By changing the Tax Code, Turkmenistan raised excise duty on tobacco by 25%
Turkmenistan has raised excise rates on tobacco products, as well as on other manufactured tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes. Changes to the excise rates were made in accordance with the Law of Turkmenistan “On Making Addenda and Amendments to the Tax Code of...
ICU equipment worth $222 300 USD was funded by the World Bank for Turkmenistan
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) donated medical equipment for intensive care units to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, as announced by UNDP this Monday. The batch was donated as part of the “COVID-19 response in...
Fiji: Climate change and Health Strategic Action Plan 2016-2020
Climate change is a big concern for Fiji. It has a direct impact on these island states because of their geographic location. Therefore, the government saw it fit to address climate change as a health concern and developed this plan as a response. The document was...
Papua New Guinea: National Health Plan 2011–2020
Papua New Guinea faces many challenges to their rural healthcare system, especially important considering most of the population lives in rural areas. To address these deficiencies, the government created a 10-year National Health Plan. Regarding health financing,...
National Health Development Plan 2021-2025
The document includes the programmatic framework of the National Health System and includes four priority programs: equitable access of the population to quality health services, health safety, emergencies and catastrophes, health promotion and strengthening of the...
African Development Bank approves $10 million investment for Africa
In order to respond to the growing demands for affordable, quality healthcare services in several sub-Saharan African countries, the African Development Bank (ADB) approved a US$10 million equity investment to the Razorite Healthcare Africa Fund (RHAF1), hoping that...
Funding to support COVID-19 vaccination in 12 sub-Saharan Africa including Lesotho
The EU Humanitarian Aid donated a grant to UNICEF to help relieve Central African countries that were hit especially hard with COVID-19, one of which was Lesotho. Children suffered the greatest impact, as schools shut down for months, and they were forced into labor...
The National Health Development Plan 2021-2025 of Equatorial Guinea is available at the following link
This health development plan seeks to improve equitable access of the population of Equatorial Guinea to quality health services in order to move towards universal health coverage .
From Socialprotection.org: gender budgeting in healthcare and social protection in Georgia
Gender budgeting involves incorporating gender equality considerations into a country’s budget process and reallocating budgetary resources to facilitate gender mainstreaming in all areas or sectors. Authors concluded that the state budget programs of Georgia do not...
Prakas on Determination of Contribution Rate and Formality of Contribution Payment on Health Care
"This Prakas determines the contribution rate and formality of contribution payment on Health Care for Persons Defined by the Previsions of the Labour Law"
Assessment Awareness Levels and Access to Information on Social Protection Schemes among Cambodian Citizens
"The objective of this study was to conduct a research on how citizens of Cambodia receive and access information on available governmental social protection programs"
Technical Meeting on Budgeting for the National Health Development Plan in Equatorial Guinea
In order to boost the programmatic and management capacity of the National Health System, this event focused on reports on the logistics management of medicines as a pillar to guarantee the availability and quality of health services at all levels, and analyzed health...
The Ministry implements the first civil health insurance
The Civilian Insurance Programme (CIP) is a semi-autonomous fund managed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) providing 42% of Jordanians with formal health insurance. The CIP covers all civil servants and their dependents for care at MOH facilities, RMS facilities,...
Inter-Ministerial Prakas on Provider Payment Methods for Health Care – Prakas 173
This Prakas prescribes the provider payment methods for medical services that NSSF shall reimburse to contracted health facilities.
Health Insurance introduced for the Jordanian Armed Forces
In 1963, the first health insurance scheme was initiated for members of the Jordanian armed forces (JAF). The Royal Medical Services (RMS) provides medical support to the forces, and is one of the leading health authorities in Jordan, playing a distinguished role in...