The National Institute for Medical Assistance to accelerate the march towards CSU
Niger's INAM, created in 2022, promotes free health care and health financing reform to achieve universal health coverage. Supported by the CSU Leadership Group, it operationalizes the policy of free healthcare with increased funding, aimed at reducing inequalities in...
Health Accounts Report 2018-2019
Health Accounts (HA) enable systematic, exhaustive and consistent monitoring of financial flows in a country's healthcare system over a given period.This 2018 and 2019 Health Accounts report, which is the third of its kind in Cameroon, was drawn up under the overall...
Report on health accounts 2021
The Health Accounts constitute an international accounting framework for systematically tracking financial flows in favor of health.The results of Health Accounts 2021 come at a time when the country is gradually recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on...
Act on Public Health Insurance in Czech Republic
The Act regulates public health insurance, the scope and conditions under which medical services are covered, the method of determining prices and reimbursement of medicinal products by health insurance, and the method of determining the payment of medical devices...
Development strategy of the Social Health Insurance Fund of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025
Development strategy of Non-commercial Joint Stock Company “Social Health Insurance Fund” of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025 is available at Social Health Insurance Fund website. The attached document reflects the latest revisions accepted by the decision of the Board of...
Round Table in DRC on the financing of Universal Health Coverage
With the support of the World Bank, the Conseil National de la Couverture Santé Universelle (CNCSU) launched the National Forum on Health Financing and Universal Health Coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.There's a lot you need...
Cofinancing immunisation through national health insurance
The Lancet Correspondence suggests using national health insurance to cofinance immunisation in low- and middle-income countries, emphasising the need for self-reliant health systems post-COVID-19. In the global health arena, sustainable immunisation financing poses a...
The Health Service Act of Denmark 2024
The Health Service Act No. 247 of 12 March 2024 (LBK nr 1015 dated 05/09/2024) is the main law in Denmark known as "Bekendtgørelse af sundhedsloven" that determines health services provision, including benefits within the public health insurance in Denmark. This Act...
Uncertain future for European Union’s health budget, says EU Official
A senior EU official reflects on the long-term sustainability of the €5.3 billion EU4Health programme, stressing the need for sustainable financing beyond EU funds due to recent budget cuts. Following the implementation of the EU4Health programme in response to the...
A health financing policy agenda for climate mitigation and adaptation
Published in the May WHO Bulletin, the article emphasises the health sector's role in climate change and calls for integrating mitigation and adaptation measures into health financing policies. The health sector significantly contributes to climate change, responsible...
Special Law for the constitution of the Solidarity Fund for Health
The purpose of the law is to establish the legal mechanisms for the financing and management of special programs for the preservation of public health and social assistance. The law that created the Solidarity Fund for Health (FOSALUD) in El Salvador emphasizes the...
El Salvador on the road to Universal Health Coverage
Health system reform in El Salvador succeeded in mobilizing national and international financial resources to improve health infrastructure, both ambulatory and hospital, laboratories and blood banks.The financing of the National Health System is a fundamental element...
A taxonomy for the financing of health for all
There is a need to change the language of health financing to include a health for all mindset. The article advocates for a health taxonomy to guide public and private investments, enhancing global health system resilience and equity.The COVID-19 pandemic, frequent...
Government allocates funds from the national reserve, outside regular budget, to purchase HPV vaccines
The government of Kazakhstan has allocated over 9.7 billion tenge from reserves to purchase more than 351,000 doses of the HPV vaccine. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov signed the resolution, enabling the introduction of HPV vaccination nationwide through targeted...
Employer-paid health insurance to be mandatory nationwide in UAE
Starting in 2025, all private-sector employers in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) will be required to provide health insurance coverage to their foreign employees, extending a mandate already in place in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to the remaining five emirates. In Abu...