Module 1: Key aspects of health and UHC
Section A: Universal health coverage
Download: A1: Defining UHC in the context of SDG3
Download: A2: Relevance of UHC for disease or population specific interests
Download: A3: Importance of social determinants of health
Download: A4: Common goods for health: A foundation for UHC
Download: A5: Need for strong health systems with emphasis on primary health care
Download: A6: Role of public finance
Section B: Right to health and international, regional and national commitments to UHC
A good opportunity to use local, country data, and to understand which instruments the country has ratified and how it has been made relevant for the local policy and legal frameworks.
Download: B1: What is the right to health and how does it link with UHC?
Download: Activity: Agreements, declarations and domestic commitments
Module 2: Introduction to public financing for health relevant for budget advocacy for universal health coverage
Section A: Introduction to public policy and its association with the budget in relation to UHC
The public budget is a reflection of a government’s public policy priorities. The first step in developing budget analysis and advocacy is to first understand what the key policy priorities are.
Download: A1. What is public policy in general terms?
Download: A2. What is the role of public resources in relation to public policy?
Download: A3. On what should health policies focus for countries to achieve UHC?
Download: Tool WHO Global health expenditure report
Download: Tool: The WHO health financing progress matrix
Download: Activity. Understanding key elements of health policy design for UHC
Download: Activity: Exploring UHC budget information using the Global Heath Expenditure Database
Section B: Introduction to the public budget and its relevance for UHC
Download: B2. What is the public budget and why is it relevant?
Download: B4. Expenditures in the public budget and those relevant for UHC budget advocacy
Download: B5. Key budget classifications
Download: Tool WHO country mapping of health budget classifications
Download: Activity: What budget classifications is my country using to organize health and UHC related expenditures?
Section C: Introduction to the budget cycle and links with planning universal health coverage
Download: C1. What is the budget cycle and what are its key stages and actors?
Download: C2. Main stakeholders that intervene in the budget cycle
Download: C3. The budget cycle, its stages and stakeholders for UHC
Download: 1 Activity: Building the budget cycle for your country
Download: 2 Activity: Identifying the role of the ministry of health in the budget cycle
Section D: Budget information: key budget documents relevant for budget advocacy and useful resources to locate UHC related budget information
Download: D1. The key budget documents and their content
Download: D2. Where to find budget documents
Download: D3. Budget information relevant for UHC and where to find it
Activity:
Download: 1 Activity: Finding and exploring budget documents in my country
Download: 2 Activity: Finding budget documents in my country
Section E: Transparency, access to information and citizen participation as key elements of budget advocacy and accountability
Download: E2. Key tools for understanding and measuring budget transparency around the world
Download: E3. Freedom of information around the world
Download: Activity: Freedom of information
Section F: Budget analysis as a key tool for budget advocacy for UHC
In this section, you can engage with budget numbers and have the opportunity to do budget analysis using their country’s budget figures:
Download: F1. Why analyse the public budget?
Download: F2. Basic budget analysis
Download: F4. Budget analysis relevant for UHC budget advocacy
Download: Tool: Basic budget calculations to identify common problems in the use of public resources
Download: Tool: 20 key questions about your country budget, IBP Kenya
"To make real, consistent and sustainable progress towards UHC, the global community needs to consider stronger investments in civil society and communities’ work on policy change, resource mobilisation and accountability."