Minutes of meeting between TFP lead partner and Minister of Health July 2019
Meeting: Interview with the TFP Health Lead Partner and the Deputy TFP Health Lead Partner Date and time: 10/07/2019 at 5:30 pm Participants : Pr Claudine LOUGUE SORGHO, Minister of Health ; Christophe ROCKMORE, World Bank (Health TFP Lead Representative) ; Dr...
International forum on CSU financing in Burkina Faso
The international forum on CSU financing scheduled to take place in Ouagadougou on December 13 and 14, 2019 has been postponed to March 27 and 28, 2020. This forum aims to engage political decision-makers (the Presidency of the Republic, the National Assembly,...
Sharing of new documents: WISN, CSU situation, PV meeting PTF santé and Minister of Health, three-year sector performance plan, SRMNEA investment file
Two important new documents are shared today concerning the CSU at Burkina Faso: - workload assessment study report (WISN tool) - Burkina Faso's 2nd report on indicators for monitoring progress towards the CSU, adopted on July 29, 2019 at the sectoral...
Release of the first IPS-CNAM Newsletter (Ivory Coast)
This first issue heralds the launch of CMU in Côte d'Ivoire... here we are! file:///C:/Users/bigearda/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/DV8QWYMO/CMU%20INFOS%20Newsletter%20-%20juin%202019.pdf
IMF Press Release No. 19/292 on Burkina Faso
The three-year ECF agreement for Burkina Faso was approved on May 14, 2018 (see press release no. 18/86) for an amount equivalent to SDR 108.36 million (around $149.9 million, or 90% of the country's quota at the time the agreement was approved). One of the main...
IMF disburses $25.0 million to Burkina Faso
The three-year FEC agreement for Burkina Faso was approved on May 14, 2018 (see press release no. 18/86) for an amount equivalent to SDR 108.36 million (around $149.9 million, or 90% of the country's quota at the time the agreement was approved). One of the main...
L4UHC Africa: Module 2
The second module of the Africa 2019-2020 cycle will be held in Tunis, Tunisia on the 11th-15th November 2019. The participating countries are Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Niger.
The Phnom Penh Post “Ministry requests ADB aid for the most needy “
The Phnom Penh Post, 24 July 2019: "Cambodia on Tuesday requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to consider providing aid – especially to the elderly, people with disabilities and orphaned children. In the meantime, the bank is studying the country’s social welfare...
Cambodia: “More than 18,000 poor pregnant women receive aid”
Khmer Times, 2 July 2019: " Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said 18,725 pregnant women from poor families have received financial support after the government started distributing funds for its health care scheme in June. According to the ministry, the terms of...
Actuarial Analysis of the Federal Sehat Sahulat Program
Pakistan has made great strides in health coverage, offering valuable in-patient cover to some of the most vulnerable members of society through the Sehat Sahulat Program, an initiative of the federal government and the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2018, an...
International Scientific and Practical Conference “Health Technology Assessment: Perspectives of Integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States”
On June 27-28, International Scientific and Practical Conference “Health Technology Assessment: Perspectives of Integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, was held in Moscow, Russia. Within the first day of the conference the panel discussion...
3rd working session of the Cameroon Technical Working Group (TWG) for UHC
The 3rd working session of the Cameroon TWG-UHC was held on July 1st, 2019 at the Ministry of Public Health. This is the first meeting of the group since the recent nomination of the TWG-UHC coordinator. The meeting report will follow in a couple of days.
Universal health coverage and the informal sector
The aim of this study is to suggest a number of strategic orientations specific to the context of the French-speaking countries of West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo) with a view to the effective...
P4H Annual Review 2018-2019
P4H is the global network for health financing in support of universal health coverage (UHC). The network supports the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (and the topic of health financing for reaching the UHC targets specifically. It is a growing and...
Organization and Funding of Oncological Aid: Best World Practices, 27 June 2019, Moscow, Russian Federation
Addressing noncommunicable diseases is essential in attaining the health-related SDGs set by 2030. Among them, cancer is a rising concern that exerts significant strain on populations and health systems at all income levels. Russia is one of the countries with high...