New Zealand is a Pacific nation of just over 5 million people. Health and disability services are predominantly tax-funded, providing universal coverage....

India has made significant improvements in the health outcomes of its people. Life expectancy at birth increased to 69.6 years in 2020, from expected 47.7years...

Sri Lanka has achieved strong health outcomes over and above what is commensurate with its income level. The country has made significant gains in essential...

The Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a geographically challenging country with a population of 7 million, 80% of which are rurally based. Although...

The Government of Sri Lanka used an “all-of-government” approach focused on prevention, containment and management throughout, with varying...

Indonesia set up the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 handling in March 2020. Areas within the country were categorized into four coloured zones...

 The 2nd updated edition of the Singapore COVID-19 HSRM features developments on Singapore’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus...

New Zealand has had a total of 2600 cases as of April 2021 since its first case was documented at the end of February 2020. New Zealand’s approach...

The emergence of digital health tools offer opportunities to complement and support the health system in the delivery of health services, especially in...

The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has become a major global public health concern and a critical public health challenge...

The widespread availability and use of information and communications technology tools offer the potential of transforming health promotion and health...

Health system constraints and the small and dispersed population of the Pacific Island Countries make it a challenge to meet the demand for specialized...

What is the role of Routine Health Information Systems in planning in decentralized countries? How did COVID_19 Outbreak change this process? What can...

How do public sector insurance companies deal with contracting private providers? How are the contracts managed? How do they ensure quality? How do they...

Integrated care seeks to improve health-care delivery systems to ensure that patients receive appropriate, equitable and affordable health-care services....

Migrants are seldom included in policy discussions on the provision of health care, and in country policy reforms towards health for all. In addition,...

Bangladesh has been implementing health sectoral policies as well as an institutional arrangement on improving quality of care since the 2010s. This Bangladesh...

The Cambodia Health System in Transition Policy Note outlines the challenges facing Cambodia's health system and recommends ways to tackle these. 

Ever since it achieved Universal Health Coverage in 2002, Thailand has had high levels of financial risk protection. The entire population is protected...

The Myanmar Health Systems in Transition Policy Notes Series outlines the challenges facing Myanmar in meeting the goal of achieving universal health coverage...