Health system measures in Sweden – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Sweden to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - 11 May: New measures to strengthen health elderly care (SEK 5bn). - 7 May: Extended reimbursement for the first day of sickness (cost SEK 3.2bn), continued suspension of...
Health system measures in Turkey – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Turkey to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: The Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a country-wide public awereness campaign against Covid-19 and set up a call center for consultations to check prelimanry symptoms of corona...
Health system measures in Tunisia – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Tunisia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - March 21: The government announces that an envelope of TND 500 million will be created to strengthen the strategic reserves of, among other things, medicines. - The...
Health system measures in the United Arab Emirates – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in the United Arab Emirates to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * 21 June: Abu Dhabi's Emergency, Crisis & Disaster Committee announced that the National Screening Programme has reduced the rate of confirmed cases,...
Health system measures in Ukraine – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Ukraine to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * The state budget has been amended to allocate an additional UAH 64.7 billion in funding for payments to healthcare workers, medical equipment purchases, and cash assistance...
Health system measures in the United States of America – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in the United States of America to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: Of the emergency package $3 billion was for research (vaccine), over 2$billion for prevention and response and $1billion for medical supplies The...
Health system measures in the United Kingdom – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in the United Kingdom to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * 11 May: the Government has committed to increase testing capacity to 200,000 tests per day by the end of May. * 11 May: The government advises citizens and...
Health system measures in Uruguay – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Uruguay to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * In order to prevent price gouging, a list of prices of basic sanitary products was published since April 17. * Free service for medical consultation by phone since April 13....
Consultative Meeting on M&E indicators on Balanced Scorecard for tracking Basic Essential Package of Health Services
A consultative meeting on M&E indicators on Balanced Scorecard for tracking Basic Essential Package of Health Services was held in Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar on July 14, 2020. It was attended by responsible persons from different programs and departments, the WHO and...
Social Protection via One-Window Operations in Pakistan
Healthy DEvelopments currently features an account of the way the Support to Social Protection - Social Health Protection (SP-SHP) project supports Pakistan in enhancing coordination and effectiveness of existing social protection schemes - both at physical service...
Will COVID-19 accelerate UHC?
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of leadership and a multi-sectoral approach – two of the key strengths L4UHC is fostering. But will governments heed the lessons and accelerate UHC’s roll-out? “COVID-19 reinforces the importance of global health – diseases...
Health system measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Bosnia and Herzegovina to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * March 24: The Council of Ministers introduced a tax exemption on equipment and resources granted by both domestic and international entities for the needs of...
Health system measures in Albania – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Albania to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *April 1: The Prime Minister announced that the doctors, nurses and health workers on the front line will receive an additional 1 000 EUR payment. The supporting personnel...
Health system measures in Chile- COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Chile to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - A national campaign was launched to inform the public of prevention measures and detection. - As of April 1, the coordination of the public and private network was handed over...
Health system measures in Canada- COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Canada to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: Additional budgetary allocations for health care have included funds for medial research, increased health spending transfers to provinces and territories and spending on...