Guinea: a report secures public development aid
"In Guinea, development aid is the second-largest source of funding for the health sector, covering almost a third of total health expenditure. The statement is from Dr Mohamed Lamine Yansané, representing the Guinean Minister of Health at a workshop to validate...
Guinea-Bissau: the IMF disburses $20 million and calls on the State to maintain investment in healthcare
Guinea-Bissau will benefit from $20.4 million in financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was announced in a press release published on January 25, 2021. The new financing has been granted as part of a rapid credit facility (RCF), the...
Towards a viable, high-performance health insurance system in Mali
On March 15, the Malian capital hosted a training workshop on the implementation of actuarial indicators and dashboards. Completed on March 20, this session was organized by the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM), in partnership with CIPRES (Conférence...
A look at the Philippine health sector during and after Covid-19
The health system in the Philippines has two major defining public health safeguards- the Philippine Health Security Corporation known as PhilHealth and the Universal Health Care Law passed in February 2019 that now extends PhilHealth to all Filipinos. While...
India to extend social protection cover to 4.78 million domestic workers
The government of India has enacted the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020 for providing social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. Ministry of Labour &...
Thai Government goes cool on joining vaccine pact
Thailand is still in two minds about joining the COVAX Programme to procure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. According to the country’s Public Health Ministry, the terms of COVAX are ‘too limiting’ to invest billions of bath as deposit to join. Fears are that the...
Resolution of the Vietnamese Government on purchase and use of Covid-19 vaccines
Government of Vietnam takes primary responsibility for financing Covid-19 vaccination from State Budget
https://p4h.world/index.php/en/node/10617 The Prime Minister Decision No.21 stipulates the State Budget shall ensure the funding of the Covid-19 vaccination, following the principle of decentralization of State budget.
Budget 2020-21: Record health and aged care investment under Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic plan
The (Australian) Government is delivering a record $115.5 billion in 2020–21 and $467 billion over the forward estimates to deliver the essential health services Australians need under the Long Term National Health Plan. (The) Government has committed more...
Health getting mere 1% of 2021 national budget for infrastructure – Recto
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday scored the “biggest factory defect” in the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, citing how health infrastructure would be getting only a “microscopic” 1 percent share of total spending for government...
Japan enacts law to make coronavirus vaccines free to residents
Japan's parliament enacted a law Wednesday to cover the costs for residents to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to secure coronavirus vaccines for all the roughly 126 million residents of the country in the first half...
Budget 2021: Healthcare measures welcomed but fall short
Some RM31.9 billion was allocated for the healthcare sector in (the) 2021 (Budget for Malaysia) compared with RM30.6 billion in 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to persist for a number of years, an additional RM1 billion has been allocated to stem the...
Communication from the Minister for Community Development on CMU
During the Council of Ministers meeting of January 27, 2021, the Minister in charge of Community Development on the CMU Program made an important statement on the current situation in Senegal. This document takes stock of ANACMU's activities between 2015 and 2020 in...
Extension of Ayushman Bharat scheme to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)
Union Home Minister of India, Mr. Amit Shah has announced the extension of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) under the convergence scheme ‘Ayushman CAPF’. The scheme will benefit 10 lakhs CAPF personnel and their families. The beneficiary...
Free health care: products found in illegal practices in Ouagadougou
District number 4 of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Two nursing practices and a private health and social promotion center (CSPS) in the nets of the local Gendarmerie brigade. We are at the end of an investigation which has led to the arrest of nine...