Covid-19 and Nepal’s Health Financing: Insights and recommendations based on local government response during full lockdown
The public healthcare system in Nepal is a shared responsibility between the federal, local and provincial governments with the latter usually at the forefront of handling outbreaks such as COVID-19 on ground. The financing for their operations was mixed as well where...
$100 million for major advances in medical research technology
In a bid to make healthcare more accessible and reduce the time in service delivery, the Government of Australia is investing 100 million AUD to advance medical technology in the country. The investment is to improve diagnosis and treatment in three specific areas...
The Philippines seeks $700-M ADB, AIIB loans for vaccine rollout
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend the Philippines a combined $700 million (about P33.9 billion) by March to buy vaccines and inoculate Filipinos against the COVID-19 disease. Documents of the Beijing-based...
A case for building a stronger health care system in Bangladesh
The havoc that COVID-19 wreaked on Bangladesh is typical of the effect it had on South Asian countries in general in that it exposed the acute lack of investment- financial, infrastructural and in terms of human resources in the public healthcare system. Considering...
Urgency to transform fragmented health system (UHC Act and Covid-19)
The Philippines has seen relatively more challenges due to the Covid-19 Pandemic than perhaps its other South-east Asian counterparts. Despite the crafting of the historic Universal Health Care (UHC) Law over two years ago, the Pandemic has exposed several gaps in...
Securing Singapore’s Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
Singapore’s Multi Ministry Taskforce (MTF) along with the World Health Organization and the country’s Heath Sciences Authority (HSA) has made procurement of vaccines along with quality checks their foremost agenda. This includes signed Advance Purchase Agreements with...
Budget 2021: S$4.8b of S$11b Covid-19 Resilience Package for public health
The Singapore Government's commitment to safeguarding public health and the future of its citizens especially in the wake of COVID 19 can be seen in the over 40% share of this year’s Budget that goes to the COVID-19 Resilience Package. Mr. Heng Swee Keat, the...
Situation Update: Response to COVID-19 in Indonesia (As of 1 March 2021)
Indonesia is procured more than 420 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 180 million people as of last month according to the Head of the COVID-19 Response and National Economic Recovery team (PCPEN). A breakdown of the procurement would reveal 125.5 million of the...
Vietnam says COVAX to supply 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/vietnam-covax-supply-30-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-14235964
Thailand’s COVID-19 response an example of resilience and solidarity: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
"The government’s stimulus packages have been comprehensive, rapid and well-sequenced, constituting 15 per cent of GDP. Almost half of respondents to a recent survey reported having received government support. Modelling estimates suggest that while government...
Côte d’Ivoire is the first country, along with Ghana, to launch the COVAX campaign
On Monday, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire became the first countries to vaccinate their citizens against Covid-10 thanks to Covax. In Côte d'Ivoire, vaccination began on Monday March 1 in Abidjan. The first AstraZeneca dose was delivered to Patrick Achi, Secretary...
Côte d’Ivoire is the first country, along with Ghana, to launch the COVAX campaign
On Monday, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire became the first countries to vaccinate their citizens against Covid-10 thanks to Covax. In Côte d'Ivoire, vaccination began on Monday March 1 in Abidjan. The first AstraZeneca dose was delivered to Patrick Achi, Secretary...
335 seasoned health workers deployed in Chad
The Guera health delegation organized a capacity-building workshop for 335 health workers in Mongo from February 22 to 26, 2021, in partnership with the GAVI Alliance. Representing the Governor and launching the activities of this training course, the Guera provincial...
Togo: las OSC en la escuela de la CSU y la defensa del presupuesto
En Lomé, los agentes de la sociedad civil están aprendiendo sobre la CSU y la defensa del presupuesto. Un importante programa de formación y apoyo permanente sobre financiación sanitaria reunió en la capital togolesa a una veintena de miembros de organizaciones de la...
Togo: CSOs learn about CSU and budget advocacy
In Lomé, civil society players are learning about CSU and budget advocacy. A major training and ongoing support program on health financing brought together some twenty members of civil society organizations in the Togolese capital. Funded by Impact Santé Afrique,...