Extra-Budgetary Funds for COVID-19: Evidence from two years of implementation
By: Justine Hsu (World Health Organization); Hélène Barroy (World Health Organization); Richard Allen (Global Consultant on Public Finance); Fazeer Sheik Rahim, (International Monetary Fund); Tsolmon Tsilaajav (World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East...
Research Article: Developing Qatar’s social health insurance law
The social health insurance scheme in the State of Qatar provides universal health insurance for all people in the country, and offers members a choice of providers from across the public and private sectors. It forms a key part of the realization of...
Efficiency analysis of primary healthcare facilities in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s health system has been under stress in recent years. As a country in a fragile and conflict affected situation (FCSList-FY23 World Bank), primary healthcare (PHC) is delivered by non-governmental organizations funded by multilateral or bilateral donors,...
A new document on social health protection has been posted on Sudan country page
A new document on expanding social health protection to informal workers has been posted on Sudan country page. The study analyses how social protection could be extended to workers in the informal economy, by overcoming existing supply and demand-side...
Burkina Faso: free medical care for the FDS
For several years, Burkina Faso has been facing an unprecedented security crisis. On Thursday, September 01, 2022, the country commemorated the International Day of Remembrance in honor of the victims of terrorism instituted in August 2017 by the United Nations...
CAMEROON-CSU: CONTRIBUTION OF THE GENDER BUDGETING WORKSHOP
Ebolowa, Cameroon August 22-25, 2022 With the aim of correcting gender inequalities in the health sector and facilitating access to quality health care for all, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the P4H Focal Person in Cameroon, held a gender...
CAMEROON: GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR CONTRARY TO POLITICAL DECLARATIONS
Since 2011, the Government of Cameroon has been committed to gender-sensitive budgeting to take account of vulnerable groups in the implementation of its economic and social policy. In 2020, in collaboration with P4H and GIZ, a study was carried out to assess...
Implementation of Qatar’s social health insurance law
In Qatar, healthcare is a public concern, as it is a constitutional right. This article critically examines how Qatari legislators incorporate appropriate national laws to meet public health needs and concerns, particularly access to quality healthcare....
Bahrain to launch compulsory health insurance: Supreme Council of Health signs agreement
Bahrain will bring in compulsory health insurance for expatriates later this year and citizens from 2023. The net result will be a fall in outbound medical tourism. The Supreme Council of Health and Aon Bahrain* have signed an agreement on the...
Egypt: Increasing financing of the health system in the past 8 years
Egypt's comprehensive universal health insurance law (2018) has been accompanied by a number of decisive steps by the country's government to make it effective. It was followed by the launch of a package of health reforms to expedite the provision of service to the...
72nd annual session of the WHO Regional Committee: commitment to a coordinated regional health strategy
The 72nd annual session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa came to a close on Friday August 26, 2022. The session, which opened on Monday August 22, was attended by 400 face-to-face and 300 remote delegates from the 47 member...
Niger: Malaria in the sights of health authorities
In one of the areas most affected by malaria, Niger's health authorities have opted to play the prevention card, with a precise, quantified target in mind. Tahoua has a population of over 4,650,000, with over a million reported cases of malaria, including 199 deaths....
Burkina Faso: Generic drugs made in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has just launched its first generic drug manufacturing plant. What does this mean for the country? The plant, which cost 15 billion CFA francs, currently manufactures three generic medicines, including paracetamol. It will eventually offer a dozen other...
Côte d’Ivoire-Universal health coverage: benefits soon to be extended to private health centers
People insured under the Universal Health Coverage (CMU) scheme will soon be able to receive treatment in private health establishments. The information was given by the Director of Benefits of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM), Dr Christian Brou,...
Côte d’Ivoire CMU: diabetes and stroke now covered by CNAM
During an awareness-raising day in the commune of Abobo, the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM) reiterated the benefits of universal health coverage, of which it is the standard-bearer. To date, a total of 3,483,793 Ivorians have been enrolled and are...