Public opinion about the health care system in Armenia: findings from a cross-sectional telephone survey
The study conducted by Tsovinar Harutyunyan and Varduhi Hayrumyan in Armenia evaluated public satisfaction with the healthcare system through a phone survey of 576 Yerevan residents. Results revealed 45.5% dissatisfaction and 49% negative views on equal access....
Health System Financing in Colombia: Sources and Uses
The article highlights that the health sector in Colombia has faced various financial and administrative problems that have increased the need for fiscal resources for its financing. The main sources of financing are the contributions to the contributory system made...
P4H Political Economy Tool: An approach to enhanced partnership
The P4H Network created a political economy framework to help P4H country focal persons (P4H-CFPs) advance social health protection (SHP) and health financing (HF) reforms. Piloted in Cambodia and Cameroon in 2023, it aids P4H-CFPs in understanding national political...
Essential package of health services for Universal Health Coverage
The Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) is a strategic initiative by Liberia's Ministry of Health (MOH) aimed at providing prioritized, high-impact health interventions within the country's available resources. Due to fiscal constraints, the MOH developed the...
2025 Irish national budget allocates record funding for health
The newly released 2025 Irish national budget includes substantial increases in funding for health. While direct funding to reduce costs to patients is explicit for some aspects of women’s health, this public funding will also benefit patients who use the health...
Health Sector Program 2020-2024
The Health Sector Program 2020 - 2024 is a program derived from the National Development Plan 2019-2024, which establishes the objectives, strategies and actions with which the different institutions of the Federal Public Administration are governed in order to...
The task force on fiscal policy for health report 2024
The Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health has released a report emphasising the urgent need to raise health taxes to combat the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Co-chaired by Mike Bloomberg, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados, and economist...
ISSA Country profiles: Equatorial Guinea
Policies as of 1 July 2022. Updated via a country survey and desk review.
Mexico’s Health System: Achievements and Challenges 2015-2022
It highlights that the health system in Mexico has undergone changes in its organization, governance and faces challenges in the health profile to achieve universal health coverage. It includes a description of the structure of the health system, medicines, technology...
World Bank: Equatorial Guinea overview
Equatorial Guinea’s economy contracted by an estimated 5.8 percent in 2023, mainly due to declining oil reserves. The fiscal and external balances deteriorated amid declining oil export earnings. The economy is projected to remain in reces- sion over the medium term....
The Health Care System in Equatorial Guinea
The Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" is an association of eight research institutions at the University of Bremen, cooperating with Jacobs University Bremen, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Cologne. The CRC...
Emergency Economic Measures for Strengthening the National Social Protection System and Supporting SMEs
Decree N.43/2020, dated March 31, 2020, adopting Urgent Economic Measures for the Strengthening of the National System of Social Protection and Support to the SMEs. This Decree includes a series of urgent measures that the Government adopts, in the current fiscal...
Equatorial Guinea: Regulations of the General Social Security System
Decree no. 100/1.990, dated September 28, 1990, approving the Regulations of the General Social Security System.
UN Report says hunger remains persistently high as global crises worsens
The latest UN report reveals that 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, highlighting the urgent need for increased financing and global action to address food insecurity and malnutrition. According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World...
National Health Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance System in Republic of Korea
This document provides an overview of national health insurance and long-term care insurance systems in the Republic of Korea, along with their development. It outlines key features such as contribution rates, co-payment structures, benefit packages, and payment...