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JLN PHC seminar on ‘Private Sector Engagement in Primary Health Care to Achieve UHC’,
Indonesia on 27 February to 1 March 2017

Source: National Health Financing (NHF), Planning Division, MoH

ii. JLN Stakeholder Communication Workshop for Universal Health Coverage in Ghana (20 to 21 July
2017) to develop a Practical Guide on Strategic Communication for Universal Health Coverage.
This workshop gathered inputs, best practices, and lessons learnt from various countries to develop
the framework of the practical guide.
iii. JLN Provider Payment Initiative’s Primary Healthcare Financing and Payment Collaborative in
Vietnam (10 to 13 October 2017). More than 40 participants from 14 countries including Malaysia
gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam to share their respective experiences, challenges, and creative solutions
with PHC financing and payment in a holistic way.
iv. JLN Cross Collaborative Meeting in Seoul & Wonju, Korea (4 to 8 December 2017). The meeting
was attended by several countries’ members including Malaysia, Morocco, Ghana, Mongolia, India,
Indonesia, Vietnam and Mali, among others. There were several collaborative group meetings held
concurrently including the Health Benefits Policy, Private Sector Engagement, Measurement for
Improvement and Domestic Resource Mobilisation where all countries’ members discussed Korean
healthcare system & Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
v. JLN Steering Group Meeting in Korea (7 to 8 December 2017) which was chaired by our Senior
Deputy Director as the Convener. During this meeting, the JLN community celebrate the country’s
40 year anniversary of National Health Insurance System. Close to 100 UHC implementers from
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15 countries gathered in Seoul, with representatives from Korea’s National Health Insurance
Service (NHIS), Health Insurance Review and Assessment Agency (HIRA), and the KDI School
of Public Policy and Management to celebrate Korea’s remarkable success in achieving UHC and
the progress JLN countries are making through practitioner-to-practitioner learning.

The knowledge and skills gained from these collaborative activities with JLN provides a practical guide
for Malaysia in moving towards Malaysian Health System reforms.

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