Mission Report: GAVI HSS Study:Workshop on Reflecting on Data Collection for GAVI HSS Study

The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar received the GAVI Health Systems Strengthening Support (HSS) grant and initiated activities in 2012 through a no-cost extension in 2016. One of these activities related to health financing through the modality of a Hospital Equity Fund (HEF) and the Maternal Child Healthcare Voucher Scheme (MCHVS). This study is part of the closure reports and will focus on the impact of the program on out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health. In addition to providing insights on the impact of the GAVI HSS program, this study is expected to contribute to the understanding of OOPE in Myanmar and inform the next generation of health financing schemes in the country.

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) was requested by the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS), Myanmar, to provide technical support for the study. The methodologies applied for this study are: document review, self-assessment form for collecting data on HEF, analysis of existing data, and a household survey of the eligible population of the schemes. The study was initiated in October, 2016 and will be completed by the end of September, 2017.