Decrease in the budget allocated to the Ministry of Health in 2021
The budget allocated to the Ministry of Health will increase from 213.651 billion Fcfa to 197.121 billion Fcfa in 2021, of which 84.197 billion will be dedicated to operational activities and 112.924 billion to public budget investment. The preferred...
CSU Cameroon: 1st phase from 2021
Phase 1: 2021 to 2025 Coverage: children aged 0 to 5, pregnant women, patients covered by public health programs (tuberculosis, malaria, AIDS, or diabetes etc.....); care and services package comprising 185 interventions and 101 sub-interventions...
Disminución del presupuesto asignado al Ministerio de Sanidad en 2021
El presupuesto asignado al Ministerio de Sanidad pasará de 213.651 millones de FCFA a 197.121 millones de FCFA en 2021, de los cuales 84.197 millones se dedicarán a actividades operativas y 112.924 millones a inversiones del presupuesto público. Los...
N$72.8 billion budget for 2020/21 financial year announced
The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi on Wednesday tabled the national budget for the financial year 2020/21 totalling N$72.8 billion from N$66.5 billion budgeted in the 2019/20 financial year. Shiimi in a budget statement said the single-year budget reflects the...
Viet Nam – Social dialogue with employer representatives on the health insurance policy reforms proposed for the amendment of the Health Insurance Law
Representatives of business associations and enterprises met on 19th January 2021 to discuss the social health insurance policy options proposed by the Ministry of Health in view of the revision of the Law. The workshop was organized through the partnership between...
253 billion CFA francs for economic and social development: the World Bank and Burkina Faso sign an agreement
Signing of three financing agreements on Thursday January 21 in Ouagadougou. Worth a total of 460 million USD, or around 253 billion CFA francs, this grant will be used to implement the emergency project for territorial development and resilience. project to...
Health financing policy : a guide for decision-makers, WHO/EURO
This paper elaborates an approach to health financing policy that countries can adapt to their own national context. This entails: (1) specification of a set of health finance policy objectives, grounded in the core values espoused by WHO; (2) a conceptual framework...
HEALTH FINANCING POLICY & IMPLEMENTATION IN FRAGILE & CONFLICT-AFFECTED SETTINGS.
This paper reviews existing health financing policy recommendations to considers whether, and if so how, these need revising given the challenging context of Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations (FCAS). The paper aims to inform policy i.e. the decisions and...
Universal health coverage and COVID-19 preparedness and response in Asia and the Pacific
Authors: Soonman KWON and Eunkyoung KIM Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted all aspects of our global society and economies and progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), further worsening structural fragilities and deepening inequalities (1)....
New members of the Burkinabe Executive: a member of the L4UHC program joins the government
" A new government to lead the actions of the President of Faso ". The Christophe DABIRE II government held its very first cabinet meeting in Ouagadougou on Monday January 11. While a number of portfolios have kept their ministers, twelve personalities have...
Национальные вооруженные силы: скоро заработает фонд медицинского страхования
Правительство продолжает работу по обеспечению Сил обороны и безопасности (СОБ). Устав Фонда медицинского страхования Вооруженных сил был принят вчера, в среду 20 января 2021 года, на еженедельном заседании Совета министров в Косьяме. Эту информацию передал после...
National armed forces: a health insurance fund soon to be operational
The government is continuing its efforts to provide care for the Defense and Security Forces (FDS). The articles of association of the Caisse assurance maladie des armées (health insurance fund for the armed forces) were adopted yesterday, Wednesday January 20, 2021,...
P4H’s support in developing Myanmar National Health Insurance Bill
P4H provided technical support in the development of Myanmar National Health Insurance Bill, having it translated from Burmese to English for wider stakeholder consultation. P4H also assisted in seeking feedback on the bill from a wider variety of in-country and...
Discussion on potential areas of collaboration and joint support to health system strengthening initiatives in the Sultanate
WHO Representative in Oman, Dr Jean Jabbour, meets with HM Consul General and Deputy Head of Mission- British Embassy Muscat, Mr James Goldman, to discuss potential areas of collaboration and joint support to health system strengthening initiatives in the Sultanate.
Webinar: Assessing health financing systems with the Health Financing Progress Matrix: a focus on country implementation
Until recently, there was no standard assessment of a country’s health financing system, in terms of the alignment of institutions and policies with good practice. WHO’s newly developed Health Financing Progress Matrix fills this gap. The HFPM is both an...