60% of adult population in Kazakhstan is fully vaccinated against COVID-19
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, citizens are provided with access to five types of vaccines: Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), QazVac, Hayat-Vax, KoronaVac and Sinopharm. As of October 25, 2021 Vaccination Rate in Kazakhstan has reached 60 percent: 8 168 114 people out...
Immunization plan against COVID-19 in Tajikistan implemented at 40%
As of September 20, Tajikistan has managed to vaccinate 2 million 307 thousand 140 people (39.6%) - citizens of the country against COVID-19 as expected by the national plan. 1 million 565 thousand 281 citizens of the country received the second dose of the...

Ukraine updated regulation on payments to health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients
According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of August 11, 2021 No. 836, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine updated regulations on payments to health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. The Social Insurance Fund of Ukraine...

European Investment Bank is funding COVID-19 response throughout 2021 and Public Health Care Schemes until 2024 in Georgia
On February 9, 2016, the agreement between Georgia and the European Investment Bank, which was aimed at improving the municipal infrastructure, entered into force. However, On December 21, 2020, the contract was reprogrammed and due to the challenges caused by the...

World Bank allocated additional financing to Georgia for Emergency COVID-19 Response Project and will fund COVID-19 vaccines
World Bank (WB) allocated Additional financing (AF) within the Georgia Emergency COVID-19 Response Project and will finance procurement and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. To ensure safe and effective systems for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and deployment,...

25$ mln ADB grant approved for Tajiskistan for COVID-19 vaccines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $ 25 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan procure and implement COVID-19 vaccines and strengthen the country's capacity to implement the vaccination program. “COVID-19 vaccines save lives and are vital to...

Eurasian Development Bank to provide Armenia with a grant to fight COVID-19
Eurasian Development Bank will allocate a $ 3 million grant to Armenia to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting on Friday, the government approved a proposal to sign an agreement between Armenia and the Eurasian Development Bank to provide a grant to finance...

Belarus hosted an inter-country meeting to launch CIS telemedicine program
Capital of Belarus, Minsk hosted a meeting of the Working Group on the integration of national e-health systems of CIS Member States. Agenda was centered around the development of a Roadmap for telemedicine in the CIS. While welcoming the participants of the...

Minister of Healthcare of Uzbekistan assessed health reforms and voiced health system improvement priorities
As Uzbekistan is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Independence, political leaders, experts and academia alike summarize health sector progress and voice recommendations for further development. "In this short period of time, large-scale work has been...

Kazakhstan adopted a Patient Rights Charter and is piloting informed public monitoring at health care organizations
Ministry of Healthcare of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on the results of the pilot implementation of the Mechanism for Informed Public Monitoring and Feedback from the Population (MIPM) in health care organizations in Kazakhstan and adopting of the...

How Far is Estonia from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare...

Uzbekistan allowed vaccinating children over 12 years old against coronavirus disease
In Uzbekistan, children over 12 years old will begin to be allowed to voluntarily vaccinate against coronavirus with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, accprding to the Ministry of Healthcare. The decision is based on the results of clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine...

How Far is Lithuania from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare systems of...

How Far is Latvia from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare...

Turkmenistan and UNDP signed an agreement to improve pandemic preparedness
In order to implement a project titled "Response to COVID-19", the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program to strengthen the country's preparedness and response to a pandemic. The...