Employee State Insurance Scheme – Social Health Insurance for Workers
The Employee State Insurance Scheme of India is legislated by the Employees' State Insurance Act of 1948, the first major legislation on social security for workers in independent India. The intention then was to contribute to socio-economic improvements for...
Mahidol University and the ILO launch specialised Master’s Program developed to advance Social Health Protection in Asia
With support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the ASEAN Health Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, Thailand, has developed and launched an innovative 1-year Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care Management (MPHM) and Social Health...
Draft Lao PDR Health Financing Strategy 2021 – 2025
Draft Lao PDR Health Financing Strategy 2021 - 2025 based on the samthid direction. This health financing strategy was drafted by the Department of Finance, Ministry of Health with support by the World Health Organization.
Draft Financial Impact Assessment on National Social Security Fund in Response to COVID-19
The financial assessments are conducted by the ILO based on data provided by the NSSF as at 3 April 2020. Due to the short time available, these calculations are approximate and based on a number of assumptions. This overview aims to provide an idea of the magnitude...
Survey report on impact of COVID-19 on business
Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry as national focal point for business throughout the country has conducted ‘COVID-19 Impact on Business Survey’ in April 2020. The purpose of the survey was to gather data on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses throughout...
Haïti – MSF arrête la prise en charge de la COVID-19 et va reprendre les soins aux brûlés
Communiqué de presse MSF: https://www.msf.fr/communiques-presse/haiti-msf-arrete-la-prise-en-charge-de-la-covid-19-et-va-reprendre-les-soins-aux-brules
Covid-19 Suivi des cas, etc. – Haïti (8 août 2020)
23 nouvo ka konfime ak yon (1) moun anplis mouri anba COVID-19 nan dat 8 dawout 2020 an nan peyi Dayiti. Sa ki bay yon total 7,634 ka konfime, 183 moun mouri ak 4,982 moun trete.
Paper about COVID-19 prevention strategies in resource limited settings…
https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13031-020-00296- Abstract COVID-19 prevention strategies in resource limited settings, modelled on the earlier response in high income countries, have thus far focused on draconian containment strategies,...
Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 and integrated recovery action plan (ESIRI C-19) – Haiti
Decided by the Government, which has requested support from the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union, and to be completed in less than 3 months (August-October...
Can social accountability improve access to free public health care for the poor? Analysis of three Health Equity Fund configurations in Cambodia, 2015–17
Within the context of universal health coverage, community participation has been identified as instrumental to facilitate access to health services. Social accountability whereby citizens hold providers and policymakers accountable is one popular approach. This...
Use of costing results and social accountability in Cambodia
Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Cambodia, have undertaken significant reforms in the last decade to strengthen their health care systems to improve equity and accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In this context, health...
Financing the existence of autonomous hospitals (Yes, another lesson from COVID-19)
Across the globe, health systems are being shaken on their foundations by the COVID-19 pandemic. By shedding light on risks or latent problems we were not aware of, the crisis constitutes a major test for our frameworks, the way we have structured our learning...
(CDG PODCAST)
Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast (27:28) : https://www.cgdev.org/blog/aid-transparency-during-covid-19-henry-asor-nkang-and-gary-forster-cgd-podcast# Et la possibilité, en sus, de travailler son anglais pour...
First Milestone toward the launch of a specialized Master’s Degree developed to Advance Social Health Protection in Asia
With the support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) through the Luxembourg-funded Project: 'Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia', the ASEAN Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, in Thailand, has...
Consultations on the Health Insurance Law revision move forward in Vietnam
The second Orientation workshop on the health insurance law revision took place in Hanoi on 18th of October 2018. In his opening speech, His Excellency Vice Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan reiterated the Government’s commitment to achieve 95% of coverage and reduce...