New documents on Bhutan National Health Accounts (2018-2020)
National Health Accounts (NHA) provide the information about the flow of resources and funds of the country’s health system. NHA illustrates national health spending of the country from public and private sector, including household spending. Thus, NHA is useful for...
New documents on national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in Ghana have been added to the document section
Four documents on Ghana's NHIS have been recently uploaded to the documents section of the Ghana country page. The documents can be downloaded from the related documents below.
Azerbaijan strengthens health workforce to develop national primary health care
According to WHO country page for Azerbaijan, a new pilot project demonstrated that when primary health care prioritizes the training of health workers and the empowerment of local communities to take charge of their health, the national health system can become...
WHO and the EU supplied modern X-ray equipment to hospitals in Armenia
According to news on WHO Armenia country page, with financial support from the European Union, WHO supplied X-ray equipment to seven hospitals for COVID-19 treatment in capital city Yerevan and in six other cities in Armenia. New X-ray machines will help control the...
Togo: A budget of 1760 billion FCFA for 2022
On Friday, the Togolese government adopted the Finance Bill for the 2022 financial year at the Council of Ministers. The budget is projected at 1,760 billion CFA francs in resources and expenses, against FCFA 1,521.3 billion for 2021, an increase of 15.7%. This...
Côte d’Ivoire: health insurance contracts in deficit by 43 billion Fcfa
The Association des Sociétés d'Assurances de Côte d'Ivoire (ASA-CI) is organizing a conference on health insurance from November 16 to 19. These The symposium will focus on issues relating to third-party payment, with a view to ensuring the development of...
Laos has authorized home recovery for mild COVID-19 patients
In Laos, the Ministry of Health has authorized Covid-19 patients who have mild symptoms to recover at home, aiming to secure the hospital beds for COVID-19 patients with severe conditions. The criteria for home recovery patients are as follows: Fully Covid-19...
Timor-Leste shared COVID-19 experiences on public finance
In Timor-Leste, Minister of Finance, Rui Gomes, participated in the high-level meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa – East Timor (PALOP-TL) on public finance “Transform the State”. The two high-level personalities were invited to participate, the former...
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers and nurses
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers, nursery school staffs, and nurses under the new stimulus package. The expected total budget for the stimulus package is greater than 30 trillion yen, aiming to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 through boosting economic...
Bahrain’s national health insurance system improves access and provision
This chapter from The Report: Bahrain 2020 published by Oxford Business Group outlines how the country’s health insurance system functions in terms of mobilization of funds, government healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP and the public primary health care...
Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey
This peer-reviewed article aims to evaluate the health care services that caused a rise in the ratio of households with catastrophic health expenditures in Turkey since 2012. These had previously been positively affected by the Health Transformation Program and...
Bahrain’s National Health Plan
Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Health published the country’s National Health Plan in 2016 with the objective of adopting modern methods in providing healthcare services to meet the health needs of its citizens starting with primary healthcare promoting optimal...
2. Turkish Health Transformation Program and beyond
This policy brief lays out Turkey’s significantly improved supply of health services under its Health Transformation Program (HTP) between 2003 and 2013. Improved health outcomes, increased health utilization and changes in health financing trends reflect the rise in...
Turkey- Social Insurance and Universal Health Insurance Law
The purpose of this law in Turkey is to outline the government policy on social insurance and universal health insurance and list the types of individuals/ groups who will benefit from such insurances and their specific provisions.
Regional Conference on Extending Social Health Protection in the Asia Pacific Region towards Universal Health Coverage
Background: Over the past decades, many countries in Asia and the Pacific have rapidly expanded social health protection coverage. Despite laudable progress, the effective realization of the human rights to health and social security is not yet a reality for all....