From telemedicine to manufacturing, a look at the growth opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s top priorities in the healthcare sector are enhancing the role of the private sector through privatisation of government healthcare services, increasing public-private participation (PPP) healthcare delivery models, scaling up education...
Saudi Arabia plans to attract 7.3bn USD into health from private investors
The Saudi Ministry of Health aspires to increase the private sector’s participation in the sector from to 35 percent by 2030 from 25 percent. The ministry is working with partners in the private sector and across government to implement a package of initiatives...
A new document summarising the reforms in the public service medical aid scheme (PSEMAS) in Namibia has been posted in the document section
An article providing a summary on reforming the public service medical aid scheme (PSEMAS) in Namibia has been posted in the document section. The link can be found below.
The Global Survey on HTA and Health Benefit Packages: Interactive Database and Findings
Developing systematic decision-making processes for health that are fair and transparent is an important step towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, having such decision-making processes alone is not enough. These processes should have clear...
UNICEF creates fund to support low- and middle-income countries’ access to COVID-19 health supplies
UNICEF invites contributions to support its ACT-A Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”), a newly launched pooled fund that will enable us to mount the largest health and logistics operation ever seen. ACT-A (Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator) is a global...
Social protection – Developing countries should invest US$1.2 trillion to guarantee basic health
A new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has recommended that developing countries invest roughly US$1.2 trillion – on average 3.8 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP), to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential...
Nepal expanded health services in villages
Universal health coverage can be reached when all people can access quality health services. Nepal allocated the budget to establish new health centers, aiming to increase access to health care for the people living in the remote villages. To read more, please click...
Brunei started administering the second dose to adolescents
Vaccination is an important public health measure against COVID-19 pandemic. It is necessary to allocate budget and resources to support vaccine administration to all age groups, including adolescents. To read more, please click here. Source: Borneo...
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...
Thai Universal Health Coverage Scheme increased budget to expand HIV/AIDS related services
Ensuring access to comprehensive and quality health care is one of the key policy objectives in Thailand. Since 2005, HIV/AIDS related health services have been included in Universal Health Coverage Scheme (UCS)’s benefit package. Over 17 years, the benefit package...
Launch of the global monitoring reports “Tracking Universal Coverage – 2021 Global Monitoring Report” and “Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021”
The event presents key findings from the upcoming Global Monitoring Reports on UHC and Financial Protection 2021, which include new estimates of global and regional pre-pandemic trends in essential health service coverage and financial hardship, a conceptual framework...
Kazakhstan’s experience in COVID-19 management was presented to European ministers of health
Vice Minister of Healthcare and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov shared Kazakhstan's experience in an online meeting on "The situation with COVID-19 in the European Region: analysis of lessons learned and further actions", organized by the WHO...
Russian Ministry of Healthcare is expanding coverage and access to medicines under Medicines-2025 strategy
Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko held a meeting of the Board of the Ministry on provision of medicines. This committee regularly meets to ensure population access and coverage of medicines, including regularly expanding the list of...
Mongolian Rural Healthcare embraced UpToDate national app for clinical decision support
The State Policy on Health of Mongolia for 2017-2026 aims to mainstream universal health care and bring the quality of health care in the country to international standards. In 2021 the Ministry of Health, with support from Wolters Kluwer Health, introduced a...
Mozambique to review health taxes in view of rising NCD prevalence
The Mozambican Ministry of Finance is preparing a reform of the Specific Consumption Tax (ICE),which includes taxes on tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages, cars, and other consumption goods. The country operates in the SADC tax harmonization framework,...