Mali: Reproductive health and family planning budgeting workshop
The National Observatory for the Demographic Dividend (ONDD) and its technical and financial partners held a two-day workshop on budgeting for reproductive health and family planning. The aim of this meeting is to make the integration of RH/FP into national...
Fighting HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: A plea for a reduction in household costs
The Director of Onusida in Cameroon deplores the fact that 70% of payments for HIV/AIDS-related services are still borne by households. This poses a real problem of access to care for vulnerable people. However, the elimination of fees for HIV-AIDS services, which had...
The complex quest for coordinated health financing in Cambodia
A German-supported coordination mechanism, and one key advisor in particular, indicate a possible way forward with the big ‘4Gs’. ‘Donor harmonisation depends a lot on individuals’, mused a somewhat disenchanted Bart Jacobs, long-time social health...
Leading the Charge: Insight into Zambia’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy in Universal Health Coverage Financing Reforms
Access to affordable family planning is an essential component of universal health coverage (UHC) as it is one of the most effective interventions that have shown to reduce maternal and under- mortality rates. For Zambia, to include Family Planning (FP) in the...
CONGO ECONOMY/FINANCE LAW 2021: A NEW TAX INSTITUTED ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Congo has instituted Universal Health Insurance Coverage (CAMU) in the 2021 Finance Act. This new tax is one of the new elements instituted in this law, the popularization campaign for which was launched on Monday February 22, 2021 in Brazzaville. Initiated by...
DRC: access to healthcare a challenge for the elderly
For Gilbert Tshibangu, a teacher at the Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Kinshasa, this is the first time that an elected President of the DRC has expressed his willingness to offer his people universal health coverage. On the initiative of President Félix...
Burkina Faso: Health insurance fund encouraged to do better
On June 24, 2021, 19 state-owned companies presented their financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, including Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie Universelle (CNAMU). The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU) has submitted its...
Côte d’ivoire: CNAM’s charm operation in Abidjan
Without insurance, it's hard to get treatment. Healthcare is very expensive. We must therefore take advantage of the opportunity offered by the State to bear the cost. This sentence comes from an Ivorian shopkeeper, delighted with the operation launched in early June...
Mali: the Ministry of Health is committed to offering AMU to all Malians
How can conventional medicines be made accessible to the public to counter the sale of street medicines ? The issue was the focus of a meeting of healthcare stakeholders on Thursday June 17 in Bamako. During the session, which was attended by experts from all...
CONGO ECONOMY/FINANCE LAW 2021: A NEW TAX INSTITUTED ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Congo has instituted Universal Health Insurance Coverage (CAMU) in the 2021 Finance Act. This new tax is one of the new elements instituted in this law, the popularization campaign for which was launched on Monday February 22, 2021 in Brazzaville. Initiated by...
WHO Barcelona Office warns Ukraine about the potential consequences of introducing co-payments
Part of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published a policy brief titled “Co-payment policy: considerations for Ukraine”, which contains policy recommendations regarding co-payments [1]. In its description that...
Vietnam mulls another $1.13 bln pandemic support package
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Cameroon: National Assembly in favor of Universal Health Coverage
"Protection towards Universal Health Coverage and Covid19 vaccination: opportunities for human capital development". This was the theme of the special plenary session chaired on Wednesday June 23 by the Vice-President of the National Assembly, Théophile...
MALI: The National Transitional Council adopts the RAMU
General Boubacar Dembele can be proud of his plea. He now has the backing of Mali's parliamentarians to extend compulsory health insurance benefits to several of Mali's underprivileged groups. The head of the national health insurance fund is confident that...
Ethiopia Essential Health Services Package – informed by evidence on cost and cost-effectiveness
To make progress towards UHC, countries should prioritize and clearly define the type and mix of health services that should be provided in response to population needs. To ensure that the package can be funded and provided as planned, the resources needed to...