Burkina Faso: a study on strategic purchasing in the healthcare sector
Recherche pour la santé et le développement (RESADE) organized a workshop to present the results of activities carried out as part of the Strategic Purchasing Resource Center in Africa (SPARC) project, this Friday, January 7, 2022, in Ouagadougou. The ceremony was...
Burkina Faso/Social protection: more needs to be done according to INSPIR
Social protection for all segments of the population is the mission that INPS!R has set itself through its advocacy work. After a year of activities, this civil society organization has paused to take stock. According to Patrice PAMOUSSO, the CSO's...
Sierra Leone to increase domestic health funding in 2022 by $5.9m as donor funds shrink
The government of Sierra Leone plans to increase domestic funding to the health sector by US$5.9 million in 2022 as the sector will be experiencing massive cuts in the area of budget support by bilateral partners. For the health sector, the country has increased...
Kenya receives 4 million USD for syringe manufacturing
Amid looming shortfalls of syringes to administer COVID-19 vaccine, Kenya’s leading medical supply manufacturer, Revital Healthcare (EPZ) Ltd has received 4 million USD from development partners. This will help expand production of...
Why has the universal health insurance coverage bill been delayed in Tanzania?
In November, 2021, the government of Tanzania announced that the much-awaited universal health Insurance coverage bill was in the final preparation stages after going through all requisite processes. However, plans to table it during the September 2021 parliament...
Many Nigerians yet to benefit from health care provision fund
In 2014, the government of Nigeria implemented the basic health care provision fund (BHCPF) with the aim of providing adequate care and services at the primary health care (PHC) level, mostly for the vulnerable population, so as to reduce out-of-pocket expenses....
Russia approved state guarantees of free medical care with access to high-technology medical care
Program of state guarantees of free medical care provision to citizens for 2022, including plans for 2023 and 2024 (the Program) establishes a list of types, forms and conditions for the provision of free of charge medical care, according to the list of diseases and...
President Putin signed a law for user-friendly identification of insured status
The compulsory health insurance participation status can now be issued in a variety of forms: on paper, or as a bar code otherwise recorded on various information carriers intended for applying, storing and transferring information on insured status. According to the...
Kenya receives over 900,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
In October, 2021 Kenya received a second consignment of 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine with help from the COVAX facility and the United States government. The first batch of 795,000 Pfizer vaccines arrived in September, 2021. With the second batch,...
Botswana ministry of health requires USD 97 million for COVID-19 response
The ministry of health and wellness, Botswana, requires an additional funding of USD 97 million as additional funding to cover the procurement of medical supplies, mainly vaccines and associated medical items such as syringes, needles and surgical masks. The fund...
New documents available on Kenya country page
New documents on drivers of outpatient care costs incurred by households and health facility financing in Kenya in the context of devolution have been uploaded to the documents section of the Kenya country page. The documents can be downloaded from...
Kenya on course to achieving universal health coverage (UHC)
The government of Kenya announced that it is still on track to attaining UHC by 2030. During the state address in Dec, 2021, president Kenyatta urged the senate to expedite the consideration of the 2021 national hospital insurance fund (amendments) bill which was...
Uganda: Development partners call for increased funding to health
Several development partners including WHO, UNHCR, CDC, SIDA, USAID among others met with the Uganda parliamentary committee on health in November 2021 where they discussed issues affecting the county’s health sector. Among the issues that were discussed, the...
New documents on health financing and financial risk protection available on Uganda country page
New documents on health financing and financial risk protection have been uploaded to the documents section of the Uganda country page. The documents can be downloaded from the related documents link below
Technical webinar “Understanding how global health funds work in different countries/ Comprendre le fonctionnement des fonds de santé mondiaux dans différents pays”
On Thursday, January 12th the P4H Alignment Community of Practice will gather for its first technical webinar on “Understanding how global health funds work in different countries/Comprendre le fonctionnement des fonds de santé mondiaux dans différents pays”....