Indonesia’s parliament approves 2022 budget
Indonesia parliament approved a $190 billion or 2,714.2 trillion rupiah for the 2022 state budget, aiming to maintain recovery momentum in the economy in 2022 resulting from the COVID pandemic. The 2022 budget expects economic growth at 5.2%, while the fiscal...
Funding boost supports ongoing Māori COVID-19 response in New Zealand
New Zealand government raised a budget of $38 million to support Māori Health providers, aiming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and boost the vaccination rates of the Māori population. Out of the total budget, $17 million will be funded to support the providers...
COVID-19 response gets funding boost in Canberra, Australia
In Canberra, Australia, the ACT government allocates approximately $90 million of the 2021-22 ACT budget to support public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic and foster the vaccine rollout. In addition, another $22.5 million will be funded for the vaccine...
Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 assistance
The government of Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 response. The funds will support the government in implementing its national vaccine deployment plan and ensuring that all vaccines made available to the country through the COVAX...
Healthcare benefits cover more COVID 19 care in Thailand
In Thailand, 198.89 billion baht has been approved for National Health Security Fund to operate the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) in the 2022 fiscal year, excluding 140.55 billion baht earmarked separately for staff’s payroll. The 2022 budget will be rearranged to...
Nigeria gets a US$400 million loan for COVID-19 vaccines
On 2 October, 2021, the government of Nigeria received approval from the World Bank for $400m credit in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to provide upfront financing for safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine acquisition and...
Budget of social protection assistance program reaches Rp 117.3 trillion in Indonesia
In Indonesia, the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program for social protection cluster spent Rp117.3 trillion or 62.9 percent of the budget ceiling as of October 1, 2021. In response to the COVID pandemic, Rp104.1 trillion has been allocated for the public health...
Bearing the cost of healthcare for Syrian refugees is a challenge in Jordan
Jordan hosts more than 650,000 registered Syrian refugees and shares the cost of healthcare that is made available to them through the country’s public health services. To address the financial strain that this causes to the government’s exchequer, the latter...
55% of population, 68% of Jordanians covered by health insurance
According to the 2016 population census, Sixty-eight (68) percent of Jordanians and fifty-five (55) percent of the Kingdom’s overall population, including children under six years old, are covered by various types of health insurance. A study of health insurance...
Nigeria: National health insurance scheme (NHIS) plans expanded coverage of Nigerians by 2030
In order to expand coverage of the vulnerable and non-vulnerable population in the informal sector as well as formal sector by 2030, the NHIS is set to deploy technology to drive key initiatives, aimed at ensuring a systematic expanded coverage. General Manager, NHIS...
Sudan receives support in strengthening the delivery of primary health care and essential health services
As part of COVID-19 response and recovery, the government of south sudan is determined to ensure that the delivery and utilization of primary health care and essential health services is stronger and more resilient. The world health organization with support...
Progressing towards CSU in the era of COVID-19 in French-speaking Africa: what are the major challenges?
Kéfilath Bello, Fadhi Dkhimi, Y-LingChi, Jean-Paul Dossou, HélèneBarroy On May 20, 2021, WHO, P4H, the Center for Global Development, the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and Collectivity have organized a webinar entitled...
Webinar invitation: Real Time Monitoring of COVID-19 and Adolescent well-being
This is to invite you to the second UNICEF speakers series event which will be held between 2-3:30 PM (GMT +3) on Thursday, 21st October 2021. This will be an opportunity to learn about the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents well-being in Kenya and Tanzania....
Coordination meeting of partners for health and development (CPSD)
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the coordination and consultation meeting of partners for health and development in Burundi was held at the Institut National de Santé Publique in Bujumbura. The meeting, chaired by the Minister of Public Health, validated the 2016 and...
2021 Jordan state budget focusses on health sector, social protection
The Jordan Ministry of Finance has estimated JD 9.93 billion in public spending this year as it focuses on not shrinking spending capabilities despite the grave challenges posed by the Pandemic. The main axes of the budget are maintaining health sector expenditures...