Botswana takes bold steps to address health and wellbeing of the older population
The government of Botswana began developing the national healthy ageing strategic programme in 2019. The strategy’s goal is to ensure comprehensive public-health response to meet the needs of older population in line with universal health coverage (UHC). Given that...
Covid-19 Mustn’t Derail Ethiopia’s Quest for Universal Health Coverage, WHO says
President Sahlework Zewde met with UN’s Assistant Secretary-General and WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, in Addis Ababa where they discussed the status of Universal Health (UHC) coverage in Ethiopia. Read more here.
TOGO/Gulf Region: Nearly 1,000 women treated with WEZOU
The Wezou program complements CARMMA (Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa), whose scope of action is limited to Caesarean sections. This program will progressively integrate all services for pregnant women, from confirmation of...
TOGO: Draft law establishing AMU adopted
In Togo, the government is taking a decisive step towards making universal health insurance a reality. After several reviews, the draft bill instituting the measure was adopted by the Council of Ministers on Thursday September 09. This draft bill sets out the legal...
BENIN/Projet ARCH: free health care for children in reception centers
Good news for children in Benin's reception centers. They can now look forward to adequate, free health care, in line with the provisions of the decree of November 06, 2012 on norms and standards applicable to child care and protection centers in Benin. On Monday, the...
Mali: ICP and CANAM equip journalists to combat AMO fraud
To inform the Malian press about the reform of the Universal Health Insurance scheme (Ramu) and the problem of fraud in the Compulsory Health Insurance scheme (Amo), the Information, Communication and Advocacy initiative sur la protection sociale au Mali (ICP-Mali),...
MALI/AMO: CANAM reassures its users
The Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM) reassures its users that the compulsory health insurance service (AMO) continues throughout the country, despite the threat of suspension announced by the Syndicat National des Pharmaciens du Mali (SYNAPHARM). Faced...
GABON/Finance bill: The government forecasts a drop in resources
The process of drafting the 2022 Finance Bill (PLF), which began on August 5 with the opening of the budget conferences, is set to continue with a technical phase to establish the exact figures for the expected funding. But already, at the close of this financial...
Chad: Training Session on Performance-Based Financing, NDJAMENA 13-25.09.2021
The Ministry of Public Health in partnership with the World Bank is organizing a training course on performance-based financing (PBF) from September 13 to 25, 2021, for 170 agents from various ministries and national institutions. The first session, which started on...
Health financing progress matrix (HFPM) validation workshop
The Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and other partners is conducting a Health Financing Progress Matrix validation workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to validate and update the preliminary results from an assessment of Ethiopia's health...
The Ministry of Health is organizing a two-day digital health conference on ‘Digital Health for Universal Health Coverage’
The Ministry of Health is organizing a two-day digital health conference and exhibition with the slogan ‘Digital Health for Universal Health Coverage’ from September 15 to 16, 2021. Participants are encouraged to attend the event online by registering using this Zoom...
National Health Accounts: Data validation workshop
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently conducting the 8th round of National Health Accounts (NHA) to better understand the resource flows and expenditures in the health sector and to generate evidence to inform policy decisions. In the second half of September, the...
General Budget of Honduras 2022, prioritizes purchase of vaccines and education
The draft of the General Budget of the Republic for the fiscal year 2022 prioritized an increase of funds to the Secretariat of Health to face the purchase of vaccines (from COVID-19) and the hiring of health personnel, detailed the...
Lessons & Way Forward from the First Webinar on Health Financing in India
The Webinar Series on health financing in India kicked off on 18 August 2021 to discuss the burning health financing and social health protection issues in the country and debate potential ways forward. The four-webinar series is organised by P4H in collaboration with...
COVID-19 vaccine is now mandatory for teachers in New South Wales, Australia
In Australia, the COVID-19 vaccine has become compulsory for all teachers in New South Wales from November onwards. Teaching staffs are the latest cohort of workers to be included in the state’s mandatory vaccination, aiming to curb a rise of Delta variant. They...