Hot off the press – Benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy report. The case of Indonesia by GIZ
“Financial Sustainability and Coverage Effectiveness of the Indonesian Health Insurance System - The role of benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy”. The assessment is part of the German contribution to the European Union Social Protection Systems...
The Phnom Penh Post: Employers required to pay more into NSSF for workers
The Phnom Penh Post, 9 January 2018: "According to a prakas and a sub-decree released last year by the Ministry of Labour, as of January 1, 2018, all businesses hiring one or more employees are now required to pay 3.4 percent of each employee’s average salary each...
The Phnom Penh Post: Hun Sen promises new fund to keep Kantha Bopha hospitals running
The Phnom Penh Post, 15 January 2018: "Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced plans to form a second foundation to raise funds to keep the Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals afloat, though with the government poised to take over management of the hospitals, one...
Khmer Times: Decree reviewed for loopholes
Khmer Times, January 12, 2018: "The Interior Ministry yesterday created a working group to review possible loopholes in a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund for public officials, civil servants and veterans. Interior Minister Sar Kheng...
Khmer Times: Free state healthcare extended
Khmer Times, January 3, 2018: "The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. Mam Bun Heng...
The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa
Executive summary (extract) Sub-Saharan Africa's health challenges are numerous and wide-ranging. Most sub-Saharan countries face a double burden of traditional, persisting health challenges, such as infectious diseases, malnutrition, and child and maternal mortality,...
Latest Global Health Expenditure Data: 2000-2015
During the UHC Forum held in Tokyo from 12-15 December 2017, WHO released new health expenditure estimates for the period 2000 to 2015 through its Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). The database includes more than 190 WHO Member States and is now consistent...
Universal health coverage on RTI 1’s Matin Bonheur
On March 30, 2015 Karim Bamba, General Manager of the Caisse d'Assurance Maladie Universelle, spoke of the institution entering its operationalization phase. He explains the basic insurance scheme that is the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) - a simple explanation...
UHC Forum 2017: First P4H event as a Member of the P4H Steering Group
P4H-the Global Network for Health Financing and Social Protection in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health Policy Research of Japan and Asia Pacific Observatory organized an event on Health Financing and Asia Regional Networking during the UHC Forum 2017...
UHC Forum 2017: Asia Networking for Health Financing and Social Protection
P4H in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP) and Asia Pacific Observatory (APO) organized a side event on health system financing, social health protection and Asia regional collaboration during the UHC Forum 2017 held in Tokyo,...
The role of CSOs in payment exemption in Burkina Faso
Dr Pierre Yameogo, ST CSU at the Ministry of Health, presents the involvement of CSOs in the exemption mechanism for healthcare payments during a side event at the CSU conference in Tokyo.
Document sharing: SNFS Senegal 2017
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National Dialogue Togo 2017
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Moving the Filipino health system towards UHC – reviewing the role of national health insurance in the Philippines
The Philippines, a middle-income country in South-East Asia has now had more than 50 years of experience with social health insurance and in 1995 established PhilHealth, the country’s national health insurer. This paper analyzes the environment, achievements and...
Exchange for Change: A BACKUP Health workshop to foster innovation and mutual learning among Global Fund stakeholders
Event Time : 31 Jan 2018 8:00 am to 02 Feb 2018 4:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : NoOuagadougou