Technical Support
The case of Mongolia:
In Mongolia the GTZ-ILO-WHO Consortium in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has initiated a consultative process towards the goal of consensus building since the end of 2007. A workshop organized by the Consortium from 18. - 30. April 2008 has set up a national stakeholder working group in order to build up the necessary structures for identifying and addressing the bottlenecks of collaboration. An independent expert group supported by GTZ will assist and advise the newly established stakeholder working group in its efforts to move ahead with the reform process.

GTZ-ILO-WHO Workshop in Ulaanbaatar, April 29th, 2008
Final Workshop Report

Presentations: 
Bayarsaihan: Experiences in the Region with Health Insurances
Bodart: ADB Support to the Development and Implementation of SHI in Mongolia, Part II
Erdene: Role and Responsibility of SSIGO in the Health Insurance System in Mongolia
Narmandah: Social Health Insurance Reform: MONEF's Position, Roles & Private Sector
Scheil-Adlung: Global Experiences with Health Insurance
Weber: Introductory Remarks on the Reform on the Mongolian Health Insurance 
Wodsak: Multisector Collaboration and Consensus-Building for Health Insurance Reform

The case of Yemen:
The government of Yemen expressed interest in advice on the extension of social health protection. Several experts associated with the Consortium contributed to this project during 2005 and recommendations for the next steps in improving social health protection were made. A report was prepared and approved by the Yemen Government in 2006.

Report:
GTZ, ILO WHO (2005): Towards a national health insurance system in Yemen. Sana’a
Part 1: Background and assessments (English)
Part 2: Options and recommendations (English)
Part 3: Materials and documents (English)

The case of Kenya:
GTZ, WHO and ILO have been working for some years in close cooperation to support the Kenyan Ministry of Health in extending its existing health insurance provision.
In the run-up to the implementation of the National Social Health Insurance Fund Act, GTZ is currently supporting the state hospital insurance scheme by making key improvements to the present insurance system. The ratio of expenditure on services to total expenditure has been revised significantly upwards, service providers have been accredited, and financial incentives have been introduced to boost quality.

Publication:
Carrin et. all (Eds.) (2007): Health financing reform in Kenya – assessing the social health insurance proposal. South African Medical Journal (SAMJ). Vol. 97, No. 2 (English)