Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the Covid-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Full report: Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the COVID-19 response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the Covid-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the Covid-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
Adjustments in health purchasing as part of the COVID-19 health response: results of a short survey and lessons for the future
by Inke Mathauer, Fahdi Dkhimi, Matthew Townsend Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization The full report can be found here. COVID-19 continues to have a tremendous impact on health systems, with countries around the world...
Job – OPS/OMS en Haïti
https://reliefweb.int/job/3669655/saisie-et-gestion-de-donn-es-covid-19 L’appel à candidatures ferme le 26 septembre 2020.
COVID-19. 3ème bilan du CARDH sur l’état d’urgence en Haïti
L’état d’urgence sanitaire en Haïti : Une opération de corruption, de paupérisation et de violation de droits humains. En vue de boucler son travail de vigile sur l’état d’urgence sanitaire en Haïti, le Centre d’analyse et de recherche en droits de l’homme (CARDH)...
Budgeting challenges on the path towards universal health coverage: the case of Benin – September 2020
Background In its pursuance of universal health coverage (UHC), the government of Benin is piloting a project of mandatory social insurance for health entitled “ARCH”. Methods We analysed budget data and ARCH documents, and conducted four observation missions in Benin...
Q & A – P4H COVID-19 Health Financing Webinar – China & South Korea
P4H Webinar on COVID-19 and Health Financing in South Korea and China Questions from the participants and answers from the presenters
Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance: a wrong track for LMICs? A forthcoming webinar.
In low- and low-middle-income countries, there is an increasing interest in initiating and expanding social health insurance through labor taxes. Yet, this vision goes against available empirical evidence. This session will build on recent recommendatons by...
HEAR WHAT PARTICIPANTS THINK
More than 200 high-level individuals have been involved in L4UHC, from health and financial specialists through to politicians and representatives of civil society. Find out what they think about the programme, and how it has helped countries progress UHC, in the...
Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Embassy of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) renew effort to address the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia
The Namibian government renewed its efforts in containing the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), which was declared as an outbreak since 14 December 2017. To this end, the “Improving the national preparedness and response capacity to contain infectious disease outbreaks...
(Blog, FMI)
https://www.imf.org/fr/News/Articles/2020/08/27/blog-covid-19-without-help-low-income-developing-countries-risk-a-lost-decade " ... Le soutien de la communauté internationale est essentiel pour permettre aux PDFR de lutter contre la pandémie et de reprendre vigueur....
(Blog, GFP FMI)
"En respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19, muchos países crearon fondos extrapresupuestarios (FEE)[2 ] para movilizar recursos y racionalizar las medidas de gasto de emergencia. Una nota del FMI publicada recientemente examina el papel que estos fondos pueden estar...
(Blog, GFP FMI)
"In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries set up extra-budgetary funds (EBFs)[2] to mobilize resources and streamline emergency spending measures. A recently published IMF note examines the role these funds may play in the current crisis. The note examines...
Nepal boosts drugs availability – August 2020
Nepal has made significant progress in improving drug availability in districts. Pukar Malla, an executive coach at the Nepal Leadership Academy, explains how L4UHC helped create a safe space to innovate, and the importance of starting small and thinking big. Nepal...