Vietnam prioritizes poor on road to universal healthcare: US think tank
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Vietnam needs 150 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2021: health minister
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Tobacco tax: low taxation denounced by an NGO in Côte d’Ivoire
The Club universitaire Unesco pour la lutte contre la drogue et autres pandémies (Clucod) crie haro sur la taxe sur la consommation du tabac at a press conference. The Ivorian NGO held a press conference in February to denounce the low taxation in force in Côte...
Chad: President Deby promises to improve the poor health coverage of Chadians
"Starting this year, universal health coverage is to be implemented in N'Djaména as a pilot program". The announcement comes from the Head of State himself, who intends to make healthcare a priority sector of his mandate. As a reminder, the Universal Health Coverage...
Чад: Президент Деби обещает улучшить плохое медицинское обслуживание чадцев
"С этого года в Нджамене в качестве пилотной программы будет осуществляться всеобщий охват населения услугами здравоохранения". Это заявление исходит от самого главы государства, который намерен сделать здравоохранение одной из приоритетных отраслей в течение всего...
Rising healthcare costs and the potential of the African pharmaceutical industry
In Africa, over 80 % of medicines are imported, mainly from India and China for generics, and from major international laboratories for licensed medicines. Medical equipment, masks, tests and protection are also imported, often from Asia. In other...
Niger presidential election: the president’s social and political challenges
In the run-off presidential election on February 21, Niger will choose between Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane as Mahamadou Issoufou's successor. Whoever wins, the challenges will be many, from education and security to health and the fight against corruption. As...
Stakeholder workshop on the institutional framework of the Medical Assistance Scheme (AMED) in Chad
The AMED scheme is one of the three schemes provided for in the CSU Law, and Chad plans to start implementing the Health Insurance Scheme through the AMED scheme. As part of the process of making the AMED scheme operational, Chad asked the P4H network for support in...
Comprehensive review of the social protection system and support for the implementation of the SNPS in Senegal
In 2015, Senegal revised its National Social Protection Strategy (SNPS) with the vision of. set up a national social protection system that is inclusive and accessible to all. With this in mind, Senegal intends to gradually build a universal social protection...
Domestic expenditure increases a 33% in 2020 due to Covid
The Budget Execution Report, released on February 15th, shows a relevant increase in domestic expenditure in health in Mozambique, from 18.985 million MT (263 M$) to 25.318 million MT (351 M$), a +33% change. This prioritization of health with domestic...
CNAMU visit to the Ministry of Health: AMU’s objectives discussed
The newly-installed Minister of Health has begun a series of discussions with his staff. These include CNAMU. A delegation from the Caisse d'assurance maladie universelle, led by the institution's General Manager, paid a visit to the new tenant of the ministerial...
Визит CNAMU в Министерство здравоохранения: обсуждались задачи AMU
Вновь вступивший в должность министр здравоохранения начал серию обсуждений со своими сотрудниками. К ним относится ЦНАМУ. Делегация Caisse d'assurance maladie universelle во главе с генеральным директором учреждения посетила сайт нового обладателя министерского...
Health insurance now compulsory in Benin
In January 2021, Benin's deputies, in their review of Law 2020-37 on the protection of personal health in the Republic of Benin, created a third chapter comprising three articles on compulsory health insurance. Article 16 of this new chapter stipulates that health...
ARCH to drive health insurance in Benin
The phase of the generalization of the health insurance component of the Assurance pour le renforcement du capital humain (Arch) project in the commune of Cotonou has been officially launched. The pilot phase of the health insurance component of the Arch project...
Healthcare fraud: insurers in the age of anticipation with Big Data
According to Gilles Le Vavasseur , Director of Operations at group broker Génération, the nature of health insurance fraud is fairly standard: forged or doctored prescriptions, misappropriation of the lump sum for lenses to supplement reimbursement of frames -...