Federal Health Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation reported its performance outcomces for 2023
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Russia reported about its activities in 2024, summarizing it has fullt fulfilled it social health protection obligations. Actual MHIF budget revenues last year amounted to 3 trillion 290 billion rubles, while its expenses were 3...
Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020
The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020 report highlights significant reliance on international funding, urgent need for domestic investment, and disparities in healthcare access across regions.The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020 details the economic...
Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2021
The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2021 report reveals a critical underfunding in healthcare, stressing an urgent need for increased domestic and international investment to improve public health infrastructure and services.The Afghanistan National Health...
Afghanistan Health Financing Strategy 2019-2023
The Health Financing Strategy 2019-2023 serves to guide the Afghanistan health sector to strategically address major financing gaps to become more responsive to the health needs of the population.The Afghanistan Health Financing Strategy (AHFS) 2019-2023 was designed...
National Health Policy 2017
The National Health Policy 2017 has been formulated to address the current and emerging challenges necessitated by the changing socio-economic and epidemiological landscapes in IndiaThe primary aim of the National Health Policy 2017 is to inform, clarify, strengthen...
Kyrgyzstan’s Mandatory Health Insurance Fund explained that citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union are automatically covered
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Kyrgyzstan has explained that citizens of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, member-countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), who arrived and work legally in Kyrgyzstan, are considered...
World Bank: Affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030
Focus on improved affordability, expanded geographic reach, and increased scope of services are the goals set at this year's spring meeting in collaboration with the WHO.This initiative is part of a broader effort to ensure a basic standard of care throughout every...
Zanzibar develops and endorses health services fund bill
The Zanzibar Health Services Fund Act, 2023, ensures universal health coverage in Tanzania by introducing mandatory health insurance with household contributions. Supported by GIZ BACKUP Health and P4H Network, it aims to improve healthcare provision and reduce...
Michelin sets up a “decent wage” for all employees around the world
French company, Michelin's announcement of implementing 'universal social protection floor' to benefit employees in all its countries of operation is an example of private sector engagement in driving social health protection. In a recent article published by Les...
ADB and Global Fund join forces to strengthen health systems and advance UHC
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on resource mobilization for the effective delivery of health services to vulnerable populations in Asia and...
Research on the out-of-pocket health expenditures in Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2021
A research article titled "An analysis of financial protection and financing incidence of out-of-pocket health expenditures in Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2021" was published by Shaltynov et al. was published on 17 April 2024. Their work assessed a trend in out-of-pocket...
Africa cannot afford healthcare but can finance health
Article authored by Dr Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa, calls for the region to go beyond set health funding targets that only concern health service delivery and consider financing social factors that determine healthcare as a more holistic approach to 'Health...
Federal Health Insurance Fund of Russia hosted a delegation from Kazakhstan to collaborte in primary health care
A delegation from Kazakhstan consisting of national level policymakers visited colleagues in the federal agencies of Russia to learn about the experience of the Russian Federation in paying for primary health care and using performance indicators for primary health...
“Open Door” day to strengthen public participation in compulsory health insurance
The State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance of Azerbaijan had "Open Doors" for the media and civil society on April 5, 2024, to share how the single payer monitors health care quality in light of social health insurance launched across the country. The monitoring...
Peru: Meeting between the Executive President of the Social Health Insurance and Piura’s Congressman
La presidenta ejecutiva del Seguro Social de Salud del Perú (EsSalud), Dra. Maria Aguilar, se reunió con el Congresista de la República por la Región Piura, Ing. Miguel Ciccia, con el objetivo de trabajar en iniciativas que mejoren proyectos de ley para beneficiar a...