Free childbirth a reality in Gabon
Since August 2024, Gabon has been offering free deliveries in public hospitals. The aim is to end, if not limit, maternal and infant mortality. However, there are still grey areas and challenges to be met. Only from the sixth month of pregnancy will women be covered,...
PMNCH Dialogue: Improving financing to reduce mortality of women and children
Join PMNCH's virtual dialogue on 10 Dec 2024, focusing on financing to reduce mortality and improve health for women, children, and adolescents, featuring experts and innovative investment strategies. The third instalment of PMNCH’s Ready, Set, Implement Dialogue...
Join the 2024 UHC Partnership Global Meeting in Lyon, France
The 2024 UHC Partnership Global Meeting in Lyon will bring together global health stakeholders to discuss advancing universal health coverage through primary health care and align strategies with WHO's GPW14 framework. The Universal Health Coverage Partnership (UHC-P)...
Private Hospital Applications Decrease While SGK Payments Increase Dramatically
A recent report by the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey Research Center (DİSK-AR) highlights a paradox in Turkey’s healthcare system: while the number of patient applications to private hospitals has steadily decreased since 2012, the Social...
Financing obesity in Chile: a challenge for the public health system
The resources necessary for the National Health Fund to take on both the prevention and treatment of obesity would represent 2.3% of its annual budget.The author indicates that the National Health Fund (FONASA) can assume both the prevention of obesity and its...
ICAMO calls for the compulsory affiliation of workers to the IPM to be made public
Nearly 3,000 companies have not affiliated their employees to Senegal's Institutions de Prévoyance Maladie (IPM), revealed Marie Rosalie Ngom Coly, Director of the Institution de Coordination de l'Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (ICAMO). "Generally speaking in Senegal,...
DRC: Health Minister calls for compulsory health insurance
For Dr Roger Samuel Kamba, Minister of Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, health insurance is of vital importance to the well-being of the Congolese population.Seizing the opportunity of the 12th International Congress of the Association des Anciens de la Faculté de...
Big Tobacco Continues to Thrive off Health-Harming Products
Tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industries showed strong financial performance during and after the pandemic, despite initial setbacks. Experts urge raising health taxes to curb consumption and offset industry resistance. This blog post was first...
Addressing the missing target in World Bank’s push for universal health coverage
As the World Bank prepares for the 21st replenishment of its International Development Association (IDA) funds, Oxfam has raised critical concerns about the omission of financial protection measures in the proposed health policy package. Despite the Bank’s commitment...
Free medical care a reality in Guinea
Reproductive and child health services are now accessible thanks to the Health Services and Capacity Building Project (PRSCS). This World Bank-funded project has increased the number of births attended by skilled health personnel by a factor of more than ten. At the...
Targeted free healthcare for the needy in Matoto
Out of 81 cases examined by the Technical Department for Indigence and Health Infrastructures, 41 are now benefiting from free health care. In Matoto, one of the twelve communes that make up the city of Conakry, the Indigence Fund has handed out vouchers. According to...
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health explores adoption of Diagnostic Related Groups
Malaysia’s Health Minister has announced that Ministry of Health is exploring the adoption of the Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) payment system in private hospitals to address rising healthcare costs.According to The Edge Malaysia, as reported by Syafiqah Salim,...
Government Announces Major NHS Funding Boost as Part of Autumn Budget 2024
The UK government, led by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has confirmed its plan of action for the extra billions allocated to the NHS in the Autumn Budget 2024. This day-to-day health budget increase is the largest boost of its kind since 2010, excluding the Covid-19...
Slovenian parliament passes law to transform health insurance
On Thursday, the Slovenian parliament passed a historic reform of the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Zakon o zdravstvenem varstvu in zdravstvenem zavarovanju, ZZVZZ), abolishing the flat-rate supplementary health insurance and replacing it with a mandatory...
Sibut, a symbol of the resilience of the Central African health system
The Central African Republic and the World Bank are linked by a partnership whose symbol is perhaps the Sibut district hospital. Despite the stigma of the violence that has marked CAR's history over the past two decades, the health infrastructure has taken on a new...