Bhutan expands quarantine centers to control COVID-19
Bhutan constructs 1,000-bed capacity temporary quarantine centers, which expect to be finished by the end of September 2021. Meanwhile, 2,500-bed permanent quarantine centers plan to be constructed in September 2021 and expect to be...
Thai pregnant workers allows to work from home
Thailand plans to implement a measure that allows pregnant employees to work from home and receive full pay. Moreover, employee benefits under the labour protection laws will be considered to change in response to the...
Over 20,000 children receives the first dose of vaccine in Maldives
Maldives provides the first dose of COVID vaccine to 20,239 children or over 50 percent of those whose age between 12 and 17. They were administered the Pfizer vaccine. The program has received widely support from both in the Male’ area...
New Zealand enters full lockdown mode
New Zealand has started full lockdown mode after the first case of the delta variant appeared. A single locally transmitted COVID-19 case hadn't been found since February. On Wednesday, there were six more cases linked to the first case. New Zealand...
Laos plans to purchase vaccine for 2022
Laos plans to purchase additional Covid-19 vaccines in 2022 because vaccines from the COVAX initiative will be ended by this year. Currently, a total of 1,387,083 people received the first dose or 18.9% of the total population. While the second dose vaccinations...
Tanzania gets US$112 million to fight COVID-19 and accelerate end of HIV, TB and Malaria
The Government of Tanzania has received new funding to fight the COVID-19 crisis and accelerate the end of the epidemics of HIV, TB and malaria while building resilient and sustainable systems for health. During a virtual launch ceremony, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu...
TOGO: government care extended to all pregnant women and newborns
Created by decree by the Council of Ministers of August 25, 2021The "Wezou" national program to support pregnant women and newborns was designed to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates, in line with the government's roadmap for strengthening social...
BENIN: Government orders continuation of ANAM services
Extract from the minutes of the Council of Ministers of July 28, 2021. Continuation of services provided by the Agence nationale de l'Assurance maladie (ANAM) and the Agence nationale de gestion de la gratuité de la césarienne (ANGC) by the Agence nationale de la...
Uganda gets additional support for COVID-19 crisis recovery
Uganda, along with much of sub-Saharan Africa, has faced extraordinary challenges since the pandemic hit. Before the pandemic, Uganda’s economy grew, on average, by about 6%. However, even then, per capita income growth had started to slow because of ...
Parliament of Uganda passes the national health insurance (NHI) bill
On March 31, 2021, the Ugandan parliament passed the NHI bill that outlines the general structure for a first-ever national social health insurance scheme in Uganda. It was passed with a pre-set benefits package that includes a range of essential health...
New documents available on Uganda country page
New documents on health financing and social health protection have been uploaded to the documents section of the Uganda country page. The documents can be downloaded from the related documents link below
Health for All: Uganda’s cabinet approves the national health insurance (NHIS) bill 2019
On June 24, 2019, the cabinet of Uganda approved the NHIS bill 2019, achieving an important milestone in delivering health for all. The approval was a significant accomplishment as discussions around the bill started over 17 years prior, as stated by the Hon. Dr. Jane...
Burkina Faso: ONIDS calls for effective universal health coverage
l'Onids est .L'organisation pour de nouvelles initiatives en développement et en santé (Onids) is a Burkinabe association committed to promoting and protecting the social and health rights of people, particularly the most disadvantaged. This Tuesday, August 17,...
Burkina Faso: Towards validation of a general nomenclature of acts for healthcare professionals
The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle organized a workshop in Ouagadougou on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, to validate the results of the general nomenclature of acts for healthcare professionals in Burkina Faso. Once finalized, this general nomenclature of...
Burkina Faso-CSU: CSOs discuss in Ouagadougou
The Access to Essential Medicines Network (RAME) organized a civil society meeting on universal health coverage (UHC) this Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in Ouagadougou. This meeting is an opportunity to gather the views of the players involved on the implementation...