Combating with COVID-19: the Mongolia case
The COVID-19 has affected almost all countries and Mongolia is no exclusion. Due to the longest land border and extensive trade relations with China and Russia, Mongolia could be the most obvious hot spot. However, since March 10 to this date, there are 135 confirmed...
COVID-19: Partnerships to Protect People
Today, more than 4.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including more than 310 thousand deaths were reported to WHO globally. Unfortunately, these numbers are not estimates, behind each number, there is a real person. The impact of COVID-19 goes beyond health. It...
Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response
Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke MathauerHQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley, WPRO-WHO Moderation: Valeria de...
Webinar on Health Financing in times of COVID 19 – the case of Germany
# The case of Germany – a show case model for resilience? # Germany’s support to LMICs for health system strengthening Followed by a discussion how this applies to various settings (LMIC, HIC) Chair: Irina Nikolic, Senior health advisor at the World Bank,...
Burkina Faso L4UHC team meeting on May 13, 2020
Agenda: review of the collective action initiative roadmap
COVID-19: LESSONS FROM SOUTH KOREA
The world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. South Korea experienced a surge of patients in mid-February largely due to a mass infection in a big church in the south-east region. Korea responded swiftly to the epidemic and has managed to slow the...
Coherent health financing for the COVID-19 response: a perspective from the Philippines
MAKING PURCHASING FIT FOR PURPOSE In the Philippines, the COVID-19 response has called for rapid adaptation of purchasing arrangements. In early 2019, the Philippines passed a Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that envisions the national health insurance agency...
Bulletin cluster Santé Burkina Faso April 2020
During March and April, the security and epidemic situation in Burkina Faso remained worrying. The humanitarian situation was marked by increasing attacks and population displacements reported in several localities, with ten alerts shared by rapid response teams...
CSU National Strategic Plan – 2020-2030
New blog on Kenya: There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
You can read the blog on the public blog page: https://p4h.world/en/global-pandemic-still-lack-fuel-and-airtime
Q & A Session China and South Korea COVID 19 Health Financing P4H Global Webinar April 2020
There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
Governments around the world are scrambling to get their hands on personal protective equipment, test kits, ventilators and oxygen. But on the frontlines of service delivery in Kenya, we are also hearing about local health officials and facility managers needing money...
Prof. Yingyao Chen – China Presentation COVID-19 & Health Financing
Prof. Soonman Kwon – COVID-19 Lessons from South Korea
How to purchase health services during a pandemic? Purchasing priorities to support the response to COVID-19
As countries around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, their attention is focused on organizing and reconfiguring health care delivery, e.g., testing measures, home care, and increases in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity, to meet the changing needs of...