This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance on how to conduct a system-wide assessment of health purchasing by applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework. It is designed to support policymakers, researchers and anyone interested in improving health purchasing in their country to identify entry points and steps toward building more strategic approaches. The toolkit also documents resources and lessons learned from applying the Framework in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Strategic purchasing is deliberately directing health funds to priority populations, interventions, and services, and actively creating incentives so funds are used by providers equitably and aligned with a population’s health needs. It is one way for governments to get more for the money they spend on health and make faster progress toward Universal Health Coverage. ..more
