Indonesia’s COVID-19 vaccine drive gets a shot in the arm with private sector plan
Private sector companies in Indonesia began inoculating employees against COVID-19 with a paid-for vaccine plan aimed at boosting productivity and accelerating the government’s free, nationwide vaccination drive. Registered private companies are allowed to...
Indonesia to boost 2021 COVID-19 recovery budget to $44 Billion
Indonesia will expand its COVID-19 recovery budget this year from earlier targets to 619 trillion rupiah ($44.20 billion) to provide better support for the health sector as well as to help businesses, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. The latest increase...
Bangladesh Prime Minister assures adequate supply of Covid 19 vaccines irrespective of procurement costs
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has assured that her government will procure COVID-19 vaccines at any cost, and has also allocated financial help for marginalized families. An amount of over 1,500 crore Bangladeshi Takas has been allocated to ease the sufferings of...
Malaysia boosts healthcare funding to fight surge in COVID-19 cases
Malaysia's government will increase COVID-19 healthcare spending by another 200 million ringgit ($48.3 million) to help tackle a surge in cases during recent weeks, the state news agency reported on Saturday. The funding boost brings the government's total healthcare...
Social Health insurance scheme reaches all 77 districts in Nepal
Social Health Insurance Scheme of the government initiated in 2015 has been implemented in all 77 districts in Nepal. The objective of the programme is to ensure people's access to quality health care services. Under this scheme, a family with up to five...
Singapore forms 12-member Multilateral Healthcare Insurance Committee
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that it has formed a 12-member Multilateral Healthcare Insurance Committee (MHIC) officially established on April 27th April 2021. The purpose of the committee is to manage the increasing healthcare costs in the...
PhilHealth expedites reimbursements, provides Health Care Facilities with needed funds
Recognizing the crucial role of the hospitals in providing unimpeded delivery of health care services to those who need it, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) recently announced the implementation of the Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM) to...
Nepal’s health ministry seeks Rs 33 billion for vaccine procurement
In a pre-budget discussion held by the Parliamentary Finance Committee today the Ministry of Health and Population has demanded Rs 33 billion to arrange vaccines against the COVID-19 infection. To provide two doses of the vaccine to 21.5 million people, Rs 48 billion...
Malaysia Government assures vaccination for PWDs unregistered with the Social Welfare Department
The Malaysian government has given an assurance that persons with disabilities (PWDs) who are not registered with the Social Welfare Department (JKM) would not be left out of the National Covid 19 Immunization Programme. As part of its policy to leave no one behind,...
The Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) Summit
The event, co-hosted by Japanese Prime Minister H.E. Suga Yoshihide and José Manuel Barroso, Chair of the Gavi Board, will aim to secure at least US $8.3 billion for 2020-21 in order to accelerate access to 1.8 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses for lower-income economies...
Bangladeshis’ woes deepen amid COVID 19 and lack of health coverage
Despite having one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, Bangladesh is lagging far behind in providing standard health care services to its over 166 million people, which is deepening their woes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Their budget for the health sector is...
More than 115,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine delivered to Burkina Faso
Vaccine doses received on the evening of May 30, 2021 at Ouagadougou international airport by the Minister of Health, Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo and his team, accompanied by members of the COVAX mechanism (Gavi, CEPI, UNICEF and WHO - the two agencies of the United...
Public and private sectors collective response to combat COVID-19 in Malaysia
The resurgence of COVID-19 cases has overwhelmed the public healthcare system and overloaded the healthcare resources. Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia has adopted an Emergency Ordinance (EO) to instruct private hospitals to receive both COVID-19 and...
No hospital charges for COVID-19 patients
National Health Security Office (NHSO) urges hospital operators not to charge COVID-19 patients for any health services. Thai government will reimburse the hospitals for any expense incurred. Both public and private hospital operators can process the claims with...
SENEGAL: Focus on the Mutuelle de santé des agents de l’Etat (Mutual Health Insurance for State Employees)
The social programs of the Mutuelle de santé des agents de l'Etat du Sénégal (MSAE) reflect Senegal's ambition to be a pillar of solidarity for the underprivileged, without social protection. In collaboration with the MSAE, the Sud Quotidien newspaper takes a...