Afghanistan: Insecurity and healthcare costs put patients at risk
People seeking medical care in Afghanistan are often forced to take extreme risks and pay unaffordable fees, leading to patients arriving late and in critical condition, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières...
Afghanistan health system receives international support amid crisis
Afghanistan is facing a severe crisis in its healthcare sector as the country remains conflict-affected. To boost life-saving support and keep the healthcare system on its feet, it has recently received UDS 45 million from the United Nations' Central Emergency...
COVID related services are increasing in high risk areas in Bhutan
In Bhutan, provision of COVID related services, such as screening, quarantine, and treatment, has been prioritized and increased in high risk areas. The National Five-Year Plan is supporting and addressing some challenges such as a shortage of specialists. To read...
Compulsory vaccination for all citizens of Sri Lanka next year
Sri Lanka will legislate mandatory COVID vaccination to all citizens from next year. To read more, please click. Source: economynext Picture by Niphon subsri
Unvaccinated people must pay for COVID treatment in Singapore
In Singapore, the government has stopped free COVID-19 treatment for unvaccinated people, while continuing free care and treatment for the vaccinated. It is expected to increase vaccine coverage as well as reduce public finance concerns on rising medical expenditures....
Bhutan aims to stabilize budget allocation to health
Since 2000, health budget in Bhutan has been decreasing and fluctuating between 3.55-5 percent of GDP. Now the Government of Bhutan aims to address this challenge to stabilize health budget relative to GDP. To read more, please click. Source: Kuensel Online...
The P4H Network is looking for a Country Focal Person in Sierra Leone
The objective of this assignment is to support smooth implementation of the tasks of the proposed health delivery team to ensure effective implementation of health programs at all levels of the health system. RESPONSIBILITIES: Policy advisory and capacity...
BURUNDI: TFP-Government collaborative process
The implementation of public health programs and policies in Burundi is supported by development partners, and this support represents the country's primary source of health funding. This collaboration slackened with the difficult socio-political situation of 2015. In...
CSU BURUNDI: National meeting of health financing stakeholders
From November 10 to 12, 2021, some forty national players involved in health financing and social protection in health in Burundi met in the political capital Gitéga. The meeting was divided into two parts: firstly, data consolidation and analysis of strengths and...
Presenting documents on health financing/social health protection in Saudi Arabia
Here are a group of five documents on the sustainable financing of healthcare in Saudi Arabia, prospects of a national health insurance system to extend the scope of health coverage and the country’s healthcare transformation strategy. Two research papers look at the...
7th General Assembly of the National Commission for Social Protection chaired by the President of the Republic of Burundi
Ahead of the CNPS AGM scheduled for December 20, 2021 in Bujumbura, the Technical Committee of the Commission's Permanent Executive Secretariat will be held this Wednesday, December 15. Topics to be submitted to the AGM will include the move towards Universal Health...
BURUNDI: WORKING WITH FINANCIAL PARTNERS
Through the CFP, P4H takes part in the monthly meetings of partners supporting the health sector in Burundi, chaired by the European Union. Together with the World Bank, P4H coordinates the working group on health financing, which includes other partners such as...
Saudi Arabia to invest USD66 billion in healthcare by 2030
Saudi Arabia has set out plans to invest $66 billion in healthcare infrastructure and boost the private sector participation by 2030. The Kingdom plans to boost private sector participation from 40% to 65%. This comes after the Saudi Council of Cooperative...
From telemedicine to manufacturing, a look at the growth opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s top priorities in the healthcare sector are enhancing the role of the private sector through privatisation of government healthcare services, increasing public-private participation (PPP) healthcare delivery models, scaling up education...
Saudi Arabia plans to attract 7.3bn USD into health from private investors
The Saudi Ministry of Health aspires to increase the private sector’s participation in the sector from to 35 percent by 2030 from 25 percent. The ministry is working with partners in the private sector and across government to implement a package of initiatives...