Growing cost of Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system calls for financial sustainability
KPMG's market study, “Understanding healthcare financing in Saudi Arabia,” examines the Kingdom's healthcare financing structure and the trends influencing expenditure patterns. Saudi Arabia's healthcare spending surged from SAR 22.8 billion in 2007 to nearly SAR 80...
Guinea: Transition adopts financing agreements for health security
On May 24, 2024, the National Transition Council adopted two financing agreements for the Health Security Program in West and Central Africa. The agreements had been signed in January between the Republic of Guinea and the International Bank for Reconstruction and...
Decree on health safety in Guinea
The decree ratifying the financing agreements for the health security program in West and Central Africa using the multi-phase programmatic approach between the Republic of Guinea. This decree formalizes Law L2024/15 adopted last May by the CNT, which approves the...
Final report of the Terra Ranka Strategic and Operational Plan 2015-2020
The Guinea-Bissau Strategy 2025 aims to fulfill the promise of social progress. "It offers a common project to the people of Guinea-Bissau, who are the actors of transformation and the guarantors of collective fulfillment. It aims to catalyze all positive energies...
Workshop on the impact of climate change on health financing and CSU in Cameroon
The recent floods affecting certain regions of Cameroon have prompted the authorities to look into the issue of climate change and social protection in health. To this end, and in partnership with GIZ, the Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop on November 14 and...
Qatar health care industry introduces policy updates
Qatar has significantly strengthened its healthcare system in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to a more robust reputation for health service delivery. As of May 2024, the country successfully administered approximately 7.6 million vaccine doses,...
The Norwegian Social Insurance Scheme
The Norwegian Social Insurance Scheme, managed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, serves as a cornerstone of the nation’s welfare system, ensuring social protection for all residents and certain non-residents under specified conditions. This document...
The Slovenian Health Care and Health Insurance Act [ZZVZZ]
The Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Zakon o zdravstvenem varstvu in zdravstvenem zavarovanju, ZZVZZ) of Slovenia was originally published on February 12, 1992, and came into effect on March 1, 1992, with certain sections (98 and 108) becoming effective...
ILO country brief on Social Protection in Mongolia
This country brief for Mongolia by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Social Protection Department, is extracted from ILO’s report: “Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific”. The...
Working Paper of the collaborative NATO‐Harvard project: The Libya Case Study
The paper addresses four key themes: the impact of the conflict; the security community's participation in health system recovery and reconstruction; the coordination mechanisms that facilitated or directed the security community's involvement; and the information...
Reforming Health System in Libya
This report is the output of a year-long research project on health system reform in Libya, undertaken as a part of the BINA program. The BINA program is an international development program that aims to help fragile states such as Libya overcome their challenges by...
ILO World social protection report 2024-2026
The World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition, the latest flagship publication by the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides a comprehensive global overview of social protection progress...
Workshop on health system strengthening in Libya
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, with the Libyan Ministry of Health, organized a workshop on health system strengthening in Libya. The workshop was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 22 to 24 June 2016, with the participation...
Libya Service Availability And Readiness Assessment-Full Report 2017
The Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) survey is a systematic survey which aims to provide reliable information on availability and readiness of health services delivery. This is the second SARA survey conducted in Libya, with the first one completed...
The assessment of efficiency and coordination within the Libyan health care system during the armed conflict-2011
“The Libyan national health system is a victim of armed conflict, with destruction of clinic and hospital infrastructure. This study highlights the major damage that Libyan health care system has experienced and identified the important needs for a successful...