Sri Lanka’s health financing challenge: Why smarter spending is key
Sri Lanka’s public health spending as a share of GDP, at around 1.5 per cent, is low by international standards. This is compounded by inefficiencies in fund administration and allocation. A related problem is the lack of a proper system to forecast financial...
Health spending increases its share in the budget
The budgetary relevance given to the health sector in 2020 has led the increase in its relative weight in comparison with other sectors. The health sector represented a 14,8% of public spending in 2020, or 19% if measured taking out the financial operations and debt...
1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX to arrive in Việt Nam on/05/16
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Health investments in Senegal: Dakar aims to become a health hub in the West African sub-region
"Raising the national medical plateau: Dakar, new sub-regional medical hub?". Senegal's Minister of Health held a press briefing on the subject on May 8 in Dakar. The result is that the health authorities in the land of Teranga want to turn the capital into a...
CMU in Senegal: Saint-Louis scores well
After 5 years of universal health coverage in Senegal, the Saint-Louis region has 163,756 people enrolled in mutual health insurance schemes. The program's progress can also be seen in the financing of the regional healthcare system. It should be noted that in 2020, a...
Casual workers clamor for better insurance coverage
The lackluster insurance coverage of casual workers attracted the attention of Premier Li Keqiang during the annual gathering of the nation's highest legislative body in March. Without work injury insurance, casual workers who suffer injuries face an uphill...
Medical insurance to be expanded for family use
China has expanded medical insurance accounts to cover their immediate family members: spouses, parents, and children. They will be able to use the personal account of the insured. Previously, only insured employees can use their personal accounts to...
Mitigating financial risk under national health insurance: Changes in Integrated Shield Plan
There is an ongoing debate on recent changes to the national health insurance, Medishield life that covers all Singaporeans and permanent residents paying for large medical bills if they stay in designated wards of government-run...
Public-Private Sector partnership in Philippines leads to immunization programme success
On April 30, The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized a Vaccine Summit that discussed the need to prepare for the next pandemic, particularly in the areas of vaccine security and...
WHO is looking for a Consultant in Health Financing
WHO published, on 05 May 2021, a request for proposals for a Consultant to work on strategic purchasing and digital technologies for health financing The Request for proposals is published on the United Nations Global Market website:...
Why PFM is Key for the Effective Roll Out of COVID-19 Vaccines
Written by Hélène Barroy, Federica Margini, Triin Habicht, Tomas Roubal, Peter Cowley and Joseph Kutzin As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out globally, the number one question for many low-and-middle income countries is how much it is going to cost to procure...
Fighting malaria in Burkina Faso: free treatment alone is not enough!
Measures are being taken by the government to facilitate access to care for patients. The aim is to eliminate the disease by the end of 2030. How are these measures perceived by the local population, and what is their assessment of the measures put in place ? A...
Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie du Mali: Numerous cases of fraud exposed
The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie au Mali (CANAM) has drawn up an action plan to combat health insurance fraud. It focuses on fraud prevention, detection and prosecution. This need for accountability has revealed among other frauds: the cost of services...
Габон: CANAMGS вводит в действие карту здоровья
По итогам двухдневного семинара при поддержке Национальной кассы страхования от болезней и социальных гарантий (CNAMGS) была принята "дорожная карта", призванная сделать качественную медицинскую помощь эффективной в глубинке. В целях оперативного управления...
Gabon: CANAMGS operationalizes the health card
At the end of a two-day workshop, a roadmap was adopted, with the support of the Caisse national d'assurance maladie et de garantie sociale (CNAMGS), to make quality medical care effective in the hinterland. In view of the operationalization of the health...