What to Finance in Health and at What Price?

Learn from more than 40 experts from around the world about two key strategies to improve the efficiency of public spending on health and support countries to move towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC): explicit priority setting in health and instruments to achieve more affordable prices for medicines.

Advancing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) - or in other words, achieving access to health services for the entire population without causing financial hardship - is in everyone's interest and one of the great Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, set out by the United Nations (UN) and signed by many countries.

However, to achieve this, countries face an enormous challenge: which services and health technologies should be financed for the population, and how can UHC be achieved with the available public resources? All this taking into account that in all nations, whether rich or poor, resources are insufficient to cover all the needs of the people.

For this reason, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through its Criteria Network , in alliance with the Center for Global Development (CGD) , are pleased to present you the course “ What to Finance in Health and at What Price? ”, which discusses the two key strategies to help countries move towards UHC and improve the efficiency of public health spending: explicit priority setting in health and instruments to achieve more affordable prices for medicines.

As we navigate the course, we will learn more about the challenges countries face and the strategies and tools available to support them by some of the best international experts in this area.

Resources are scarce and spending smartly is essential to achieve more health for the population per dollar invested. Are you going to miss out on this opportunity?

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- Decision-makers and public officials who work in the areas of health policies and financing of services.
- Specialists in economics, medicine, and the right to health.
- Academics (researchers, teachers, students).
- Opinion leaders.
- Citizens interested in learning about the decision processes and the available policies to improve the effectiveness, quality, and coverage of health services.

Enrolling in this MOOC is completely free, providing full access to all course materials at no cost. In this modality you can:
Access course readings and video lectures.
Complete ungraded, practice assignments (if available).
Participate in course discussion forums.
Track your progress on ungraded questionnaires and practice assignments.
However, if you wish to earn a certificate upon completion, you will need to pay a fee ofUS$ 25 in edx and US$ 29 in Coursera. This fee unlocks the graded assessments, which are required to qualify for the certificate.