Health Financing

Since financing is essential to the implementation of health policies and programs, it is critical to consider financing mechanisms that will increase access to health services and not impose additional barriers to access among the poor.

Futures Group has helped a number of countries identify, test and implement new and innovative health financing mechanisms.

Key Results

In Kenya, Futures Group’s USAID | Health Policy Initiative team assisted the Ministry of Health to find solutions to key financial and management problems so that it could respond more effectively to current health needs. Through better resource mobilization and more rational budgeting at all levels, the management of health sector resources was improved. Futures Group supported the Ministry’s Health Financing Task Force, providing leadership in developing a long-term, equitable, and efficient approach to financing Kenya’s health services. The Health Policy Initiative team provided technical assistance and supported the inclusion of recommendations into the Health Care Financing Strategy.