Journal article
Strengthening institutional and organizational capacity for social health protection of the informal sector in lesser-developed countries: A study of policy barriers and opportunities in Cambodia
PL Annear, S Ahmed, CE Ros, P Ir
Social Science and Medicine | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2013
Abstract
Reaching out to the poor and the informal sector is a major challenge for achieving universal coverage in lesser-developed countries. In Cambodia, extensive coverage by health equity funds for the poor has created the opportunity to consolidate various non-government health financing schemes under the government's proposed social health protection structure. This paper identifies the main policy and operational challenges to strengthening existing arrangements for the poor and the informal sector, and considers policy options to address these barriers. Conducted in conjunction with the Cambodian Ministry of Health in 2011-12, the study reviewed policy documents and collected qualitative data..
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Funding Acknowledgements
A longer report on which this paper is based was prepared for the Department of Planning and Health Information at the Ministry of Health, Cambodia. We would like to thank Dr Lo Veasnakiry, Director of the DPHI, for his participation and support. Many people from the MOH, the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, development partner organisations and non-government agencies participated willingly in the study and we thank them all for their insight and wisdom. The initial draft of this paper was improved following comments by Net Neath from the Cambodia Development Resource Institute. The research was funded by the AusAID Health Policy and Health Finance Knowledge Hub at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne. The preliminary results of this study were presented to the Health System Reform in Asia Conference, Hong Kong, December 2010, sponsored by Social Science & Medicine.