Costs of healthcare for scabies and related skin infections in Fiji, 2018–2019
A recent study published in PLOS Global Public Health examines the economic burden of scabies and related skin infections in Fiji. The article, titled "Costs of primary healthcare presentations and hospital admissions for scabies and related skin infections in Fiji,...
Predictors of unmet healthcare needs among people with type 2 diabetes in Sri Lanka
The study 'Predictors of unmet needs among people with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Gampaha district of Sri Lanka' published in PLOS Global Public Health investigates the predictors of unmet healthcare needs among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the...
Record 2024 health budget in Guyana supports UHC
In Guyana, public budget covered over 65% of current health expenditure in 2021. The national budget in 2024 continued that positive trend, by allocating a record $129.8 billion.The 2024 national budget allocated a record $129.8 billion for health in Guyana. Although...
Health aid declines signal urgent need for renewed investment
According to an analysis by ONE.org, health aid fell to a 13-year low in 2021, jeopardising global health advancements. As funding priorities shift after COVID-19, there is an urgent need to reprioritise health investments. An analysis from ONE.org reveals a...
Connecting the dots for leveraging quality data in health care in Africa and Asia
The report 'Connecting the Dots: Quality-of-Care Data for Purchasing Primary Health Care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, the Philippines, and Uganda', published by ThinkWell, explores the critical role of quality-of-care data in enhancing purchasing decisions for primary...
Social Protection Policy 2025-2029 of Guinea-Bissau
Social Protection Policy (PNPS) of Guinea-Bissau, concretizes the government's commitment to strengthening the mechanisms for protecting Guineans against the risks that threaten their right to a dignified life, free from the fear of hunger and the access to essential...
Bandim Health Project report
Technical appendix to the policy brief ‘Mortality of women and children, coverage of essential maternal and child health services and out-of-pocket payments in rural Guinea-Bissau during PIMI III’: Report delivered to the Delegation of the European Union...
Estonian Health Insurance Fund published its 2023 annual report
The Health Insurance Fund of Estonia, folloing best practices in management, has published its annual reports since 2002 to in its webpage here. The latest annual report for year 2023 is available in English language. Foreword by the Executive board of the Health...
Health Fund in Africa raises $100 million to enhance healthcare access
The Transform Health Fund has raised $111 million to improve healthcare in Africa, focusing on innovative health models. It aims to enhance access to care for vulnerable communities across the continent. On October 3, 2024, AfricInvest and the Health Finance Coalition...
Policy paper on a landscape analysis of conditioned domestic ‘co-financing’
The Center for Global Development's policy paper, "Conditioned Domestic 'Co-financing' Policies in Global Health: A Landscape Analysis," provides an in-depth examination of co-financing policies in global health. These policies, which refer to the domestic financing...
Ordinance instituting a Compulsory Health Insurance and Social Guarantee Scheme
ORDINANCE N°0022 /PR/2007 instituant un Régime Obligatoire d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale en République Gabonaise.
Decree establishing the statutes of the CNAMGS
Decree N°00510/PR/MTEPS establishing the statutes of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale in Gabon.
Conditioned domestic “Co-financing” policies in global health
The policy paper titled Conditioned Domestic Financing in Global Health: Understanding Agency Policies and Implications for Health Systems Sustainability by the Centre for Global Development examines how global health funding agencies and recipient country governments...
France and Egypt bolster efforts to achieve universal health coverage
Egypt and France reaffirmed support for Egypt’s universal health coverage reform. AFD’s €210M funding aids primary healthcare and social protection, aiming for nationwide UHC by 2032. On September 30, 2024, Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and...
Institutional frameworks in health financing in systems in Cambodia
This report by Virgile Pace includes an analysis of the institutional framework of health financing systems in Cambodia and outlines what is needed to strengthen policy frameworks.