Compulsory health insurance planned for locals and expats in Bahrain
Bahrain’s National Health Insurance Scheme (Sehati) for expats is being brought in late 2020 or early 2021. Expats will be covered by insurance paid for by their employers, which will entitle them to treatment at private and public facilities. Once Sehati is launched,...
Bahrain provides full medical services and healthcare for all inmates
Bahrain's Ministry of Health extends the same standards of integrated healthcare services in line with the COVID 19 response protocol to inmates at Reformation and Rehabilitation Centres. The inmates have access to specialized medical personnel, mental health...
Improving Health Insurance Coverage in LMICs – Geneva Health Forum Virtual Roundtable
The Geneva Health Forum and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute are pleased to invite you to the GHF Virtual Roundtable, "Improving Health Insurance Coverage in LMICs" taking place on Monday, 22 November 2021, 12:00-14:00 CET, with simultaneous translation...
International consultation to orient the development strategy of Viet Nam Social Security to 2030
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Russian Ministry of Healthcare allowed simultaneous vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza
The Ministry of Healthcare of Russia approved simultaneous vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza -- the corresponding changes were made to the instructions for medical use of the vaccine "Gam-Covid-Vak" ("Sputnik V"). The interaction of "Sputnik V" with a...
60% of adult population in Kazakhstan is fully vaccinated against COVID-19
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, citizens are provided with access to five types of vaccines: Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), QazVac, Hayat-Vax, KoronaVac and Sinopharm. As of October 25, 2021 Vaccination Rate in Kazakhstan has reached 60 percent: 8 168 114 people out...
Immunization plan against COVID-19 in Tajikistan implemented at 40%
As of September 20, Tajikistan has managed to vaccinate 2 million 307 thousand 140 people (39.6%) - citizens of the country against COVID-19 as expected by the national plan. 1 million 565 thousand 281 citizens of the country received the second dose of the...
Ukraine updated regulation on payments to health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients
According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of August 11, 2021 No. 836, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine updated regulations on payments to health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. The Social Insurance Fund of Ukraine...
European Investment Bank is funding COVID-19 response throughout 2021 and Public Health Care Schemes until 2024 in Georgia
On February 9, 2016, the agreement between Georgia and the European Investment Bank, which was aimed at improving the municipal infrastructure, entered into force. However, On December 21, 2020, the contract was reprogrammed and due to the challenges caused by the...
World Bank allocated additional financing to Georgia for Emergency COVID-19 Response Project and will fund COVID-19 vaccines
World Bank (WB) allocated Additional financing (AF) within the Georgia Emergency COVID-19 Response Project and will finance procurement and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. To ensure safe and effective systems for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and deployment,...
Eurasian Development Bank to provide Armenia with a grant to fight COVID-19
Eurasian Development Bank will allocate a $ 3 million grant to Armenia to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting on Friday, the government approved a proposal to sign an agreement between Armenia and the Eurasian Development Bank to provide a grant to finance...
25$ mln ADB grant approved for Tajiskistan for COVID-19 vaccines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $ 25 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan procure and implement COVID-19 vaccines and strengthen the country's capacity to implement the vaccination program. “COVID-19 vaccines save lives and are vital to...
Belarus hosted an inter-country meeting to launch CIS telemedicine program
Capital of Belarus, Minsk hosted a meeting of the Working Group on the integration of national e-health systems of CIS Member States. Agenda was centered around the development of a Roadmap for telemedicine in the CIS. While welcoming the participants of the...
Minister of Healthcare of Uzbekistan assessed health reforms and voiced health system improvement priorities
As Uzbekistan is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Independence, political leaders, experts and academia alike summarize health sector progress and voice recommendations for further development. "In this short period of time, large-scale work has been...
Kazakhstan adopted a Patient Rights Charter and is piloting informed public monitoring at health care organizations
Ministry of Healthcare of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on the results of the pilot implementation of the Mechanism for Informed Public Monitoring and Feedback from the Population (MIPM) in health care organizations in Kazakhstan and adopting of the...