Kazakhstan started mass vaccinations with homegrown QazVac vaccine
Kazakhstan has rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the central Asian country’s health minister receiving the jab on live television. QazCovid-in, also known as QazVac, is a two-shot vaccine that is in third-stage trials, The Guardian reports. Agence...
State Budget 2021-2023 approved: Health spending protected from cuts
In a Law adopted on December 2, 2020 No.379-VІ ЗРК, Government of Kazakhstan has approved "Republican budget for years 2021-2023" - which outlines all state (public) funds for the three-year budget cycle. In this publicly available document, the Attachment No.5...
Implementing CSU in Burkina Faso: RAME conducts two studies
During a workshop in Ouagadougou, RAME (Réseau accès aux médicaments essentiels) presented the results of two major studies on universal health coverage. The opening ceremony was chaired by Dr Pierre YAMEOGO, technical secretary for universal health...
MUGEF-CI: the State of Côte d’Ivoire called upon to pay its share of contributions
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mutuelle générale des fonctionnaires et agents de l'Etat de Côte d'Ivoire (MUGEF-CI), Kouamé Mesmin Comoé, calls on on Wednesday April 14, 2021, the State to pay the employer's share. "The employer's share amounts to...
Tanzania’s 6th Government
After the passing of the 5th President, H.E. Dr. John Magufuli, H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania's 6th President on 19th March 2021, making her become the first female president in Tanzanian history. The Zanzibar born new president made already...
Requête officielle du Gouvernement du Burundi pour une Personne Focale P4H
Depuis novembre 2020, P4H, avec la Banque mondiale et les autres partenaires P4H au Burundi, a mené une mission explorative avec le Gouvernement du Burundi afin de déterminer le besoin et la contribution potentielle d’une personne focale P4H dans le processus vers la...
Health Budget Brief 2020 – Tanzania Mainland
UNICEF has shared its Health Budget Brief 2020 for Tanzania Mainland.
Health Budget Brief 2020 – Zanzibar
UNICEF has shared its Health Budget Brief 2020 for Zanzibar.
Kenya has adopted its Health Sector Partnership and Coordination Framework
Kenya has adopted its Health Sector Partnership and Coordination Framework, which is geared to improve communication and coordination between development partners and the Kenyan government on both national and county levels. It includes thematic Interagency...
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX East African country so far has confirmed 90,064 COVID-19 infections, 1,227 deaths 12.04.2021 Read the published information here
Syria receives its first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
AMMAN/CAIRO/GENEVA, 22 April 2021 -“Syria received 256,800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVAX delivery of vaccines to reach the war-torn country. This delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines (from the Serum Institute of India) will be given to frontline...
Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province”. The Support to Social Protection - Social Health Protection (SP-SHP) project undertook a scoping study to analyse how...
Working in Partnership for SOCIAL HEALTH PROTECTION in Pakistan
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Working in Partnership for Social Health Protection in Pakistan”. The 14-page report presents insights into German-supported capacity development measures aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s social health protection...
Covid-19 Poses Challenges in Healthcare Financing
In Singapore, the most apparent cost of this epidemic is the cost of providing direct medical care and public health services such as screening tests and ICU (intensive care unit) care for those affected. Since the indirect and intangible losses are not easy to...
Sri Lanka launches the COVID–19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund
The Government of Sri Lanka set up ‘COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund’ on 23rd March 2020, to strengthen the activities aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 virus in the country and to support the related social welfare programmes in...