Agenda CIS webinar on April 20_English final
Chad: Workshop to finalize the 2022-2026 national social protection strategy document
The workshop was organized to finalize the SNPS 2022-2026 document, which will be submitted to the Government for adoption. The workshop will provide an opportunity to : Incorporate relevant comments made during the Steering Committee meeting held on February...
Conference on Digital Health in Chad
The conference is organized under the aegis of the Ministry of Health by the Telemedicine Program, Swiss TPH and the World Bank, with technical support from the SysRef and PADS teams, in partnership with the Centre de Support en Santé Internationale (CSSI) and the...
Malaysia will allocate the largest expenditures to health in Budget 2023
The Ministry of Health will continue to receive the largest budget allocation in Budget 2023. This reflects the government priorities on universal access to quality healthcare and prevention of non-communicable diseases. In addition, the budget will be funded to...
Bhutan has allocated 12 percent of the total budget to health for the next financial year
A total of USD 134 million has been allocated to the health sector for the financial year 2022-2023, which accounted for 12.9 percent of the total government budget. The budget has been earmarked for Covid-19 related expenditures such as COVID-19 containment measures,...
Expansion of public health insurance will become more inclusive for Jordanians
A Cabinet decision to amend the Civil Health Insurance Bylaw was announced this week by Minister of Health Feras Al-Hawari that will allow the inclusion of new beneficiaries in the public health insurance system. The amendments will allow an unmarried son or...
Côte d’Ivoire: Decree on the organization of the Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage
Kazakhstan expanded screening programs for children in an effort to invest into prevention
Vyacheslav Dudnik, Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan spoke at the Open Doors Event held by the Corporate Fund "University Medical Center" in capital city Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the International Children's Day on June 1. “The greatest happiness of parents is...
Russian Minister of Health spoke at the BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting
The 12th BRICS (which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Health Ministers' Meeting was hosted online on May 10 by China, the rotating chair of the BRICS this year. Ma Xiaowei, Minister of China's National Health Commission (NHC), attended...
A new document has been added to the Zambia country page
The Zambia 2018 National Health Insurance Act has been added to the country's document section. The Act provides guidance on the implementation and management of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Zambia. The full document can be found on the link below
Supporting strategic health purchasing: a case study of annual health budgets from General Tax Revenue and Social Health Insurance in Abia State, Nigeria
The recent health financing reforms in Nigeria such as the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) and state-supported Social Health Insurance (SHI) schemes recognize the critical roles of state governments and related agencies in defining, deciding, implementing, and...
Zambia 2018 National Health Insurance Act
For over three decades Zambia government has explored the prospect of introducing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to reduce overreliance on out-of-pocket expenditures and move towards universal coverage. By 2011 the need to introduce the NHI scheme in line...
Workshop held to strengthen the basic health care financial system in Ethiopia
A workshop on Primary Health Care Finance, under the theme "Putting people first through investing in PHC", was held focusing on the recently published Lancet Global Health Commission report. The workshop was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, the...
Beyond the pandemic: strengthening Somalia’s health system
The Somalia government is leading reforms in strengthening its health system to effectively deliver health care services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main reforms that the government is considering is the introduction of the Essential Package of Health...
The National Health Insurance Management Authority provides an update on the performance and status of the Zambia National Health Insurance Scheme
The board of the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) was established in 2019 to facilitate the implementation of the country’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In this circular, the NHIMA provides an update on the milestones attained and...