Event: National high level dialogue on health financing
The countdown to the high-level dialogue on health financing for universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya has begun! Join us as we pave the way towards sustainable health financing and UHC. Mark your calendars for June 26th-28th June 2023. The meeting will bring...
Final report of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All
This World Health Organization report, developed by the Council on the Economics of Health for All, presents a visionary framework for reshaping global economic systems to prioritise health and well-being.Established in late 2020 by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO...
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund changed its name from “sick” fund to “health” fund
The change of the Estonian name of the Health Insurance Fund from Haigekassa to Tervisekassa is a necessary change of direction in our health care, says Rain Laane, Head of the Health Insurance Fund. In recent years, the Health Insurance Fund has funneled more and...
The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefit Package Design in Kazakhstan
Authors Wija Oortwijn 1 , Gavin Surgey 1 , Tanja Novakovic 2 , Rob Baltussen 1 , Lyazzat Kosherbayeva 3 published an open access article titled “The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefit Package Design in Kazakhstan” in the...
Senegal: Health accounts report 2014-2016
L'élaboration périodique des comptes de santé permet de renseigner les indicateurs pour le suivi et l'atteinte de plans et stratégies nationaux et internationaux. Les comptes de santé sont de ce fait, un outil précieux d'aide à la décision et à la formulation des...
Senegal: National health financing strategy 2017
La stratégie nationale de financement de la santé repose sur une vision d’un Sénégal où toutes les populations ont accès à des services de santé de qualité sur la base d’un financement durable respectant les principes d’équité et de solidarité. La...
Argentina: Catastrophic and impoverishing health care spending
According to the 2004-2005 National Household Survey, 5.1% of Argentine households incurred catastrophic health expenses for the 40% threshold. That percentage dropped to 2.5% according to the 2017-2018 National Household Survey.Financial protection in health implies...
Native and indigenous women in the country have the financial support of the SIS to access health services
The Seguro Integral de Salud emphasizes that indigenous women are covered 100% for all medical care, medicines, supplies, medical procedures and even emergency transfers, recognizing the great work of this population group and their contribution to society.The Seguro...
Free Health Financial Protection for FONASA beneficiaries in Chile
People insured with the National Health Fund (FONASA) benefit from free care in all their medical services in clinics, hospitals and other facilities of the public health network. As of September 2022, the benefit known as Zero Copayment will be automatically...
Latvian Minister of Health says new budget does not meet previously outlined public health priorities
The present state budget project for 2023 does not meet the funding amounts outlined for public health priorities listed last year, admits Latvian Minister of Health Līga Meņģelsone. She stressed that funding of the healthcare system and development is the...
Webinar 3: Cross-Regional Sharing on Social Health Protection for Migrant Workers and Families
Please join us for Webinar 3! In this webinar, we have invited health financing/ social health protection experts from across the globe to share the lessons learnt in providing access to social health protection to migrant workers and their families. Our experts will...
Mali-RAMU: Association of private practitioners opts for rational prescribing
On March 18, 2023, the Association des Médecins Libérales du Mali organized a scientific day in Bamako on "The rights and duties of liberal doctors, for rational prescribing within the RAMU framework". The opening ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Health...
Ivory Coast-Free health care: a committee against blackmail is created!
A pesar de que la asistencia sanitaria se presta gratuitamente en los establecimientos sanitarios de base comunitaria y en los centros sanitarios urbanos de base comunitaria, algunos usuarios son víctimas de chantajes por servicios en principio gratuitos. Los ESCOM...
Mali: Threat of strike against compulsory health insurance
Unions of Malian pharmacists and medical analysis laboratories are threatening to suspend the services of Amo, the compulsory health insurance scheme. The cause: late payments by the Malian government."If the problem is not resolved by then, the Amo service,...
Côte d’Ivoire: Meeting of the Health Financing TWG
On Friday May 26, 2023, the Health Financing Technical Working Group (GTT_FS)-Health Sector Group met. Several key points were on the agenda of the meeting, which took place via Teams under the leadership of P4H-PFP in Côte d'Ivoire, Serges Mayaka.This meeting of the...