Health

Publication: Working Toward Better Health: Expanding Community Health Services in Mozambique

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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/c312d44a-73f4-4e55-85e…
worldbank.org (05.05.2025) In low-income countries, formal health systems are stretched thin, and rural and underserved areas often lack adequate primary healthcare coverage, delaying essential interventions and leaving populations vulnerable to preventable diseases. Mozambique was no exception. The country had particularly poor health outcomes among its peers, with high rates of stunting (40%) and malnutrition, as well as one of the highest rates of child marriage and adolescent fertility in the world.
Regions / Country
mozambique
Topics
Health
Document Type
report
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

How does population ageing affect health system financial sustainability and affordable access to health care in Europe?

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URL
https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289061810
(18.03.3025) This brief aims to improve our understanding of how population ageing affects the financial sustainability of health systems, focusing on its likely impact on affordable access to health care (‎financial protection)‎. It uses the Population Ageing Financial Sustainability Gap for Health Systems (‎PASH)‎ Simulator to forecast the impact of population ageing on health system revenue and spending between now and 2060 to estimate the likely size of the ageing-related health financing gap in selected countries in Europe (‎Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain)‎.
Regions / Country
Europe
Global challenges
Population ageing
Topics
Health
Old-age pensions
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

Warsaw sets sights on European digital health revolution

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URL
https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/warsaw-sets-sights-on-eu…
Euractiv (03.03.2025) Poland intends to use its presidency to promote European solutions in digital healthcare transformation while working towards establishing common standards for medical data at the EU level. Along with healthcare digitalisation, prevention, mental health and combating disinformation were also discussed. Healthcare digitalisation in Poland is an area that may be of interest to the European Union.
Regions / Country
poland
Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Document Type
news
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

Strengthening mental health in the WHO European Region in 2024: a year in review

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https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2025-11229-51001-51001
who.int (04.02.2027) The year 2024 saw the Mental Health Flagship, under the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, make inroads in more sustainable and accessible mental health systems through four key areas: policy, services, data collection and stigma reduction. It marked the third year of the pan-European Mental Health Coalition and second year of the Addressing mental health challenges in the European Union (‎EU)‎, Iceland and Norway project, funded by the European Union.
Regions / Country
Europe
Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Document Type
report
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

Publication: Pakistan Health Financing System Assessment: Providing an Empirical Foundation for National and Sub-National Health Financing Strategy Dialogues - Policy Brief

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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0ae54e7a-a3f0-49cd-a13…
worldbank.org (13.01.2025) Accelerated progress towards and achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) has become a central goal of the Government of Pakistan’s (GoP) policy agenda in health in recent years. Both at the center and in the provinces, Pakistan’s domestic governments have now consistently reiterated, through the National Health Vision 2016–2025 and other essential agenda setting documents, their joint commitments to making UHC and primary care access a priority across the country.
Regions / Country
pakistan
Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Document Type
report
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

Digital and innovative tools for better health and productivity at the workplace

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URL
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/digital-and-innovative-tools-for-better-he…
oecd.org (14.08.2024)Promoting health and well-being at the workplace is a valuable investment for employees, employers, governments, and society. Healthy employees are less likely to be absent or have reduced productivity. Employers benefit from improved work outputs, and health systems see reduced treatment costs. Digital tools and innovative technologies can enhance the effectiveness of health promotion programs. The market for these tools is growing globally, with employers keen to improve health and productivity.
Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Health promotion
Workplace health promotion
Document Type
report
Status
Published_SS_Monitor
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Transforming Healthcare: Navigating Digital Health with a Value-Driven Approach

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https://www.weforum.org/publications/transforming-healthcare-navigating-digital…

World Economic Forum (09.01.2024) This insight report provides a blueprint for the Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative, detailing healthcare challenges that digital solutions can tackle, key enablers for adoption, success stories and strategies to expedite digital healthcare transformation.

Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Status
Published_SS_Monitor

Rethinking Health System Performance Assessment : A Renewed Framework

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URL
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/rethinking-health-…

oecd (23.01.2024) Health systems are under intense pressure to adapt to evolving needs and megatrends driven by population ageing, digitalisation, and climate change. They also need to be better prepared to withstand sudden, large-scale shocks such as pandemics, financial crises, natural disasters, or cyberattacks. This shifting policy context and emerging challenges called for a revision in how OECD countries assess health system performance, to help ensure that health systems meet people’s health needs and preferences while providing quality healthcare for all.

Global challenges
Health
Topics
Health
Document Type
report
Status
Published_SS_Monitor