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Health system measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina - COVID-19 - June 2020 - P4H Network

Health system measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina – COVID-19 – June 2020

The health system measures put into place in Bosnia and Herzegovina to contain the spread of COVID-19 are:

* March 24: The Council of Ministers introduced a tax exemption on equipment and resources granted by both domestic and international entities for the needs of prevention, containing and termination of the epidemics caused by COVID-19. These are face masks, gloves, disinfection means, and protection suits for medical staff, respirators and other necessary equipment.

Entity-level (Federation of Bosnia and Herzgovina & Republika Srpska)

* The two entity governments have allocated around KM 50 million (0.15 percent of GDP) for dealing with COVID-19, including purchasing medical equipment and supplies: (i) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will transfer KM 30 million (0.1 % of GDP) to hospitals; (ii) Republika Srpska announced the health fund will cover health care costs for all patients.

The published information can be found here