Decree creating UAGCP-Guinea
The Government of the Republic of Guinea and donors, including Gavi, the Global Fund and the World Bank, have agreed on the need to set up a Program Management and Coordination Support Unit (UAGCP) within the Ministry of Health (MOH). The aim is to improve financial...
Conakry: Prime Minister launches medical coverage for government employees and pensioners
On August 7, 2024, the Prime Minister launched medical coverage for Guinean civil servants and pensioners, an initiative carried out by the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS). This reform, in force since August 1, marks a major step forward for the...
Law on Social Mutuality in Guinea
In the Republic of Guinea, the regulatory context for social mutuality is governed by Decree Du/1994/090 of October 1994, which remains insufficient to achieve the objectives set. The State's limited resources to cover the needs of all citizens in terms of access to...
District-level monitoring of UHC in India
This study aims to develop a framework and index for measuring universal health coverage (UHC) at the district level in India and to assess progress towards UHC in the districts. The results can help national and subnational government develop prioritization...
Consensus-Based Recommendations for the Implementation of HTA in UAE
This study presents a comprehensive road map, including short- and long-term action plans, for health technology assessment implementation in the UAE. The outcomes of the study will not only benefit decision makers by providing a clear pathway for health technology...
Costing of Primary Healthcare Arrangements in six Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
This report determines the cost of selected clinical services provided at the primary care level across six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE). The cost of a selection of public sector primary level...
Universal Health Coverage in Benin: A political commitment, significant progress
Significant progress has been made towards universal health coverage (UHC) in Benin. The government is continuing its efforts to make access to essential health services a reality for all Beninese. Since April 2016, the Beninese authorities have been committed to...
Financing of the National Health System
The 2008 Constitution established free and universal public health services for all levels of care in Ecuador. The health system is financed with resources from the general state budget, workers' and employers' contributions to mandatory social security and to the...
Does integrated medical insurance system alleviate the difficulty of using cross-region health Care for the Migrant Parents in China – Evidence from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey
Research conducted by Chao Ma, Shutong Huo and Hao Chen, utilizing data from the 2015 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, employed Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression models to analyze the impact of Integrated Medical Insurance Schemes (IMIS) on migrant parents.Their...
Health Accounts Report 2016 and 2017
This report is divided into four chapters: Chapter 1 presents the general context of the country; Chapter 2, the concept and process of developing health accounts; Chapter 3, the financing of the national health system; and Chapter 4, health expenditure.
Benefit Incidence Analysis of Inpatient Care in Government Facilities: A State Wise Analysis
The present study provides an important baseline to monitor the progress made by the government in terms of equity. It will help us to monitor the effectiveness of government investment especially concerning the utilisation of poor and vulnerable sections.
Tackling health and climate change in Tuvalu
At the Second Asia Pacific Health Financing Forum in 2024, Pelesala Kaleia, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tuvalu, highlighted the visible impacts of climate change on the health of the people in Tuvalu. She emphasized the emergence...
Rising out-of-pocket health expenditure in Bangladesh
The Health Economics Unit of the Directorate General of Health Services under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Bangladesh reports that out-of-pocket health expenditure in the country has been on the rise, reaching around 69 per cent in 2020. This has...
Impact of health benefit package policy interventions on service utilisation in PM-JAY
Understanding the drivers of differences in the outcomes of insurance reforms is critical to inform future implementations of publicly funded health insurance to achieve the broader goal of universal health coverage. This paper makes a significant contribution to the...
Lei n.º 09/2018 Base de Saúde
This Law, consisting of 53 articles divided into eight Chapters, approves the Basic Law on Health, which underlines the constitutional dignity of the right to health protection enshrined in the Constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe Health protection is a right of...