Thai government plans to spend 170 billion baht to save 400,000 jobs
The Thai cabinet has approved a framework for spending 170 billion baht, aiming to kick-start the economy and minimize severe social impacts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The spending comes from the second 500 billion baht borrowed to finance pandemic relief projects...
US$63.75 million additional financing to support COVID-19 vaccination in Jordan
Jordan has received US$63.75 million in additional financing to support its efforts to promote safe, efficient and equitable access to COVID 19 vaccines. The new financing under its Jordan COVID 19 response project will support Jordan in reaching its target of...
Kenya: Every home to pay NHIF Sh6,000 a year in new reforms
As part of new reforms, each household will soon be expected to make a compulsory Sh500 monthly contribution to the national hospital insurance fund (NHIF) as the country lines up a health cover for all Kenyans. The amount is a requirement for the...
Information workshop for parliamentarians on Burundi’s National Social Protection Policy and Code
On September 27 and 28, 2021, an important workshop was held in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, chaired by the 2nd Vice-President of the Senate, in the presence of Madame the Minister of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights and Gender. The...
Monthly coordination meeting of health sector TFPs
The monthly coordination meeting of health sector partners was held on September 15, 2021 under the presidency of the European Union. Presentations were given on the situation of Covid-19 by WHO ; INITIATIVE (AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis) by Expertise France on a...
Ministry of Health and public university start hospital costing process
MOH and UEM public university (the oldest and most important in Mozambique) are starting a process of costing of health services, focused on hospitals. The objective is to know the costs of service provision, as well as to train hospital managers in cost accounting....
BURKINA-Hemodialysis: an annual government subsidy of 300 million CFA francs
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Régional de Ouahigouya (in the Nord region) now has an operational hemodialysis unit. The inauguration of the infrastructure was followed by the launch of the unit's activities on Saturday September 11, 2021, in the presence of the...
BURKINA: Government continues to invest in community healthcare
In line with the regulations of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the government has initiated a far-reaching reform of public finance management, with the introduction of the program budget. With the adoption by Parliament in 2017 of a budget...
GABON: Operationalization of the reinforcement of the technical platforms of health structures
The Minister of Health, Dr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong and the Minister of Social Affairs, Madame Prisca Koho Nlend, presided over the On September 17, an important meeting was held in the presence of the General Managers of health establishments and services,...
P4H is looking for a P4H Health financing & Data expert
The consultant will participate in a set of workstreams of the P4H network workplan that corresponds to a sub-section (“Health Financing & data”) of one specific output (“collaboration with other Health Systems’ Strengthening networks”). His / her functions will...
Latvia has successfully joined the European COVID Digital Certificate
The Republic of Latvia has successfully joined the European COVID Digital Certificate gateway, which will further ensure the exchange of data with the member states of the European Union (EU) on the information included in Digital Certificates, according to the...
P4H/SFHA NIGER: focal point takes office
Jean-François Caremel has been P4H/SFHA's Focal Person in Niger since August 21. SFHA members helped to define its role with the Niger Ministry of Health and to recruit its staff at the WHO country office. Trained as an economist and political scientist, since 2011 he...
NIGER-ENABEL: Contribution to the national CMU strategy
As part of the definition of the health component of the Niger-Belgium 2022-2026 cooperation program, a workshop was held from September 08 to 10, 2021, which clarified ENABEL's support for the national Universal Health Coverage strategy as part of the implementation...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for a P4H IT operations specialist
The consultant is expected to be an interface between the IT experts/companies contracted by the P4H Coordination Desk (P4H-CD) and users of the P4H digital platform, to technically support the P4H Network IT team in the management of the P4H digital platform and to...
Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs solicits increased health financing from the Government
As reported by Kaija Kasekamp at the platform of European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, multiple analyses have indicated that the social tax-based health financing system in Estonia is not sustainable. Estonia's working-age population is...