Burkina Faso-Health financing: young people involved in budget monitoring
Providing youth organizations with the tools they need to understand budget-related concepts, so that they can advocate for budget monitoring, is the main objective of this workshop, which brings together some twenty young people in Ouagadougou at the end...
DRC: AIDS continues to kill due to lack of resources for treatment
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the figures are alarming.... 42% of AIDS patients admitted to Lubumbashi provincial hospital die for lack of money for treatment. These statistics were presented at the Journées Scientifiques, organized jointly by the...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for a P4H digital platform contributor & KM Consultant
The purpose of this individual consultancy is to contribute to the expansion of the P4H Coordination Desk activities in the specific areas mentioned in the attached terms of reference. The consultant will enhance P4H’s knowledge management and communications primarily...
Ethiopia Launches Health Extension Program Optimization Roadmap
Ethiopia has launched a national Health Extension Program (HEP) Optimization Roadmap with a view to accelerating the realization of Universal Health Coverage through access to needed health services, including prevention, promotion, treatment, rehabilitation, and...
Chad: Workshop to finalize the national social protection strategy document, N’Djamena 20-23.07.2020
As part of the implementation of the roadmap for the revision of the National Social Protection Strategy (SNPS), the Interministerial Technical Committee drew up and validated, from March 11 to 13, 2021, in collaboration with technical and financial partners (UNICEF...
Chad: Validation workshop of the study on the institutional and functional framework of the Medical Assistance Scheme (AMED), 02-06.08.2021
As part of the process of setting up the CSU's medical assistance scheme in Chad, the CSU's Cellule Interministérielle de Coordination has asked the P4H Network to provide technical assistance to support the process of starting up the scheme, in particular to help...
TOGO: Reducing neonatal mortality: details of the “Wezou” program
The Togolese government launched the "Wezou" program this week. This is a specific program dedicated to the care of pregnant women and newborns. It is intended to anticipate the universal health insurance program and significantly reduce maternal and neonatal...
Chad: Holding of the first Session of the year 2021 of the CSU Technical Follow-up Committee, 07.08.2021
On 07.08.2021, the CSU Technical Monitoring Committee held its first session of the year on the institutional framework for the start-up of the Medical Assistance Scheme (AMED). This session, which follows the validation workshop of the study report on the...
BURKINA FASO-RAMU: over 1,000 insurance cards distributed in the northern region
On Thursday August 26, 2021, the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU) handed out 1,115 insurance cards to indigent people in Ouahigouya, in the Nord region. These long-awaited cards will enable beneficiaries to obtain quality care free of charge,...
COTE D’IVOIRE: Agreement signed to improve efficiency of mutual and community healthcare services
Visit Programme d'Appui aux Stratégies Sociales, (PASS) and the Novartis have signed a framework agreement that focuses on strengthening the healthcare system by favouring community-based approaches in three areas: building skills, strengthening...
Germany: health system review 2020
Germany boasts a high life expectancy of 81 years, with cardiovascular diseases and cancers as leading causes of death, influenced significantly by lifestyle factors such as diet, alcohol, and smoking. The country spends heavily on health—11.7% of GDP—with universal...
Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology
'The aim of this paper was to explore the opportunities, challenges, and necessary conditions for Vietnam in transforming toward a patient-centered care model to produce better health for people and reduce health care costs.'
VSS to promote digital transformation for participants of social and health insurance in the new situation
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9975&CateID=198
Half of Malaysia’s population received at least one Covid-19 jab
Malaysia vaccinated at least the first dose to 16.35 million people or 50.1 % of the total population, including 9.51 million or 29.1% who received the second dose. Malaysia's daily vaccination rate has continuously increased to 497,352 doses yesterday (Aug...
Bhutan expands quarantine centers to control COVID-19
Bhutan constructs 1,000-bed capacity temporary quarantine centers, which expect to be finished by the end of September 2021. Meanwhile, 2,500-bed permanent quarantine centers plan to be constructed in September 2021 and expect to be...