
Medical care in Honduras is confirmed to be free of charge in public services
Free medical care in Honduran public facilities is confirmed by the Ministry of Health. It also points out that there is an ongoing process of revision of texts to facilitate their application and transparency. In December 2024, the Honduran Ministry of Health...

New documents available on the Honduras country page
New documents available on the Honduras country page.

Honduran Social Security Institute seeks to expand coverage with new law
The executive director of the IHSS, Adriana Zúñiga, proposes to the health commission of the National Congress that the institute joins the efforts for the creation of the new Social Security Law, allowing the expansion of coverage based on updated actuarial studies....

8% of the population in Honduras has no access to health care
In Honduras there is a health system integrated by the public and private sectors. The public sector is composed of the Ministry of Health (financed with resources from the national budget), which provides services to 60% of the population, and the Honduran...

General Budget of Honduras 2022, prioritizes purchase of vaccines and education
The draft of the General Budget of the Republic for the fiscal year 2022 prioritized an increase of funds to the Secretariat of Health to face the purchase of vaccines (from COVID-19) and the hiring of health personnel, detailed the...