Impoverishment from out-of-pocket healthcare payments before Ghana’s health insurance scheme
The article examines the impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments in Ghana before introducing the national health insurance scheme. Using data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey 5 (2005/2006) and two poverty lines ($1.25 and $2.50 per capita...
Can provincial-pooling of urban and rural resident basic medical insurance improve the health performance of migrant population?
This study aims to explore the impact of provincial-pooling of basic medical insurance on the health performance of migrant population and analyze the mediating role of social integration. And calls for accelerating the promotion of provincial-pooling of basic medical...
Proposed redesign and restructuring of the national health insurance scheme
The report reviews Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), established by Acts 650 (2003) and 852 (2012), highlighting its success in providing affordable healthcare to millions while identifying key challenges threatening its sustainability. Despite...
Angola’s Health and Nutrition sectors : Review 2023
In 2022, the health budget represented 4.8% of the OGE and 1.6% of the Gross Domestic Product, amounting to a total of Kz 905.5 billion (US$ 2.6 billion) or Kz 27.3 thousand per capita (US$ 54 per capita). The budget is heavily centralized in the Central Government,...
National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 3
“The PNDS creates opportunities to strengthen the National Health System, so that it can respond more and more efficiently and effectively to our populations' needs, with a common purpose and vision more efficiently and effectively to the needs of our populations,...
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 2
The PNDS will be translated into Annual Action Plans at all levels of the system. Their monitoring and evaluation will be based on a baseline of impact, coverage and outcome indicators to coverage and results to assess the goals and objectives set out in its...
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 1
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS), drawn up by a Multisectoral Commission, created by Presidential initiative, through Presidential Order No. 84/11 of 27 October, is a strategic-operational instrument aimed at materialising the guidelines set out...
Persistency of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
The study titled "Persistency of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures: Measurement with Evidence from Three African Countries - Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda" investigates the ongoing financial burden of out-of-pocket health expenses in Sub-Saharan Africa....
Pandemic Fund gains major boost with U.S. and German pledges
The United States has pledged $667 million, and Germany has committed $54 million to the Pandemic Fund, marking a significant step in its $2 billion resource mobilisation campaign.In a crucial move to enhance global pandemic preparedness, the United States has...
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On health insurance of citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic from October 18, 1999 No. 112
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On health insurance of citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic" was originally adopted (signed) on October 18, 1999 under No. 112. It was approved by the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic and signed by the President of the Kyrgyz...
Azerbaijan and Turkey extended the Memorandum of Understanding signed between their health insurance agencies
Mr Zaur Aliyev, Chairman of the Executive Board, State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance of Azerbaijan, visited Ankara, Turkey, on June 12-13 and met with Dr Raci Kaya, Chairman of State Security Council of Turkey, where they extended the Memorandum of...
Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016
The document titled "Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016" delves into the unexplored relationship between health aid and financial risk protection (FRP). Despite the growing emphasis on...
UN Foundation establishes new fund for outbreak prevention and preparedness
New funds to enhance global immunisation efforts, particularly in middle-income countries, to prevent, detect, and respond to vaccine-preventable diseases. The initiative, with WHO and UNICEF, aims to raise $15 million over the next two years.The UN Foundation has...
Strategy for implementing Targeted Free Distribution in CAR
The aim of this strategy is to reduce maternal and infant mortality, which is predominant in 07 districts not covered by technical and financial partners, and to guarantee equity in the provision of healthcare to all the people of the Central African Republic. The...
Decree instituting free health care in CAR
On February 15, 2019, the Central African Republic adopted decree N°19-037 on targeted free healthcare in health facilities.Art.1 : Targeted free care is instituted in all public and contracted health facilities in the Central African Republic.Art. 2 : Implementation...