Latvian Minister of Health says new budget does not meet previously outlined public health priorities
The present state budget project for 2023 does not meet the funding amounts outlined for public health priorities listed last year, admits Latvian Minister of Health Līga Meņģelsone. She stressed that funding of the healthcare system and development is the...
Burkina Faso: Orientation workshop on the health alignment framework
From March 28 to 30, 2023, the World Bank, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, organized an orientation workshop on the alignment framework in the health sector in Burkina Faso. The opening ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Health, Dr Lucien...
Mali-RAMU: Association of private practitioners opts for rational prescribing
On March 18, 2023, the Association des Médecins Libérales du Mali organized a scientific day in Bamako on "The rights and duties of liberal doctors, for rational prescribing within the RAMU framework". The opening ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Health...
Ivory Coast-Free health care: a committee against blackmail is created!
A pesar de que la asistencia sanitaria se presta gratuitamente en los establecimientos sanitarios de base comunitaria y en los centros sanitarios urbanos de base comunitaria, algunos usuarios son víctimas de chantajes por servicios en principio gratuitos. Los ESCOM...
Mali: Threat of strike against compulsory health insurance
Unions of Malian pharmacists and medical analysis laboratories are threatening to suspend the services of Amo, the compulsory health insurance scheme. The cause: late payments by the Malian government."If the problem is not resolved by then, the Amo service,...
Côte d’Ivoire: Meeting of the Health Financing TWG
On Friday May 26, 2023, the Health Financing Technical Working Group (GTT_FS)-Health Sector Group met. Several key points were on the agenda of the meeting, which took place via Teams under the leadership of P4H-PFP in Côte d'Ivoire, Serges Mayaka.This meeting of the...
Kazakhstan is merging the two benefits packages introduced in 2020 with SHI
Historically, Kazakhstan has adopted two benefits packages with the launch of the Mandatory Social Health Insurance reform nationally in January 2020. One was the guaranteed volume of free medical care, universally accessible by all regardless of the insurance...
President Japarov amended the Health Insurance Law to expand coverage by mandating SHI
After approval by the Parliament, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov signed the Law "On Health Insurance of Citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic", enforced immediately. This law has been introduced since 1990’s and has been amended with the purpose to make health...
Promoting Access to Health Care for Women and Child Migrants in Latin America / Promoviendo el acceso a la atención de salud de mujeres y niños migrantes en América Latina
Women and children in contexts of high migration in Latin America and the Caribbean lack sufficient social protection in health and face barriers to accessing health care when they need it / Las mujeres y los niños en contextos de alta migración en América Latina y el...
African countries are making the transition from donor-funded HIV programmes to government-led initiatives
African countries are witnessing a transition from donor funding to domestic resource mobilization for their response to HIV. This article summarizes various studies on the public financing of HIV programmes in many African countries to explain the shift from...
Ethiopia’s Minister of Health calls for sustainable health financing to address demands in health systems
Dr. Lia Tadesse emphasizes adequate health financing and solidarity for universal health coverage, highlighting the interconnectedness of health and the need for global prioritizationThe Minister of Health in Ethiopia, Dr. Lia Tadesse has stressed the importance of...
Côte d’Ivoire-Webinar on strategic purchasing for primary healthcaré lessons from national workshops.
The Global Financing Facility (GFF), the World Bank and the World Health Organization are working together to organize country workshops to help ministries of health tackle this crucial political and technical agenda for the CSU. A webinar is scheduled for Thursday...
South Africa National Health Insurance bill slated
Despite facing strong opposition from various stakeholders, the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has been considered and approved by the Portfolio Committee on Health in South Africa. The bill was initially presented to Parliament in August 2019 and subsequently...
ThinkWell Webinar, Direct financing of healthcare facilities: What’s all the fuss about?
On June 1, 2023, at 9:00 AM-EST, ThinkWell will host the third installment of the Counterpoint webinar series entitled "Directly Financing Healthcare Facilities: What's all the fuss about?" There is a growing consensus that additional funding and greater autonomy for...
How to finance “The Big Catch-Up,” allowing more children and communities to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases
This World Bank Blog, part of the Invest in Health series analyzes the challenge of financing routine immunization of children globally, that were missed during the COVID 19 pandemic.Overview ‘The Big Catch-Up’ is the theme of this year’s World Immunization Week,...