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...
Burkina Faso’s SNFS-CSU validated at second Steering Committee meeting
The second steering committee for the development of the national health financing strategy was held today, Tuesday, October 10, 2017, in the PADS meeting room in Ouagadougou. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, drew its members...
Validación del SNFS-CSU de Burkina Faso en la segunda reunión del Comité Directivo
El segundo comité directivo para el desarrollo de la estrategia nacional de financiación sanitaria se ha celebrado hoy, martes 10 de octubre de 2017, en la sala de reuniones del PADS en Uagadugú. El Comité, presidido por el Secretario General del Ministerio de...
Burkina Faso: free healthcare for pregnant women and children under 5 to be extended to community level
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Official launch of GFF in Burkina Faso (and all start-up documents)
Official launch of the GFF: see pp2 & 3 of the Ministry of Health newsletter "The mission of the secretariat of the Global Financing Mechanism (GFF), in Burkina from February 19 to 22 led to a joint statement by the ministries in charge of Finance and Health. The...
WHO/P4H regional health financing policy advisor arrives – November 2012
As part of the WHO contribution to the P4H joint support plans in Benin, Burkina and Mali, an international adviser on health financing policy is deployed in Ouagadougou (based in WHO-IST Intercountry Support Team). The WHO adviser will help build national capacity in...
Creation of the Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie Universelle (National Universal Health Insurance Fund)
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 a Council of Ministers was held in Ouagadougou in ordinary session under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian KABORE, President of Faso, President of the Council of Ministers. A decree creating a public social welfare...
Study on the analysis of protection against financial risks in healthcare – Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius
What has been the progress in addressing financial risk in Uganda? Analysis of catastrophe and impoverishment due to health payments
Vietnam’s trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health related social security benefits
A three-day training has helped to improve the knowledge of trade union officers on social health protection and other health-related social security benefits, so they can do a better job as workers’ representatives. The course, organized during 2-4 June in Ha Noi by...
Multi-sector contingency plan to combat COVID-19 in Senegal – March 2020
Article proposal on catastrophic spending and impoverishment in Burkina Faso 2018
The Burkinabe government embarked on the process towards universal health coverage with the adoption of Law No. 060-2015/CNT on the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) in Burkina Faso in 2015, and according to the defined timetable, 2018 should see the...
Catastrophic and impoverishment health expenditures in Burkina Faso 2018 english
The government of Burkina Faso has embarked on a process leading to universal health coverage with the enactment of Law N° 060-2015/CNT on a universal health insurance scheme (RAMU) in 2015. Based on the defined timing, the year 2018 should be devoted to the...