Laos plans Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17
Laos plans to vaccinate children aged 12 to 17 years, aiming to reopening schools. Schools across the nation have been closed due to the new wave of COVID. Several students have difficulties with online learning facilities. Previously, students in the final year of...
Timor-Leste prioritizes human capital development in the 2022 fiscal year
Timor-Leste approves the fiscal year 2022 budget of $1,675 billion and now waits for the Parliament’s approval on October 15, 2021. The budget will be allocated to 43 programs in the Perimeter of 2022 State budget with six national priorities:...
State’s spending on Covid-19 efforts remain relatively unchanged in Maldives
The Maldives’ Covid-19 spending remains largely unchanged from the previous week. The total health and social spending stood at MVR2,109.4 million (MVR2.1 billion). While the total disbursements for the Economic Response Plan schemes remained at MVR1,773.4...
Kenya secures $130 million for COVID-19 vaccines
On 28 June, the government of Kenya secured financing for the Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project to facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for Kenyans. This additional financing will enable Kenya to procure more...
Philippines passed the national budget for 2022 with increase allocation to health
The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved the final reading of the proposed PHP5.024-trillion for the 2022 budget, which is 11.5 percent higher than this year's PHP4.506 trillion. The budget proposal is developed based on three main pillars strategy:...
Budget boosted for jab campaign in Bangadesh
Bangladesh will spend approximately Tk 17,000 crore in this fiscal year to procure Covid-19 vaccines, aiming to secure around 24 crore doses from multiple sources. The budget includes transportation and other costs related to vaccine administration. According to...
Biometric registration drive in Kenya for health insurance scheme
A mass biometric registration drive in Kenya to enrol citizens for a health insurance scheme in the Nyeri County recently concluded as authorities hope to register more people for the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) project. More registered...
Kenya – universal healthcare coverage (UHC)
The government of Kenya, declared UHC, as one of the “Big Four” strategic pillars, an initiative which will see major policy and administrative reforms in the medical sector, to ensure everyone has access to quality and affordable medical coverage by...
Kenyan president launches benchmark universal health coverage (UHC) pilot, to become nationwide by 2022
On the 13th of Dec, 2018 the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta announced the launch of a UHC plan, positioning Kenya as a leader in achieving quality and affordable healthcare in the African continent. The first pilot phase was planned to cover four...
Namibia: FY2021/22 budget statement- Boosting resilience and recovery
The Minister of Finance budget speech in March 2021 highlights importance for domestic financing for COVID-19. In his speech, the Minister highlights that the budget allocates resources to the three main domains which are essential for the pathway to the next level of...
Namibia: National dialogue to strengthen planning, coordination, and alignment of health financing
The Ministry of Health and Social Services will hold its National Planning and Financial Management meeting between the 12-15 October 2021. The meeting serves as an important platform for reviewing and approving the Directorates annual plans, addressing critical...
Assessment of Social Health Insurance Scheme in Selected Districts of Nepal
Nepal has implemented the Social Health Insurance (SHI) scheme in February 2015, aiming to enhance financial protection through the pre-payment approach as well as risk pooling in the health sector This study assessed the performance of the SHI scheme in terms of...
Brunei provides interim measures to assist the private sector affected by COVID-19
Brunei provides 7 interim measures to support private sectors affected by the COVID pandemic, starting from the 1st August 2021 to 31st December 2021 as follows: First: Defer the contributions of the Employees Trust Fund (Tabung Amanah Pekerja:...
Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Instructions for effective care
To date in Côte d'Ivoire, 3,165,273 people have been enrolled by the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie, 3,048,485 people have been registered and 2,959,759 cards have been produced. The figures also show that 2,066,800 of the 2,959,759 cards produced were...
Côte d’Ivoire-Cancer: 20 billion to facilitate patient care
(...) over the next 5 years, 20 billion Fcfa will be invested " to provide access to treatment for cancer patients. The Ivorian Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Pierre Dimba, at the launch of the 2021 edition of Octobre...