Circulation of the draft Health Financing Strategy
The Ministry of Health circulates the Draft Health Financing Strategy for comments.
Social Protection Joint Annual Review took place from 21st to 31st of August 2017
Field trip: 21st to 25th of August JAR workshop: 30th and 31th of August The Joint Annual Review aims at assessing the performance of the Social Protection sector in terms of budget and coverage of the main social protection programmes and make appropriate...
Publication of studies on Extension of social health protection to workers in the informal economy
The study explores the possible strategies to expand Social Protection to small scale farmers, domestic workers and construction workers as well as the requirements for SHI scheme design adjustments to fit the income patterns and employment arrangements which prevail...
Individual appointments at Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health: program managers and…a Technical Secretary in charge of the CSU.
The Council of Ministers of October 18, 2017 in Burkina Faso appointed the heads of the 3 programs of the budget-programs. It should be remembered that these managers are accountable to the National Assembly for spending the Ministry's budget, now restructured under...
Sharing of documents on the occasion of a mission by the health financing policy advisor for the WHO/IST-WA CSU (P4H West Africa focal point) as part of a joint GAVI support mission
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Following up on the September 25 Cabinet meeting and taking into account its recommendations, on October 6, 2017 the validation workshop for the UHIP studies, including the actuarial study and the organizational study, was held.
Event Time : 06 Oct 2017 6:00 am to 06 Oct 2017 2:00 pmTimezone: UTC-01:00Event is Conference : No
HFG conducted a workshop on possible configurations for the National Social Protection Council (NSPC) at Siem Reap,/05/29-30 2017
Health Finance and Governance project was requested by the Ministry of Economy and Finance for examples from other countries concerning the organizational arrangements for managing social protection, including councils and associated secretariats in support of the...
Study Tour to Indonesia (28-30 August 2017) for Cambodian delegates to visit social protection institutions
GIZ and Health Finance and Governance Project (HFG - a USAID financed initiative) organized the study tour for 15 Cambodian delegates from Ministry of Health, National Social Security Fund/Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Ministry of Social Affairs,...
Prime Minister promises health allowance for each newborn (The Phnom Penh Post – local news)
The Phnom Penh Post: Prime Minister Hun Sen promised to pay female garment workers $100 for each newborn child on his latest factory tour visit, adding to an already growing list of pledges, with the premier saying some of it would come out of his own pocket. Read more
Free healthcare plan gets underway (Khmer Times – local news)
Khmer Times, 27 September 2017: The Labour Ministry and the Health Ministry have vowed to work together to bring free, efficient healthcare to workers in both the informal and formal sectors. Prime Minister Hun Sen made the promise of free healthcare for all workers...
Publication: Preventing noncommunicable diseases in Cambodia (The Phnom Penh Post – local news)`
The Phnom Penh Post: The past century witnessed a global revolution in the control of communicable diseases. This was accomplished by improved access to clean water and sanitation, and by applying new scientific knowledge to population-based public health strategies...
Public servants to get health and injury cover (The Phnom Penh Post – local news)
The Phnom Penh Post: The National Social Security Fund is developing a health insurance and work injuries scheme for civil servants, officials have confirmed. Read more
Government rolls out health checkups for workers (The Phnom Penh Post – local news)
The Phnom Penh Post: The Ministry of Health has started a short-term campaign to offer free medical checkups to garment factory workers across four provinces, a move that was lauded yesterday by Prime Minister Hun Sen as he continued his ongoing charm offensive at...
The National Social Protection Policy Framework officially launched on 24 July 2017
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, during the launching ceremony of National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016-2025, addressed the government’s past achievement in social protection and long term vision in building social health protection system which aims...
Royal Decree on Establishment of National Council for Social Protection Signed June 15, 2017
Following the adoption of National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016-2025, the Royal Decree on Establishment of National Council for Social Protection was signed off by the King Norodom Sihamoni, on 15 June 2017. There are overall five chapters, one of which...