Laos has authorized home recovery for mild COVID-19 patients
In Laos, the Ministry of Health has authorized Covid-19 patients who have mild symptoms to recover at home, aiming to secure the hospital beds for COVID-19 patients with severe conditions. The criteria for home recovery patients are as follows: Fully Covid-19...
Timor-Leste shared COVID-19 experiences on public finance
In Timor-Leste, Minister of Finance, Rui Gomes, participated in the high-level meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa – East Timor (PALOP-TL) on public finance “Transform the State”. The two high-level personalities were invited to participate, the former...
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers and nurses
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers, nursery school staffs, and nurses under the new stimulus package. The expected total budget for the stimulus package is greater than 30 trillion yen, aiming to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 through boosting economic...
Regional Conference on Extending Social Health Protection in the Asia Pacific Region towards Universal Health Coverage
Background: Over the past decades, many countries in Asia and the Pacific have rapidly expanded social health protection coverage. Despite laudable progress, the effective realization of the human rights to health and social security is not yet a reality for all....
Ensuring employees who lost jobs or quit jobs enjoy health care following health insurance scheme
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10086&CateID=198
Turkey provides COVID 19 treatment and medicine free of charge
Coronavirus treatment and medicine for patients in public hospitals in Turkey has been made free of charge following a presidential decree. It says that all patients, even if they failed to pay state insurance, will be granted protective gear and testing, as well as...
Turkey’s Health spending reaches over $35.4B in 2019
Turkey's health expenditure posted a year-on-year rise of 21.7% to reach 201.3 billion Turkish liras ($35.44 billion) in 2019. Health expenditure per capita reached 2,434 Turkish liras ($428.5) with an increase of 19.9% while out of pocket health expenditures...
Presenting documents on Turkey’s health system, social health protection laws, programs and more
We have the pleasure of presenting 5 (five) new documents on Turkish health financing and social health protection in this space. Two research papers examine Turkey’s Health Transformation Program that was introduced (2003) to improve social health protection and...
Egypt’s comprehensive health insurance law
The Health Insurance Law no. 2 of 2018 has now been approved by the Egyptian Parliament and comes to extend the health insurance system to all citizens and improve the health services from 12 July 2018. The new Law covers all citizens, whether they are public or...
Egypt’s health sector budget in 2021/2022 is 16.2% higher than year before
The health sector in 2021/2022 is expected to have a budget 16.27 percent higher than that of the year before, highlighting Egypt’s keenness on improving health conditions for patients and staff. In the new financial year, the budget allocated for health will be...
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($64 million) in extra funding for its health services. The country had allocated 125...
Egypt joins with international partners for $1bn health insurance projects
The Egyptian Ministry of Finance has launched cooperation projects worth almost $1 billion with international partners to boost financial and technical support for the country's comprehensive health insurance system. The partners include the World Bank, the...
Common ambitions emerging for more sustainable healthcare
https://vir.com.vn/common-ambitions-emerging-for-more-sustainable-healthcare-89124.html
Social Security policies to take effect in Viet Nam from July 1, 2021
http://www.tapchibaohiemxahoi.gov.vn/vi/tin-chi-tiet-nhung-chinh-sach-an-sinh-xa-hoi-co-hieu-luc-tu-ngay-172021-2cc39cf0.aspx
Benin-Access to healthcare: The martyrdom of the indigent
From the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (Ramu) to the Assurance pour le renforcement du capital humain (Arch) project currently being rolled out, access to health care and services for the most disadvantaged remains a major concern in Benin. In public hospitals,...