COVID-19 Act – Austria
On March 15, the Austrian parliament enacted the COVID-19 Act which, among the other things, establishes the COVID 19 Fund, drawing resources from the Federal government. The COVID-19 Fund Act established the “COVID-19 Crisis Management Fund” at the Federal Minister...
COVID-19 : Alger taille dans son budget pour faire face à la chute des cours
L’Algérie réduit ses dépenses publiques et revoit sa politique économique face à l’effondrement des cours du pétrole, principale ressource du pays : À l’issue d’un conseil des ministres présidé dimanche 22 mars par le chef de l’État, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, l’Algérie...
Algeria’s Finance Minister presents the 2020 Supplementary Finance Bill before the Council of the Nation
Finance Minister Abderahamane Raouya presented the text of the Supplementary Finance Law (LFC) for 2020 to the Council of the Nation on Monday, during a plenary session chaired by Salah Goudjil, acting president of the Council. During the plenary session, attended by...
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 29/05/2020 – The launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
COVID-19 Press Conference (29 May) for the launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool This is an initiative aimed at making health tools to fight COVID-19 accessible to all. Today's event will host an array of leaders from across the UN, academia, industry and...
“Intercountry Conference on P4H partnership collaboration: Health financing reforms for UHC, 19-20 June 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan”
Host: the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan Co-organizers: Republican Center for Health Development of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – RCHD), and P4H– Global Network for Health Financing and Social...
SNFS validation workshop at BFA
After 4 years of work, the National Health Financing Strategy will again be submitted for technical approval to the Ministry of Health, which will invite representatives from related departments. The version that will be proposed is the result of a working group that...
Coherent health financing for the COVID-19 response: a perspective from the Philippines
MAKING PURCHASING FIT FOR PURPOSE In the Philippines, the COVID-19 response has called for rapid adaptation of purchasing arrangements. In early 2019, the Philippines passed a Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that envisions the national health insurance agency...
Burkina Faso’s SNFS-CSU validated at second Steering Committee meeting
The second steering committee for the development of the national health financing strategy was held today, Tuesday, October 10, 2017, in the PADS meeting room in Ouagadougou. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, drew its members...
Validación del SNFS-CSU de Burkina Faso en la segunda reunión del Comité Directivo
El segundo comité directivo para el desarrollo de la estrategia nacional de financiación sanitaria se ha celebrado hoy, martes 10 de octubre de 2017, en la sala de reuniones del PADS en Uagadugú. El Comité, presidido por el Secretario General del Ministerio de...
Burkina Faso: free healthcare for pregnant women and children under 5 to be extended to community level
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Official launch of GFF in Burkina Faso (and all start-up documents)
Official launch of the GFF: see pp2 & 3 of the Ministry of Health newsletter "The mission of the secretariat of the Global Financing Mechanism (GFF), in Burkina from February 19 to 22 led to a joint statement by the ministries in charge of Finance and Health. The...
WHO/P4H regional health financing policy advisor arrives – November 2012
As part of the WHO contribution to the P4H joint support plans in Benin, Burkina and Mali, an international adviser on health financing policy is deployed in Ouagadougou (based in WHO-IST Intercountry Support Team). The WHO adviser will help build national capacity in...
Creation of the Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie Universelle (National Universal Health Insurance Fund)
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 a Council of Ministers was held in Ouagadougou in ordinary session under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian KABORE, President of Faso, President of the Council of Ministers. A decree creating a public social welfare...
Vietnam’s trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health related social security benefits
A three-day training has helped to improve the knowledge of trade union officers on social health protection and other health-related social security benefits, so they can do a better job as workers’ representatives. The course, organized during 2-4 June in Ha Noi by...
Программа экономической и социальной устойчивости Сенегала COVID-19
Основная цель плана действий Министерства здравоохранения и социальной защиты - укрепление потенциала Сенегала в борьбе с эпидемией путем реализации следующих мер: - Выявление подозреваемых и подтвержденных случаев заболевания - Быстрая изоляция таких случаев -...