WHO/AFRO is offering a 5-month assignment to support the Health Financing and Investment program
The Health Financing and Investment (HFI) program is one of the 9 programs under the UHC Life course cluster. The main objective of the HFI program is to support countries to strengthen their Health Financing Systems and enhance progress towards UHC through generation...
Wilson Center contributor reflects on COVID-19 and structural global health shortcomings in the US and EU
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare structural weaknesses in the domestic public health systems in place in the US and EU member states. In the US the debate and implementation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’) will undoubtedly continue. In...
Looking for a Health Economist position @WHO team in charge of Financial Protection?
The mission of the department of Health Systems Governance and Financing (HGF) and its units at WHO HQ is to support member countries to develop and/or sustain health financing systems that ensure access to needed health services while avoiding catastrophic...
Delay in creation of an indemnity fund led Philippines to be one of the last Southeast Asian countries to receive COVID 19 vaccine through COVAX
It is expected that countries allocate a vaccine indemnification fund for procuring COVID-19 vaccine form the COVAX facility that essentially gives indemnity to vaccine makers if their COVID-19 shots cause adverse side-effects but more importantly secures...
COVID-19: Какое влияние на повестку дня CSU оказывают африканские страны? ВЕБИНАР в четверг 20 мая 2021 года
До начала пандемии несколько африканских стран находились в процессе распространения положений о всеобщем охвате населения услугами здравоохранения (ВОМЗ). Пандемия не поставила под сомнение цели, которые ставит перед собой CSU, напротив, кризис можно...
COVID-19: What impact on the CSU agenda in African countries? WEBINAR Thursday, May 20, 2021
Prior to the pandemic, several African countries were in the process of extending their universal health coverage (UHC) provisions. The pandemic has not called into question the CSU's objective; on the contrary, the crisis could be seen as a strong argument for...
Patients in tents asked to pay ₱1k per hour without PhilHealth coverage
Filipinos housed in what are being called hospital tents outside hospitals due to the shortage of beds are being charged 1000 Pesos (about 20 USD) an hour despite being covered by the country’s national health insurance scheme PhilHealth. For an overnight stay, this...
Vaccine Purchase: WB to provide $500m more
The World Bank has agreed to provide $500 million to Bangladesh in additional financing to buy Covid-19 vaccines. The main objective of the WB's additional financing for this project is -- vaccination of 31 percent of the total population of the country through...
Indonesia’s State owned vaccine supplier, Bio Farma Get Loans US$450M from ADB
The Indonesian government recently received approval for a USD 450M loan from the Asian Development Bank to its domestic vaccine supplier PT Bio Farma to boost the country’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement which is under considerable stress owing to global...
Vaccine Procurement and Financing Benefits from a Coherent Approach
Nepal has largely been dependent on its neighbours India and China for its supply of COVID-19 vaccines both purchased and received as donations as the two countries’ attempt to use vaccine diplomacy to strengthen their influence on the small Himalayan...
Global spending on health: Weathering the storm
The 2020 Report analyses global health spending for 190 countries from 2000 to 2018 and provides insights as to the health spending trajectory from the MDG era to the SDG era prior to the crisis of 2020. The report shows that global spending on health continually rose...
COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?
The world's COVID-19 response has been unsettling especially regarding people living in informal settlements, migrants, refugees, and other ultra-vulnerable populations. It reiterates serious concerns about health inequality, as well as people lacking human rights and...
Economics of COVID‑19: Challenges and Way Forward for Health Policy in India
The emergence of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic provides unique challenges for the health system. In this paper, the authors used economic underpinnings to explain several of these challenges and suggest a way forward for health policy, during, and...
Health Issues, Health Care Utilization & Health Care Expenditure among Elderly in India
India has a large elderly population, with enormous diversity pertaining to social, economic, educational and health status which demands more healthcare services as they age. But, unregulated systems, lack of resources, inefficient public health system, absence of...
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure on Consumption Patterns in India
The financial burden from health expenditure is a serious cause of concern for low-and middle-income countries as they tend to push households into poverty or deepen their existing poverty. In India, where out-of-pocket expenditures are high, poor and daily wage...