China increases accessibility to rare disease treatment
China moves closer to the dream of Universal Health Coverage by improving the access to rare disease treatment by inclusion of rare disease medicines in the medicare reimbursement list. The National Medical Product Administration prioritizes the rare disease...
Duty charged from harmful substances to health to go to Public Health Fund in Maldives
In Maldives, the Public Health Fund has been established under the Public Health Protection Act as a source of finance for public health related purposes. Currently, Public Health Fund Regulation has been enacted. Following the regulation, fines charged under...
Korean government’s plan for at-home treatment
General information At-home treatment is one of the basic, often default, COVID-19 treatment options in major countries around the world. In Korea, the need to add an at-home treatment system has continuously been raised, especially for low-risk patients,...
Korean government announces MOHW’s New Year Plan for 2022
Key Points in the Action Plan 2022 1. A Safe Healthcare and Medical System establishment The Ministry of Health and Welfare will open a new central infectious disease hospital from 2022 to 2026, assign 757 regular employees and provide part-timers for...
A Randomised Controlled Trial to assess the effect of health insurance in India presents interesting findings
A large RCT of hospital insurance for above poverty line Indian households was conducted to assess the access and utilisation of health insurance and its impact on health outcomes in India. The study suggests that access to insurance increased enrolment which...
‘More health for the money’: An interesting take on value-based healthcare
Nachiket Mor, the visiting scientist at The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, highlights the need to ensure maximum value for the Rupee spent by the consumer. He argues that the Indian government spends 1.25% of GDP on Health, which however insufficient,...
Redistribution and the health financing transition
In this paper, Ajay Tandon and K Srinath Reddy build the case for public financing as absolutely essential for realising the UHC dream. They focus on the argument that UHC is also intrinsically about a policy direction that emphasises at its core redistribution of...
Chad: Recruitment process of a DG and a DGA for the Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Santé, Dec. 2021- Feb. 2022
In December 2021, Chad launched the recruitment process for the staff of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Santé, a crucial stage in the effective establishment of the Fund and the operationalization of the CSU schemes. The planned recruitment concerns nine (09)...
Chad: Workshop to draw up the draft decree defining the AMED health care basket, Mara 9-12 Nov.2021
The Cellule Interministérielle de Coordination de la Stratégie Nationale de Couverture Santé Universelle organized from November 09 to 12, 2021 at the Centre d'Accueil et de Formation (CAF) de Mara, a workshop " de définition des paniers des soins du Dispositif...
Chad: Ordinary meeting of P4H network partners, N’Djaména 09 Dec. 2021
On December 09, 2019, a meeting of P4H network partners in Chad was held in the meeting room of the Swiss Cooperation Office in N'Djaména. The meeting's agenda was to take stock of the process of implementing the National CSU Strategy in Chad, share information...
Chad: Visita de estudio de una delegación chadiana a Ruanda, del 10 al 18 de diciembre de 2021
Bajo los auspicios de la Unidad de Coordinación Interministerial de la Estrategia Nacional de la CSU, y con el apoyo técnico y financiero de la Red P4H, las partes interesadas de la CSU llevaron a cabo una misión de estudio sobre la organización y gestión del seguro...
Chad: Study tour of a Chadian delegation to Rwanda, Dec 10-18, 2021
Under the aegis of the Cellule Interministérielle de Coordination de la Stratégie Nationale de la CSU, CSU stakeholders, with technical and financial support from the P4H Network, carried out a study mission on the organization and management of health insurance in...
Challenges Faced by the Iraqi Health Sector in Responding to COVID-19
Iraq’s health system has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 emergency since the first case appeared in the country in late February 2020. This report explores the inadequate financing to the health sector as well as a COVID 19 response plan among other challenges in...
Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage
Health insurance reforms like the Health Transformation Program (2014) in Iran have had an impact on equity, efficiency, sustainability and quality of health care. This influences the country’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). This study documents...
Equity and determinants in universal health coverage indicators in Iraq, 2000–2030: a national and subnational study
This study aims to examine inequality and determinants associated with Iraq’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) targets. The authors used nationally representative population-based household surveys in Iraq conducted between 2000 and 2018. The analysis...