Implementation of Qatar’s social health insurance law
In Qatar, healthcare is a public concern, as it is a constitutional right. This article critically examines how Qatari legislators incorporate appropriate national laws to meet public health needs and concerns, particularly access to quality healthcare....
Bahrain to launch compulsory health insurance: Supreme Council of Health signs agreement
Bahrain will bring in compulsory health insurance for expatriates later this year and citizens from 2023. The net result will be a fall in outbound medical tourism. The Supreme Council of Health and Aon Bahrain* have signed an agreement on the...
Egypt: Increasing financing of the health system in the past 8 years
Egypt's comprehensive universal health insurance law (2018) has been accompanied by a number of decisive steps by the country's government to make it effective. It was followed by the launch of a package of health reforms to expedite the provision of service to the...
Representatives from the Jordanian Social Security Corporation visit Turkey to exchange knowledge on the extension of coverage and universal health insurance
A high-level delegation from The Jordanian Social Security Corporation (SSC) visited Turkey to learn from the experience of the Turkish Social Security Institution (SGK) between the 20th and the 24th of June. The five-day study visit offered insights on the social...
72nd annual session of the WHO Regional Committee: commitment to a coordinated regional health strategy
The 72nd annual session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa came to a close on Friday August 26, 2022. The session, which opened on Monday August 22, was attended by 400 face-to-face and 300 remote delegates from the 47 member...
Niger: Malaria in the sights of health authorities
In one of the areas most affected by malaria, Niger's health authorities have opted to play the prevention card, with a precise, quantified target in mind. Tahoua has a population of over 4,650,000, with over a million reported cases of malaria, including 199 deaths....
Burkina Faso: Generic drugs made in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has just launched its first generic drug manufacturing plant. What does this mean for the country? The plant, which cost 15 billion CFA francs, currently manufactures three generic medicines, including paracetamol. It will eventually offer a dozen other...
Côte d’Ivoire-Universal health coverage: benefits soon to be extended to private health centers
People insured under the Universal Health Coverage (CMU) scheme will soon be able to receive treatment in private health establishments. The information was given by the Director of Benefits of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM), Dr Christian Brou,...
Côte d’Ivoire CMU: diabetes and stroke now covered by CNAM
During an awareness-raising day in the commune of Abobo, the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM) reiterated the benefits of universal health coverage, of which it is the standard-bearer. To date, a total of 3,483,793 Ivorians have been enrolled and are...
15th European Public Health Conference- Berlin
The 15th EPH Conference in Berlin will be the first EPH Conference since Marseille 2019 to take place live and in person from 9 – 12 November. The theme of Berlin 2022 is ‘Strengthening health systems: improving population health and being prepared for...
Virtual Launch of the Health Systems and Reform Journal Special Issue: Making Progress on Strategic Health Purchasing in Africa
The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC)—a resource hub hosted by Amref Health Africa with technical support from Results for Development (R4D)— co-created the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework with eleven technical partners, and...
The Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
The Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022) will take place at the Ágora Bogotá Centro de Convenciones in Bogota, Colombia from October 31 – November 4, 2022, bringing together approximately 2,000 health systems researchers,...
Malawi still falling short on Abuja Health Declaration
Even though the 2022-23 budget allocation is an improvement from 9% last year to 10%, it failed to meet the 15% target for health sector set by the Abuja Declaration. If public services are not adequately financed and households are forced to look for care from...
Calls grow for the creation of a National Health Fund in Malawi
The Malawi Health Equity Network has asked the Treasury to consider establishing a National Health Fund, where financial resources collected from other sources can be deposited for public healthcare service delivery use. The Malawi Health Equity Network’s Executive...
Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary inaugurates National Health Insurance Fund’s board of directors
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the Kenyan government is committed to expanding health service coverage with a focus on quality as well as reduction of healthcare costs. Speaking in Malindi while inaugurating board of directors of the, National Health...