WHO welcomes the establishment of Viet Nam’s National Medical Council
https://www.who.int/vietnam/news/detail/19-05-2021-who-welcomes-the-establishment-of-viet-nam-s-national-medical-council (Photo:VNA, January 15, 2021)
PM calls for action to control Covid-19 and ensure social security
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9870&CateID=198
Free health care in Burkina Faso: an analysis
Since 2016, Burkina Faso has introduced a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five. ThinkWell and its research partner RESADE have conducted a detailed analysis of the free healthcare policy in collaboration with the Ministry of...
Niger: Validation and alignment of the national CSU strategy
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the workshop for consistency, consolidation and validation of the national strategy for universal health coverage (UHC) opened in the meeting room of the NGO LIBO in Liboré. The meeting, which lasted four (4) days, was organized by the DEP of...
Senegal: Explanations for the rise in the price of medicines and nutritional supplements
Since May 24, pharmaceutical news has been marked by a pricing change for a category of products with hybrid status, half-drug and half-nutritional supplement. This increase follows a reclassification in the customs nomenclature of this category of products,...
Bangladesh’s Health Budget during the Pandemic
Bangladesh has had less than 1% share of the annual budget for the health sector for over a decade now. The Covid 19 crisis has only made it more important to invest more in health services, infrastructure and personnel. This opinion piece by Dr Fahmida Khatun gives...
Niger: Restitution of the I3S project and presentation of INAM
A number of players were in conclave on May 19, 2021 at Centre International des Conférences Mahatma Gandhi in Niamey. For this reason, they took part in the restitution workshop of the Initiative Solidarité Santé Sahel (I3S) project, followed by the...
Meeting of the technical committee for the evaluation of the CMU program
It was held in virtual mode on May 19 and covered the following two items : pre-validation of the report on basic CMU through mutual health insurance ; pre-validation of the report on the link between the CMU program and other health...
Senegal: Data analysis workshop as part of the study on catastrophic healthcare expenditure 2014-2019
In Thiès, where the workshop was held, the aim was to analyze secondary data following the methodology adopted in the 2014-2019 Catastrophic Health Expenditure Study . More specifically, the work involved : share the methodological orientation report (ROM) for...
Senegal: Meeting of the Social Protection Thematic Group
The members of the Social Protection in Senegal thematic group met on May 25 to take stock of the situation. Participants took it in turns to catch up on the activities of their respective organizations. They then followed a presentation by the World Bank...
Senegal: The technical committee for the evaluation of the CMU program validates important reports
Two items were on the agenda of this meeting of the technical committee for the evaluation of the universal health coverage program in Senegal: Pre-validation of the report on the CMU program's service billing system ; the pre-validation of the ...
Senegal: journalists learn about the compulsory health insurance scheme for workers
The virtual meeting was initiated by , the Institution de Coordination de l'Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (ICAMO). The aim was to equip journalists with the knowledge they need to understand the key concepts and challenges of compulsory health insurance, so that...
Сенегал: журналисты знакомятся с программой обязательного медицинского страхования работников
Инициатором виртуальной встречи выступил , Институт координации обязательного страхования от несчастных случаев (ICAMO). Цель семинара заключалась в том, чтобы вооружить журналистов знаниями, необходимыми для понимания ключевых концепций и проблем, связанных с...
Viet Nam: Officially using HI card’s image on VssID for medical treatment from June 1, 2021
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