International Consultant - Health Financing Data, National Health Accounts and Financial Protection, WHO Country Office, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
World Health Organization · Phnom Penh, Cambodia · Apply by November 20, 2026
About this role
Purpose of the Consultancy The purpose of the consultancy is to strengthen Cambodia’s methods and national capacity for NHA production and financial protection monitoring (SDG 3.8.2), while providing technical inputs to the development of more integrated and digitalized health financing data systems. Background Cambodia has set ambitious goals to advance universal health coverage (UHC), as reflected in the UHC Roadmap 2024–2035 and the Fourth Health Strategic Plan (HSP4), including reducing out-of-pocket (OOP) spending to below 35% of current health expenditure by 2035. Achieving these goals requires reliable and timely health financing data to guide policy, resource allocation and monitoring. National Health Accounts (NHA) and financial protection analysis provide complementary perspectives on health financing and progress towards UHC. NHA, based on the internationally agreed System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011), tracks the flow and use of resources across the health system, including the overall level and share of OOP spending. Financial protection analysis, guided by the global UHC monitoring framework developed by WHO and the World Bank and reflected in SDG indicator…