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SUMMARY:8TH BI-REGIONAL HEALTH FINANCING WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COV
 ERAGE IN ASIA
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CONTACT:luza@who.int\;jungd@who.int\;gabitananz@who.int
DESCRIPTION:Adequate health financing arrangements and a well-functioning 
 public financial management (PFM) are central to progressing towards unive
 rsal health coverage (UHC) objectives. In the two Regions\, persistent cha
 llenges exist\, as a worsening trend of financial protection is observed c
 oupled with deteriorating fiscal capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic
  and the ongoing global fiscal distress. Under this critical time\, better
  multisectoral collaborations between the Health and Finance sectors\, and
  where applicable\, social health insurance agencies\, are needed more tha
 n ever to protect public spending on health\, and improve the efficiency\,
  equity\, and accountability of health financing arrangements to sustain t
 he gains of UHC in the post pandemic era. \nTo support Member States on t
 his journey\, the WHO Regional Offices for the Western Pacific and Southea
 st Asia have been organizing the bi-regional workshop on health financing 
 policy for UHC since 2016 in collaboration with the World Bank (WB) and As
 ian Development Bank (ADB). The 2023 bi-regional workshop aims to unpack h
 ow health\, finance\, and social health insurance (where applicable) offic
 ials can better work together to reorient policies towards primary healthc
 are financing\, one of the foundations for UHC\, and tackle health financi
 ng bottlenecks in the face of the pandemic and fiscal constraints. Partici
 pants will share and learn from practical approaches on navigating both th
 e technical as well as the political economy dimensions of health financin
 g development and reforms to: strengthen domestic resource mobilization fo
 r health\, improve strategic planning and purchasing\, better recognize an
 d tackle the political economy aspects of health financing reforms\, and a
 lign PFM towards health financing strategies that are fit-for-purpose for 
 the future.\n \nOBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\nTo identify concrete po
 licy options and strategies for advancing the regional  health financing 
 framework\, with a focus on primary health care financing\, health promoti
 on and disease prevention. \nTo share and exchange countries’ practices 
 and lessons in addressing the UHC performance bottleneck from the financin
 g lens\; \nTo build consensus and foster policy dialogue on establishing e
 ffective multisectoral mechanisms that integrate health into economic and 
 social policy agendas.\n\n\n\n\nhttps://indico.un.org/event/1016069/
URL:https://indico.un.org/event/1016069/
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