Chad: Holding of the 26th Session of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Public Health and National Solidarity
The 26th session of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Public Health and National Solidarity was held from June 1 to 5, 2021 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in N'Djaména , under the theme: " Better governance of the healthcare system for the benefit...
Chad: Anti-covid vaccination campaign effectively launched
Chad launched the Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Friday, June 04, 2021, the day after the arrival of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by the Chinese government. To reassure target populations of the reliability of the vaccines, the Minister of Public...
Bangladesh Government to expand Health Insurance for People below Poverty Line
The government announced during its budget speech last week that it will expand health insurance for people living below the poverty line. The expansion comes as part of a programme called "Shashtho Shurokkha Karmashuchi" (SSK) formulated to finance expansion of...
Let’s Talk Primary Health Care on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET
WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care is organizing the 6th talk show “Let’s Talk Primary Health Care” on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET. This webinar series is a monthly event with an overarching purpose to connect country task forces on...
The Philippines will release a New Benefit Package for Covid-19 Patients under Home Quarantine
The Department of Health and the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (commonly known as PhilHealth) has formulated a new home care benefit package for Covid 19 patients that will include "cost mechanisms", among others. The "holistic" home care...
Ukraine is planning to launch a health insurance system in 2023
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Government to develop a health insurance model of health care, the introduction of which was promised in his election program. According to the orders given by the President, the Law on Health Insurance should be...
Russia has reformed its mandatory health insurance system to improve governance and clarify responsibilities of stakeholders
Russian Federation has enforced a Law on the Reform of the Mandatory Health Insurance (MHI) System since January of this year. The document enabled the transfer of the powers of insurers in controlling and financing of medical care to the Federal office of the...
Uzbekistan is to localize the production of SPUTNIK V vaccine to maximize population coverage
On April 1, a campaign to vaccinate the population against the COVID-19 was launched in Uzbekistan. Uzbeks started the vaccination campaign with the AstraZeneca vaccine, and a recombinant drug from the Chinese Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutica. Last...
Burkina Faso: free food policy reviewed
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and a team of local consultants at RESADE, ThinkWell carried out a detailed review of the free-of-charge policy. This review is part of ThinkWell's Strategic Purchasing for Primary Healthcare (SP4PHC) project to...
Australia’s Medicare Benefit Schedule changes form 1 July 2021
From July 1 this year, more than 900 Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for rebates for private surgery are set to change as part of the MBS Review of all 5,700 Medicare rebates. The latest changes will affect rebates for orthopaedic surgery, general surgery...
WHO welcomes the establishment of Viet Nam’s National Medical Council
https://www.who.int/vietnam/news/detail/19-05-2021-who-welcomes-the-establishment-of-viet-nam-s-national-medical-council (Photo:VNA, January 15, 2021)
PM calls for action to control Covid-19 and ensure social security
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9870&CateID=198
Free health care in Burkina Faso: an analysis
Since 2016, Burkina Faso has introduced a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five. ThinkWell and its research partner RESADE have conducted a detailed analysis of the free healthcare policy in collaboration with the Ministry of...
Niger: Validation and alignment of the national CSU strategy
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the workshop for consistency, consolidation and validation of the national strategy for universal health coverage (UHC) opened in the meeting room of the NGO LIBO in Liboré. The meeting, which lasted four (4) days, was organized by the DEP of...
Senegal: Explanations for the rise in the price of medicines and nutritional supplements
Since May 24, pharmaceutical news has been marked by a pricing change for a category of products with hybrid status, half-drug and half-nutritional supplement. This increase follows a reclassification in the customs nomenclature of this category of products,...