National health accounts

Glossary of terms and financing flows

Glossary of concepts and definitions referred to in the WHO expenditure on health indicators.

Financing flows in health systems: NHA representation.
Financing flow chart

Acronyms used in the country data-templates.

New

Global health expenditure database
NHA Policy highlights
Illustration of NHA information for policy formulation in countries

News

System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011)

The process started in 2006 and is now complete. A final version of the new manual - SHA 2011 - can be found at...
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Key documents

Producers' Guide (English)
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This Guide is now available in Arabic, French and Spanish also and in draft form in Chinese and Russian .

Guide to producing Reproductive health subaccounts

Abuja Declaration: Ten years on

In April 2001, AU nations meeting in Abuja, pledged to increase government funding for health to 15%. Only two African countries have reached that target…