Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Embassy of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) renew effort to address the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia
The Namibian government renewed its efforts in containing the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), which was declared as an outbreak since 14 December 2017. To this end, the “Improving the national preparedness and response capacity to contain infectious disease outbreaks...
(Blog, FMI)
https://www.imf.org/fr/News/Articles/2020/08/27/blog-covid-19-without-help-low-income-developing-countries-risk-a-lost-decade " ... Le soutien de la communauté internationale est essentiel pour permettre aux PDFR de lutter contre la pandémie et de reprendre vigueur....
Nepal boosts drugs availability – August 2020
Nepal has made significant progress in improving drug availability in districts. Pukar Malla, an executive coach at the Nepal Leadership Academy, explains how L4UHC helped create a safe space to innovate, and the importance of starting small and thinking big. Nepal...
Financing autonomous hospitals (yes, another lesson from COVID-19)
Health systems around the world are being shaken to their foundations by the COVID-19 pandemic. By shedding light on latent risks or problems of which we were unaware, the crisis represents a major test for our analytical frameworks, the way we have structured our...
Papier
"These specific attributes of the Haitian resilience could be summarized as follows: hardiness, creativity, and belief in traditional and complementary healing". https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-61556-001.pdf Du besoin des sciences sociales pour analyser la Crise...
The Beninese government equips Assurance pour le Renforcement du Capital Humain with 5,000 electronic card readers – Cotonou (Benin) – July 2020
To ensure the unequivocal authenticity of the electronic cards issued to beneficiaries as part of the implementation of the Assurance pour le Renforcement du Capital Humain (Arch), the Council of Ministers authorized the acquisition of 5,000 card readers at the...
COVID-19: transformative actions for more equitable, resilient, sustainable societies and health systems in the Americas
https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e003509 Summary box ► COVID-19 has exposed structural deficiencies in health, social and economic policies and sectors in the Americas impacting the resilience of health systems and societies. ►Due to the pandemic, the region of the...
Follow the evolution of the GFF in Cote D’Ivoire on the World Bank website
The GFF partnership supports the country's efforts to improve equity and efficiency in service delivery and financing, mobilize the private sector, collaborate with civil society and coordinate donor support. You'll find all the information you need to keep up to date...
Siga la evolución del GFF en Costa de Marfil en el sitio web del Banco Mundial
La asociación del GFF apoya los esfuerzos del país por mejorar la equidad y la eficiencia en la prestación de servicios y la financiación, movilizar al sector privado, trabajar con la sociedad civil y coordinar el apoyo de los donantes. Aquí puede encontrar toda la...
Field Trips for Basic Essential Package of Health Services Costing Exercise
The costing of the Basic Essential Package of Health Services is a currently on-going exercise. It was led by the National Health Plan Implementation Unit (widely known as NIMU) of the Ministry of Health and Sports and supported by the WHO. At the invitation of...
2nd practical training session on the planning and budgeting tool (ONEHEALTH) – Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
IDYNAM PLUS would like to inform you that its 2nd practical training session on the planning and budgeting tool (ONEHEALTH), initially scheduled to take place from August 17 to 28, 2020 in Bobo Dioulasso has been postponed due to the current health situation...
“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...