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OUTCOME
11. Strengthened financial protection
Health Systems, Services and Life Course
PB
2024-2025
11. Strengthened financial protection
11. Strengthened financial protection
Budget
Approved Budget PB (Previous)
4.1
US$ MILLION
Priority

Low

Proposed Budget PB (Current)
4.1
US$ MILLION
Related Outputs and Indicators
  • 11.1.a. Number of countries and territories implementing specific strategies to eliminate or diminish direct payments at the point of service
    Baseline
    6
    Target
    18
How PASB will deliver

Key Technical Cooperation Interventions
 

  • Step up leadership
    • Support subregional policy dialogue and experience exchange on successful initiatives to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures and replace them with sustainable public sources of funds.
  • Support countries
    • Continue to support training exercises for officials in the ministries of health and statistics offices to produce the corresponding financial protection indicators within the framework of the SDG agenda, especially in relation to SDG 3.8.2.
  • Produce technical products on norms and standards, data, and research
    • Produce in-depth analyses of the determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure in Member States to inform policy design and implementation.
    • Support the inclusion of out-of-pocket expenditure in health-related questions in household expenditure or budget surveys and advocate for more regular collection of this information in collaboration with national statistics institutes.