Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance
There is a growing political interest in health reforms in Africa, and many countries are choosing national health insurance as their main financing mechanism for universal health coverage. Although vaccination is an essential health service that can influence progress toward universal health covera...
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| author | Abdu A. Adamu Rabiu I. Jalo Ibrahim D. Muhammad Téné-Alima Essoh Duduzile Ndwandwe Charles S. Wiysonge |
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| description | There is a growing political interest in health reforms in Africa, and many countries are choosing national health insurance as their main financing mechanism for universal health coverage. Although vaccination is an essential health service that can influence progress toward universal health coverage, it is not often prioritized by these national health insurance systems. This paper highlights the potential gains of integrating vaccination into the package of health services that is provided through national health insurance and recommends practical policy actions that can enable countries to harness these benefits at population level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eca10c04daab499485d54062652fe2da2025-08-20T02:16:50ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2024-12-0120110.1080/21645515.2024.2320505Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insuranceAbdu A. Adamu0Rabiu I. Jalo1Ibrahim D. Muhammad2Téné-Alima Essoh3Duduzile Ndwandwe4Charles S. Wiysonge5Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaDepartment of Community Medicine, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaAgence de Médecine Préventive, Regional Office for Africa, Abidjan, Cote d’IvoireCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaThere is a growing political interest in health reforms in Africa, and many countries are choosing national health insurance as their main financing mechanism for universal health coverage. Although vaccination is an essential health service that can influence progress toward universal health coverage, it is not often prioritized by these national health insurance systems. This paper highlights the potential gains of integrating vaccination into the package of health services that is provided through national health insurance and recommends practical policy actions that can enable countries to harness these benefits at population level.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2320505VaccinationAfricanational health insuranceuniversal health coveragechildhoodhealth benefit package |
| spellingShingle | Abdu A. Adamu Rabiu I. Jalo Ibrahim D. Muhammad Téné-Alima Essoh Duduzile Ndwandwe Charles S. Wiysonge Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Vaccination Africa national health insurance universal health coverage childhood health benefit package |
| title | Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance |
| title_full | Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance |
| title_short | Sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the WHO African region: The strategic role of national health insurance |
| title_sort | sustainable financing for vaccination towards advancing universal health coverage in the who african region the strategic role of national health insurance |
| topic | Vaccination Africa national health insurance universal health coverage childhood health benefit package |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2320505 |
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