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...
Turkmenistan proposed to establish a Central Asian Center for Epidemiology
The President of Turkmenistan proposed the creation of the Central Asian Regional Center for Epidemiology, Virology and Bacteriology on August 6, 2021, during a Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, held in the city of Turkmenbashi....
Ministries of Healthcare of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan exchanged experience in organizing routine immunization in the context of the pandemic
In order to exchange experience on organizing routine immunization in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, on October 5, 2021, a delegation of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Uzbekistan visited the Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis of Kyrgyzstan....
Country-based study on evidence on financial protection in Moldova
Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in the Republic of Moldova (2020) A report by WHO with the above title has been published under authorship of By Iuliana Garam, Mariana Zadnipru, Valeriu Doronin, Andrei Matei, Ilaria...
Budget preparation dialogue: publication to help enhance budgetary space for health in Ukraine in 2021
WHO has published a report titled "Budgetary space for health in Ukraine. Policy document to support budget preparation dialogue for 2021". This report describes how Ukraine was kick-starting dialogue on increasing funding for health care; a challenging task in...
CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council met in Belarus and agreed on key health policy issues
A regular meeting of the Council for Cooperation in Healthсare of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held on October 13 in Minsk - capital of Belarus. Participants discussed 26 agenda items related to a broad array of healthcare issues in the CIS...
Ministry of Healthcare and the Ministry of Labor of Russia presented a pilot model to increase salaries of health care workers
The Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, together with the Ministry of Labor of Russia, developed the parameters of the Health Sector Remuneration System (HSRS) for medical workers of public health care organizations as part of a pilot project launched in 7 regions. The...
Health sector reforms in Bhutan
Bhutan plans for the health sector reforms, aiming to deliver more equitable, efficient, effective, and high-quality health services to respond to changes in disease patterns and demographic structures. Ministry of Health will submit the reform proposal going through...
Voucher rebates for low-income households in Singapore
In Singapore, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is imposed on the domestic consumption of goods or services including imports. A permanent GST Voucher Scheme was introduced in 2012, aiming to support lower- and middle-income households and the elderly. The voucher has...