Malawi : Stakeholders call for taxes to support health services
In June, 2021 stakeholders in the health sector engaged the parliamentary committee on health to lobby for more funding to the sector to ensure that health facilities are equipped with adequate drugs and other medical items, personnel and infrastructure. The Malawi...
Malawi: Donors want increased domestic health financing
Following the health sector strategic plan II (HSSP II) joint annual review meeting which attracted all stakeholders in the health sector, development partners in Malawi asked government to increase its budget allocation to achieve universal healthcare coverage (UHC)....
Gambia: “The 2020 national health insurance bill (NHIB) seeks to fulfil right to health care services” says Minister Samateh
In the quest to ensure financial risk protection and equal access to health services and hence achieve universal health coverage, the Gambia government initiated the introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2020. The minister of health Dr. Ahmad...
Ethiopia first country to pilot the latest version of the WHO’s Health Financing Progress Matrix
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), developed by WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance & Financing, assesses country health financing systems against a set of evidence-based benchmarks. The WHO developed and released version 2 of the HFPM in late...
5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing
Meeting background: Since 2014 WHO has convened the Montreux Collaborative bi-annual meeting bringing together experts and partners to discuss the critical relationship between fiscal space, public financial management (PFM) and health financing towards advancing...
Health financial hardship among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam
The Healthcare Law Review: Vietnam
https://thelawreviews.co.uk/title/the-healthcare-law-review/vietnam
Viet Nam Social Security staff trained to better understand and respond to health insurance members’ needs
https://ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/newsitems/WCMS_823245/lang--en/index.htm
BURKINA FASO: How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa?
How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa? The question was at the heart of a virtual round table on financing healthcare systems in West Africa. The organizer, Gilles Yabi, head of the Wathi think tank, , believes that the issue of...
Webinar 2: Health financing in India in time of Pandemic
Please click here to Register and join us on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 2.30 PM - 04.00 PM (IST) This webinar is the second of the four webinar series, organised by P4H and WHO India, in a collaborative knot with Access Health International (AHI) and India Health...
Côte d’Ivoire: Report on the workshop to develop the framework for the national health financing coordination platform
Côte d’Ivoire: 2021-2023 framework for the national health financing coordination platform
Workshop to develop the framework for the National Platform for Coordination of Health Financing (PNCFS)
Workshop to develop the framework for the national health financing coordination platform from September 15 to 17, 2021 in Yamoussoukro. Event Time : 15 Sep 2021 6:00 am to 17 Sep 2021 4:00 pmTimezone: UTC±00:00Event is Conference : No
TOGO-AMU: Parliament adopts draft law
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the Togolese Parliament unanimously adopted the bill instituting universal health insurance in Togo. This adoption marks a new stage in the realization of Togo's ambition for universal health coverage, almost ten years after the...
TOGO-INAM: Winner of the ISSA Best Practices Award
The Institut National d'Assurance Maladie (INAM) received this Tuesday, October 05, 2021, the Certificate of Merit with Special Mention at the ISSA 2020 Good Practice Award for Africa. This distinction was awarded to by the International Social Security...