“Ayushman Bharat for a new India” – protecting the poor
Two major initiatives for the health sector where announced as part of Ayushman Bharat: 1. Health and Wellness Centre Scheme 2. National Health Protection Scheme covering Hospital Care for poor and vulnerable families (Announcement Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 1:31PM by PIB...
RSBY – Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, health insurance for the poor
In the past, the Government had tried to provide a health insurance cover to selected beneficiaries either at the State level or National level. However, most of these schemes were not able to achieve their intended objectives. Often there were issues with either the...
India: Integration of Government health schemes under the National Health Authority
on August 13th the governing board of National Health Authority (NHA), chaired by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, approved the proposal to integrate existing health schemes of the central ministries with the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri...
Employee State Insurance Scheme – Social Health Insurance for Workers
The Employee State Insurance Scheme of India is legislated by the Employees' State Insurance Act of 1948, the first major legislation on social security for workers in independent India. The intention then was to contribute to socio-economic improvements for...
Mahidol University and the ILO launch specialised Master’s Program developed to advance Social Health Protection in Asia
With support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the ASEAN Health Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, Thailand, has developed and launched an innovative 1-year Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care Management (MPHM) and Social Health...
Haïti – MSF arrête la prise en charge de la COVID-19 et va reprendre les soins aux brûlés
Communiqué de presse MSF: https://www.msf.fr/communiques-presse/haiti-msf-arrete-la-prise-en-charge-de-la-covid-19-et-va-reprendre-les-soins-aux-brules
Covid-19 Suivi des cas, etc. – Haïti (8 août 2020)
23 nouvo ka konfime ak yon (1) moun anplis mouri anba COVID-19 nan dat 8 dawout 2020 an nan peyi Dayiti. Sa ki bay yon total 7,634 ka konfime, 183 moun mouri ak 4,982 moun trete.
Paper about COVID-19 prevention strategies in resource limited settings…
https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13031-020-00296- Abstract COVID-19 prevention strategies in resource limited settings, modelled on the earlier response in high income countries, have thus far focused on draconian containment strategies,...
Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 and integrated recovery action plan (ESIRI C-19) – Haiti
Decided by the Government, which has requested support from the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union, and to be completed in less than 3 months (August-October...
Use of costing results and social accountability in Cambodia
Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Cambodia, have undertaken significant reforms in the last decade to strengthen their health care systems to improve equity and accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In this context, health...
Financing the existence of autonomous hospitals (Yes, another lesson from COVID-19)
Across the globe, health systems are being shaken on their foundations by the COVID-19 pandemic. By shedding light on risks or latent problems we were not aware of, the crisis constitutes a major test for our frameworks, the way we have structured our learning...
(CDG PODCAST)
Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast (27:28) : https://www.cgdev.org/blog/aid-transparency-during-covid-19-henry-asor-nkang-and-gary-forster-cgd-podcast# Et la possibilité, en sus, de travailler son anglais pour...
First Milestone toward the launch of a specialized Master’s Degree developed to Advance Social Health Protection in Asia
With the support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) through the Luxembourg-funded Project: 'Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia', the ASEAN Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, in Thailand, has...
Consultations on the Health Insurance Law revision move forward in Vietnam
The second Orientation workshop on the health insurance law revision took place in Hanoi on 18th of October 2018. In his opening speech, His Excellency Vice Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan reiterated the Government’s commitment to achieve 95% of coverage and reduce...
Factory women workers empowered with knowledge on health-related social security benefits in Viet Nam
Over the month of July, more than 1,100 women employees working in different industrial zones in Viet Nam attended communication fora on health-related benefits of the social security system. The fora were part of the cooperation initiative of ILO and Vietnam General...