From Concepts to Implementation – Health Economics and Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Kuwait
From Concepts to Implementation – Health Economics and Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Kuwait concluded yesterday at the UN House. The learning event was co-chaired by Dr. Maitham Husain, Director, Planning Directorate, MOH, and Dr. Assad Hafeez, WHO...
Health Economics and Financing Workshop in Kuwait, 30-31 March 2022
The Kuwait Ministry of Health (MOH) and WHO Regional Office and Kuwait Country Office are jointly organizing a capacity building workshop on 30-31 March 2022, as part of an overall effort to strengthen capacity in health financing to support progress towards universal...
First mission to Kuwait – Debriefing to Ministry of Health Kuwait
Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kuwait has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide support to strengthening its capacity to use health economics and financing tools and approaches to inform the design, planning, implementation, and...
Meet Henrik Axelson, our new P4H CFP working in Kuwait!
Henrik Axelson is an independent consultant based in Cairo and originally from Sweden. He is a health economist and health financing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience of providing technical assistance and policy advice to governments of low and...
Kuwait to offer free COVID 19 vaccines to expats
In an effort to equitably provide vaccines in the first round of COVID 19 vaccinations, the Kuwaiti government has extended the provision of free vaccines to expatriates. Although Kuwaiti citizens will be given priority once the COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kuwait and...
Kuwait during the pandemic of COVID 19
New report outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
Kuwait introduces new compulsory health insurance
Kuwait’s Health Insurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) has announced it will be introducing a new KD 130 (approximately 430 USD) compulsory health insurance for two million residents working in the private sector under Visa No. 18 (Kuwait’s work visa), in addition to...
Kuwaiti government gives health care a sustainable future
Kuwait spends an average of 454 Kuwaiti dinar KD (1507 USD) on healthcare per capita, significantly higher than the regional average (World Bank). While the Kuwaiti government continues to be the main provider of health care it also recognizes the expertise that the...
Kuwait’s Health Ministry battles shrinking budget during coronavirus pandemic
The Kuwait government cut the Ministry of Health’s budget by about 135 million Kuwaiti dinars KD (447 million USD) this year on account of the reduced fiscal space caused by COVID 19. This is a major challenge for the Ministry of Health, especially in light of the...