The National Health Security Office accelerates payments to the healthcare sector amid rising COVID 19 Cases
The Covid 19 outbreak continues to strain healthcare providers physically and financially and extra work always comes with extra costs. The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is trying to adjust its financial reimbursement system to better cope with the...
Australian government extends free telehealth services provision until year end
The Australian government recently announced that it is extending AU$114 million (approximately $88 million) more funds under the 2021-22 Budget for the provision of telehealth services until end-2021. The extension of the Medicare-funded telehealth...
Sri Lanka’s health financing challenge: Why smarter spending is key
Sri Lanka’s public health spending as a share of GDP, at around 1.5 per cent, is low by international standards. This is compounded by inefficiencies in fund administration and allocation. A related problem is the lack of a proper system to forecast financial...
Health spending increases its share in the budget
The budgetary relevance given to the health sector in 2020 has led the increase in its relative weight in comparison with other sectors. The health sector represented a 14,8% of public spending in 2020, or 19% if measured taking out the financial operations and debt...
1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX to arrive in Việt Nam on/05/16
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Health investments in Senegal: Dakar aims to become a health hub in the West African sub-region
"Raising the national medical plateau: Dakar, new sub-regional medical hub?". Senegal's Minister of Health held a press briefing on the subject on May 8 in Dakar. The result is that the health authorities in the land of Teranga want to turn the capital into a...
CMU in Senegal: Saint-Louis scores well
After 5 years of universal health coverage in Senegal, the Saint-Louis region has 163,756 people enrolled in mutual health insurance schemes. The program's progress can also be seen in the financing of the regional healthcare system. It should be noted that in 2020, a...
Casual workers clamor for better insurance coverage
The lackluster insurance coverage of casual workers attracted the attention of Premier Li Keqiang during the annual gathering of the nation's highest legislative body in March. Without work injury insurance, casual workers who suffer injuries face an uphill...
Medical insurance to be expanded for family use
China has expanded medical insurance accounts to cover their immediate family members: spouses, parents, and children. They will be able to use the personal account of the insured. Previously, only insured employees can use their personal accounts to...
Mitigating financial risk under national health insurance: Changes in Integrated Shield Plan
There is an ongoing debate on recent changes to the national health insurance, Medishield life that covers all Singaporeans and permanent residents paying for large medical bills if they stay in designated wards of government-run...
Public-Private Sector partnership in Philippines leads to immunization programme success
On April 30, The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized a Vaccine Summit that discussed the need to prepare for the next pandemic, particularly in the areas of vaccine security and...
WHO is looking for a Consultant in Health Financing
WHO published, on 05 May 2021, a request for proposals for a Consultant to work on strategic purchasing and digital technologies for health financing The Request for proposals is published on the United Nations Global Market website:...
Assistance Technique en appui à la mise en place de la CMU au Niger : Rapport de cadrage de la mission Octobre 2019
The Ministry of Public Health, with the support of financial and technical partners, has the ambition to work towards moving Niger towards achieving the goals of the CSU and the SDGs. The "Stratégie de la Couverture Sanitaire Universelle au Niger - 2021/2030" document...
Technical Assistance to support the implementation of CMU in Niger: Progress report September 2019-March 2020
Main activities between September 2019 and March 2020: Support for the implementation of a management system for free healthcare; Contribution to the strategic steering of the CMU implementation process, with a view to the CSU (National Strategy for the CSU, political...
Technical Assistance to support the implementation of CMU in Niger: Progress Report June 2020
The following activities were carried out: Project for the implementation of a new system for the management of free health care through : CSU National Strategy Definition of an architecture for Universal Health Coverage (CMU) in Niger CSU leadership team RWG/CSU...