlights stronger cross-sector collaboration. p4h.world/en/news/apec... #WomensHealth #HealthFinancing

APEC advances collaborative agenda to close women’s health financing gaps - P4H Network

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New P4H blog: André Medici explores how episode-based payments can strengthen value-based care in Latin America, reducing costs and improving coordination. Insights from CLAVS 2025 and IBRAVS’ framework. p4h.world/en/episode-b... #HealthFinancing #ValueBasedCare

Episode-based Payments in Health – An innovative proposal for Health Plans at the CLAVS 25 congress - P4H Network

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UHC High-level Forum takes place 6 Dec 2025 in Tokyo, hosted by Japan, @who.int & World Bank. The event will launch the UHC Knowledge Hub and feature the UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025, National Health Compacts & high-level discussions. 🔴 Livestream: youtube.com/live/j0jwIIY...

[English] UHC High-Level Forum 2025

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At the #MontreuxCollaborative in Geneva, the session on decentralization highlighted that subnational governments manage major health spending. Roles vary across countries, but strong national–local coordination is essential for effective #PHC and better #PFM for health. @who.int #HealthForAll

La OPS/OMS avanza en su Iniciativa de Eliminación de Enfermedades, usando “Mejores Inversiones” para impulsar acciones costo-efectivas y respuestas integradas centradas en las personas en las Américas. Más aquí: p4h.world/es/documents... #SaludPública #OPS

Mejores inversiones para acelerar la eliminación de enfermedades en las Américas - P4H Network

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WHO has released new global health expenditure data for 190+ countries (2000–2023), along with updated dashboards and documentation. Explore the resources here: apps.who.int/nha/database... apps.who.int/nha/database... apps.who.int/nha/database... apps.who.int/nha/database... #GlobalHealth #UHC

🇻🇳 Vietnam plans free annual health check-ups for all citizens starting 2026 under a proposal to boost preventive care and advance Resolution 72. The plan also raises insurance coverage for near-poor households and seniors 75+. Read more: p4h.world/en/news/viet... #HealthPolicy #VietnamHealth

Vietnam to add annual health checks to universal insurance benefits in 2026 - P4H Network

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🇵🇭 PhilHealth aims to cut Filipinos’ out-of-pocket health spending from 44.7% to 25–30% by 2028, requiring higher gov’t health spending and bigger investments in primary care. Total health spending hit ₱1.4T in 2024, yet households still bear much of the cost. bit.ly/4ahTgYY #UHC #HealthFinancing

📈 Korea’s Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program is set to exceed ₩200B this year—a sixfold rise since 2019 driven by eased eligibility and higher demand. But support for non-severe diseases now surpasses severe cases, raising sustainability concerns. bit.ly/4p6KNwA #HealthPolicy #UHC

Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program Reaches Record 200 Billion Won

Catastrophic Medical Expense Support Program Reaches Record 200 Billion Won Funds surge sixfold since 2019; critics highlight rise in non-severe disease support

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🔴 New study shows major Global Health Initiatives in Pakistan aren’t well aligned with UHC or PHC planning. Parallel grants, weak accountability & limited sustainability pose challenges. Authors call for integration, shared power & stronger domestic financing. bit.ly/4rpotQg #UHC #GlobalHealth

📘 New commentary challenges global HTA methods in LMICs. Siriram & Harris show EQ-5D value sets poorly reflect South African patients’ health. They propose utilitarian principlism + shifts incl. multi-criteria decision analysis for fairer decisions. 🔗 bit.ly/4im5d1P #HealthPolicy #HealthEquity

Time to fully account for cost in monitoring financial protection and universal health coverage in low- and middle-income settings - P4H Network

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🌍 New commentary highlights how LMICs overlook key cost drivers in UHC monitoring, transport expenses and time lost seeking care. These burdens hit poorer & rural households hardest. Authors call for better measurement, PHC investment & financing that covers non-medical costs. 🔗 bit.ly/4isC1qe

Time to fully account for cost in monitoring financial protection and universal health coverage in low- and middle-income settings - P4H Network

Explore our collection of documents related to our organization's goals of promoting collaboration in social health protection and health financing. Our vision is to accelerate progress towards univer...

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📊 New Eurostat data shows big gaps in EU health spending. The EU spent €1.72T in 2023 (10% of GDP). Germany leads, while Luxembourg & Romania spend just 5.7%. Per-capita spending up 44% since 2014. More equity & sustainability needed. p4h.world/en/news/new-... #europe #healthexpenditure #data

New data highlights wide gaps in EU health expenditure - P4H Network

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🚩 New study: 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, special tax breaks that cut revenue, are linked to higher child & maternal mortality in 𝟱𝟱 𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗖𝘀 (2000–22). Stronger public financial management reduces the harm. Reforming wasteful tax breaks can boost budget space for health. bit.ly/43MC8qy @oupprimary.bsky.social

Expanding budget space to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what role for tax expenditures? - P4H Network

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New 𝗢𝗗𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 explores how ministries of finance can boost health spending efficiency as 𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗖𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 $𝟱𝟲 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮 and LICs under $10. It outlines 10 ways to strengthen budgeting, execution, procurement, decentralisation & digital systems. p4h.world/en/documents... #HealthFinancing #PFM

What can a ministry of finance do to improve health spending? - P4H Network

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