Singapore vaccinates 80 percent of the population by end of August
Singapore has achieved 80 percent of the fully vaccinated population. In July, Singapore announced a mobile vaccination campaign to cover older persons or those whose aged 60 years and over in suburban areas of Singapore. With 200 volunteer...
All you need to know about Nepal’s vaccination status
Nepal has launched the vaccination campaign in January 27, 2021. As of August 23, Nepal has administered 13,227,590 doses of vaccine. Of the total population, 4,943,732 people or 16.47 percent have received the first dose, while 3,857,598 people or 12.85 percent...
Japan to use $13 bil. in reserve funds for COVID measures
Japan's cabinet has approved 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) in fiscal 2021 reserve funds. This budget is mainly allocated to purchasing COVID-19 vaccines and securing medicines for patients. Of the total budget, the government allocated about 841.5 billion yen...
West Australian government spends $1.9 billion on health system in 2021-22 budget
West Australia plans to allocate $1.9 billion to improve the capacity of the public health system, especially staffing in the upcoming 2021-22 budget. Approximately $1 billion will be directed to health and hospital services. Almost $500 million will be allocated to...
Indonesia allocates Rp255.3 trillion for health in 2022 budget draft
The Indonesian government has provided Rp255.3 trillion, or 9.4 percent of the total planned state expenses of Rp2,708.7 trillion, for the health sector in the 2022 State Budget draft. The health budget will be spent for the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system...
The Lao government supports returning migrant workers
Laos has spent over LAK 15.82 billion on aiding the Lao workers who returned from Thailand since March 2020. The government assistance consists of food, transportation, state quarantine centers, and other necessities. The Lao government has cooperated with the Thai...
Philippines expands benefits coverage
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has covered admissions in emergency rooms and tents in the hospitals to respond unavailability of hospital rooms. Beneficiaries who stay in the hospital for at least 24 hours are eligible to be...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for a KM/Communications Expert for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries
The consultant will enhance P4H’s knowledge management and communications primarily through the P4H digital platform. This is an 8-month consultancy (remotely based). Publication on the UNGM: September, 3 2021 Deadline on September, 24 2021 COB...
National Strategic Framework For Development of Health Services 2016 – 2025
Sri Lanka's National Strategic Framework for Development of Health Services 2016-2025 aims to enhance the health system's efficiency, equity, and sustainability. It focuses on improving healthcare quality, expanding access to essential services, and addressing...
AFRICA: Public funding for healthcare: we need to do more!
It is up to African states to find ways of increasing public funding. This would make it possible to develop health systems, study initiatives to improve access to services, and examine and identify the investments needed for health systems. The aim is to put in place...
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...