National Initiatives, Key Challenges, and the Role of Collaborative Activities: UHC Haiti Moving toward
- Haiti faces significant challenges in achieving UHC, including low government funding for health and high out-of-pocket expenditures.
- Coordination among stakeholders in the health sector needs improvement to increase progress toward UHC.
- External partners are engaged in Haiti to build national capacity and strengthen the health system through initiatives like the Tokyo Joint UHC Initiative.
- Service delivery reforms, health financing reforms, and governance reforms are underway to improve access to affordable care.
- Pandemic preparedness requires strengthening, particularly in the context of recurrent natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks.
This report examines Haiti's journey towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), focusing on national initiatives, key challenges, and the role of collaborative activities. It details existing national plans and policies aimed at achieving UHC, including service delivery reforms, health financing reforms, and governance reforms. The report identifies challenges such as access and coverage of essential health services, quality of care, pandemic preparedness, overall funding for health, financial barriers, coordination among stakeholders, and accountability. It also highlights collaborative efforts supported by external partners, such as the Tokyo Joint UHC Initiative, and plans for future collaborative work to address these challenges and accelerate progress toward UHC in Haiti.
How to cite
World Bank; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); World Health Organization (WHO), 2017, National Initiatives, Key Challenges, and the Role of Collaborative Activities: UHC Haiti Moving toward, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/wb-2017-national-initiatives