Creation of a special account for COVID-19 expenditures in Cameroon
In the fight against COVID-19, Cameroon refocussed the state budget in the year 2020. A special account called "Special National Solidarity Fund for the fight against the Coronavirus and its economic and social repercussions" was created under the yearly budget law as...
Revitalisation of budget implementation review conferences organised in Cameroon
As a part of the ongoing reforms to modernize the Public Financial Management in Cameroon, the Ministry of Finance organized a conference on the execution of the State budget for the financial year 2021. The objective was to examine the problems that pose bottlenecks...
Public Financial Management Reforms to improve program budgets in health sector of Cameroon
The Ministry of Health in 2019 developed a transition table between the program budget and the strategic axes of National Health Development Plan to ensure that heath sector resources are oriented on priority activities and facilitate the monitoring of key indicators....
Belarus monitors health workers’ salary growth after cancelling COVID-related payments
From July 1, Belarus canceled COVID-19 related allowances (additional payments) for doctors and nurses working with COVID-19 positive patients, but introduced new permanent bonuses, which are tied to a percentage of the salary, depending on the complexity and...
Estonia to more than double mental health funding to €7 million in 2023
As reported by ERR News, mental health in Estonia is to receive an additional €4.7 million in funding next year, more than doubling the amount of money allocated in Estonia's 2023 state budget to a total of €7 million in public funding for mental health services. The...
CAMEROON-BUDGET PROGRAMME: Workshop to reflect on and build the capacity of players in the integration of strategic purchasing mechanisms
The overall objective is to enable Ministry of Public Health stakeholders to master the budget process in order to improve health financing. Specifically, the training aims to: To present the different steps for a good planning-programming-budgeting and...
Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Collection levels remain low
''For the informal sector, despite the increase in channels through which Universal Health Coverage contributions can be paid, the level of contribution collection remains very low.'' Koné Karidja, Director of Affiliation / Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM)....
Côte d’Ivoire: 149 million CFA francs for women’s mental health
The French Development Innovation Fund (FID) has awarded FCFA 149,171,776 million to Bluemind Foundation's "Heal by Hair" program to help improve the mental health and well-being of African women. The program aims to train 200 hairdresser ambassadors for the "Heal by...
Côte d’Ivoire-Covid19: a CFAF 59 billion response
A decree ratifying a loan of around 59 billion FCFA signed in July between the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to finance the Covid-19 strategic preparedness and response project was adopted by the Council of Ministers at the...
Health insurance legislation changes presented at Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum
Capital of Baku is hosting the "Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum and Exhibition", which is jointly organized by the Ministries of Health of Turkey and Azerbaijan. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Health of Azerbaijan Teymur Musayev noted that...
The impacts of donor transitions on health systems in middle-income countries: a scoping review
As countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status, many face losses in development assistance for health and must ‘transition’ to greater domestic funding for health. When handled properly, donor transitions in middle income countries can present...
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
This article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, the study does a cross-national systematic analysis of all data...
Public pressure on mandatory health insurance made the leaders give a press-conference
The growing pressure and criticism from health care providers on the alleged lack of funds at the Social Health Insurance Fund before the calendar year (same as budget year) made the leadership speak out about the status of the health insurance. A press conference was...
Who should pay patients for medical errors? Kazakhstan is adopting a law on malpractice insurance
For the first time in history, Kazakhstan is adopting a law on medical malpractice insurance. The Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azhar Giniyat, presented the draft law to the lower chamber of Parliament - Mazhilis. This law was developed...
Healthcare expenditure per citizen of Kazakhstan doubled since SHI was launched
As reported by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Deputy Prime Minister Eraly Tugzhanov held a meeting at MoH to discuss the implementation of the instructions of the Head of State. The event was attended by the Minister of Healthcare...