Universal Health Coverage – Healthy DEvelopments

World Health Summit 2025: The Importance of Effective Partnerships and Digital Transformation to Achieve Health for All

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:37 +0000

At the “Partnering for Efficiency: Strengthening Collaboration in Health Financing and Digital Health in Times of Resource Constraints” side event, hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), global health leaders showcased how smart, digitally powered partnerships can help countries build stronger, more equitable health systems - even when resources are tight.

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Beyond the Gap: A Health System for All

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:39:22 +0000

At the World Health Summit, leaders from WHO, BMZ, Gavi, ATscale, Special Olympics, Mohammend Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity and organizations of persons with disabilities called for practical steps to make disability inclusion core to universal health coverage. From data gaps to assistive technology, and from global commitments to local realities, the message was clear: equity requires design, investment and accountability so that 1.3 billion people with disabilities are not left behind. And a global movement with diverse stakeholders working together is needed to mobilize these needed resources.

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Responsible AI in Health

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:51:56 +0000

Berlin, 12 October 2025 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global healthcare – from diagnosis to data management. But without clear governance, it risks deepening inequalities, producing biased results, and eroding trust in public institutions.

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Why Investing in Health Has Never Been More Important

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 07 May 2025 08:25:56 +0000

Key insights from the BMZ High-Level Dialogue “The Case for Investing in Health - NOW!” with Parliamentary State Secretary Niels Annen

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Global Health and bodily autonomy- a short film by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:57:31 +0000

Poor sanitation comes with a cost – it affects the affected individuals' and populations' health status and their productivity. Zambia, for example, loses 1.3 percent of GDP due to public health impacts of poor sanitation which results in child malnutrition, illness and premature death.

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openIMIS powers Cameroon’s long-term vision for universal health coverage

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:09:50 +0000

Cameroon has adopted the digital public good openIMIS to bring together different health financing schemes in one digital UHC platform. This is improving scheme efficiency, transparency and governance, and extending access to health services for those in need.

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A first for Senegal, as social health insurance is extended to artisans

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:00:40 +0000

Informal sector workers often earn low and irregular wages, lack protection and face difficulties in accessing adequate basic services. As part of Senegal’s labour reforms, Germany is supporting a social protection pilot which could be extended to cover the whole informal sector

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Research into the implementation of India’s PM-JAY generates wealth of learning

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:00:52 +0000

Researchers and development practitioners reflect on learnings from comprehensive research, commissioned by the Indo-German Social Security Programme, examining the implementation and impact of the world’s largest health insurance scheme.

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WHS 2023: How can access to health innovations be made more equitable?

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:46:28 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare brutal inequities in access to medical breakthroughs between Global North and South. A high-level panel debates how this can be changed.

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WHS 2023: Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:40:20 +0000

What will it take to bridge the health gap for people with disabilities and provide access to assistive technology for all those who need it?

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