Côte d’Ivoire: Government welcomes PSGOUV implementation
The Council adopted a communication on the final report on the implementation of the Government's Social Program (PSGOUV). The Government Social Program (PSGOUV) has been adopted for the 2019-2020 period at an initial cost of 727.5 billion FCFA, with a view to...
Health: EQUITY in the hills
The Agence Française de Développement, through its " Ensemble pour une Qualité des soins Inclusives et transparente orientée vers l'Egalité genre, ''Equite'' " project implemented by Enabel in Benin, is donating a batch of medical equipment to...
Health: EQUITY in the hills
The Agence Française de Développement, through its " Ensemble pour une Qualité des soins Inclusives et transparente orientée vers l'Egalité genre, ''Equite'' " project implemented by Enabel in Benin, is donating a batch of medical equipment to...
Covid19: $23 million disbursed to Mauritania
In response to covid-19, the IMF decided to increase its financing to the Mauritanian government. Initially intended to support a reform plan, the Extended Credit Facility agreement between Nouakchott and the Fund has been redirected towards a pandemic response...
Kankan: launch of the “results-based financing” approach
Results-based Financing has been adopted as a health system reform strategy in Guinea since 2016, linked to the Ministry of Health's 2015-2024 national health development plan. According to Dr. Daman Keïta, coordinator of the national results-based financing technical...
Gabon: Samu Social announces free radiology services
Keen to help improve healthcare provision in the country, Samu social gabonais launched this Tuesday, March 09, 2021 a radiology service entirely free of charge for the benefit of the underprivileged. This offer should come as a relief to many compatriots who very...
Leaving no one behind: COVID-19 vaccine equity and universal health coverage in Ghana
As countries roll out COVID-19 vaccination, what are the links with universal health coverage and a shared vision to leave no one behind? P4H and UHC2030 webinar on 29 March 2021, 14:30 - 16:00 More information and...
Guinea: a report secures public development aid
"In Guinea, development aid is the second-largest source of funding for the health sector, covering almost a third of total health expenditure. The statement is from Dr Mohamed Lamine Yansané, representing the Guinean Minister of Health at a workshop to validate...
Guinea: a report secures public development aid
"In Guinea, development aid is the second-largest source of funding for the health sector, covering almost a third of total health expenditure. The statement is from Dr Mohamed Lamine Yansané, representing the Guinean Minister of Health at a workshop to validate...
Guinea-Bissau: the IMF disburses $20 million and calls on the State to maintain investment in healthcare
Guinea-Bissau will benefit from $20.4 million in financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was announced in a press release published on January 25, 2021. The new financing has been granted as part of a rapid credit facility (RCF), the...
Towards a viable, high-performance health insurance system in Mali
On March 15, the Malian capital hosted a training workshop on the implementation of actuarial indicators and dashboards. Completed on March 20, this session was organized by the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM), in partnership with CIPRES (Conférence...
A look at the Philippine health sector during and after Covid-19
The health system in the Philippines has two major defining public health safeguards- the Philippine Health Security Corporation known as PhilHealth and the Universal Health Care Law passed in February 2019 that now extends PhilHealth to all Filipinos. While...
India to extend social protection cover to 4.78 million domestic workers
The government of India has enacted the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020 for providing social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. Ministry of Labour &...
Thai Government goes cool on joining vaccine pact
Thailand is still in two minds about joining the COVAX Programme to procure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. According to the country’s Public Health Ministry, the terms of COVAX are ‘too limiting’ to invest billions of bath as deposit to join. Fears are that the...
Government of Vietnam takes primary responsibility for financing Covid-19 vaccination from State Budget
https://p4h.world/index.php/en/node/10617 The Prime Minister Decision No.21 stipulates the State Budget shall ensure the funding of the Covid-19 vaccination, following the principle of decentralization of State budget.