Côte d’Ivoire: National social protection strategy (2013)
L’élaboration de cette Stratégie Nationale de Protection Sociale découle d’un processus de dialogue national, de recherche, d’analyse d’options politiques et de concertation. Le Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire s’inscrit ainsi dans les orientations adoptées au...
Kazakhstan is merging the two benefits packages introduced in 2020 with SHI
Historically, Kazakhstan has adopted two benefits packages with the launch of the Mandatory Social Health Insurance reform nationally in January 2020. One was the guaranteed volume of free medical care, universally accessible by all regardless of the insurance...
President Japarov amended the Health Insurance Law to expand coverage by mandating SHI
After approval by the Parliament, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov signed the Law "On Health Insurance of Citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic", enforced immediately. This law has been introduced since 1990’s and has been amended with the purpose to make health...
Promoting Access to Health Care for Women and Child Migrants in Latin America / Promoviendo el acceso a la atención de salud de mujeres y niños migrantes en América Latina
Women and children in contexts of high migration in Latin America and the Caribbean lack sufficient social protection in health and face barriers to accessing health care when they need it / Las mujeres y los niños en contextos de alta migración en América Latina y el...
Health for All: Transforming economies to deliver what matters
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has released its final report on reimagining how to put Health for All at the heart of government decision-making and private sector collaboration at regional, national and international levels.The WHO's Council on...
African countries are making the transition from donor-funded HIV programmes to government-led initiatives
African countries are witnessing a transition from donor funding to domestic resource mobilization for their response to HIV. This article summarizes various studies on the public financing of HIV programmes in many African countries to explain the shift from...
Pakistan needs an equitable investment in the health system and collaborative efforts
In the February 2023 issue of The Lancet Global Health, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study Pakistan Collaborators published a comprehensive report analysing the health trends and burden of disease in Pakistan from 1990 to 2019. This study asserts the need to...
Why Health Taxes Matter: A Mechanism to Improve Health and Revenue Outcomes
This Factsheet is first of the Knowledge Note Series of the World Bank's Global Tax Program. The purpose of this note is to provide policy makers an overview of an economic framework for setting health taxes, with a specific focus on taxing tobacco, alcoholic drinks,...
Informal employment and catastrophic health expenditures: Evidence from Pakistan
This research article published by Wiley, estimates the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) and impoverishment across the households in formal and informal employment and their key determinants in Pakistan. Abstract Workers in informal employment...
Неформальная занятость и катастрофические расходы на здравоохранение: Данные по Пакистану
В данной научной статье, опубликованной издательством Wiley, оценивается распространенность катастрофических расходов на здравоохранение (КРЗ) и обнищание населения среди домохозяйств с формальной и неформальной занятостью, а также их основные детерминанты в...
Empleo informal y gastos sanitarios catastróficos: Datos de Pakistán
Este artículo de investigación publicado por Wiley, estima la incidencia de los gastos sanitarios catastróficos (GSC) y el empobrecimiento en los hogares con empleo formal e informal y sus principales determinantes en Pakistán. Resumen Los trabajadores del sector...
Ethiopia’s Minister of Health calls for sustainable health financing to address demands in health systems
Dr. Lia Tadesse emphasizes adequate health financing and solidarity for universal health coverage, highlighting the interconnectedness of health and the need for global prioritizationThe Minister of Health in Ethiopia, Dr. Lia Tadesse has stressed the importance of...
Côte d’Ivoire-Webinar on strategic purchasing for primary healthcaré lessons from national workshops.
The Global Financing Facility (GFF), the World Bank and the World Health Organization are working together to organize country workshops to help ministries of health tackle this crucial political and technical agenda for the CSU. A webinar is scheduled for Thursday...
Zanzibar Health Services Fund Act 2023
Zanzibar makes accelerated efforts to attain UHC The government of Zanzibar is dedicated to ensuring that every citizen has access to affordable and high-quality healthcare, aiming to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). As part of its ongoing efforts towards UHC,...
Analysis of the changing trend of economic burden of patients with chronic diseases under the Integrated Medical and Health Service System in China
This article is originally published in BMC Public Health, aiming to examine the effects of the integrated medical and health care service system on chronic disease patients' health care behavior and the trend of changes in their financial burden and the composition...