IHP+: Expanding predictable finance for health systems strengthening and delivering results

Mark Pearson for the Taskforce on International Innovative Financing for Health Systems, 2008

This background paper examines:

• the case for removing health system bottlenecks through health systems strengthening investments
• summary estimates of global resources required
• work done to date on expansion of investment mechanisms for health systems strengthening
• what each of the mechanisms does, and
• possible options for improving them.

Read the paper on the IHP+ website

Detailed analysis of IFFIm
A second paper examines the benefits of raising funds through a mechanism such as the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) and its possible expansion.

Read the IFFIm paper on the IHP+ website