The PUD-CSU project presents the results of its studies on universal health coverage
The project for the production and use of evidence-based data to support decision-making in the context of universal health coverage in Burkina Faso (PUD-CSU) aims to produce evidence-based data for decision-making in the health sector. To achieve this, studies are...
The PUD-CSU project presents the results of its studies on universal health coverage
The project for the production and use of evidence-based data to support decision-making in the context of universal health coverage in Burkina Faso (PUD-CSU) aims to produce evidence-based data for decision-making in the health sector. To achieve this, studies are...
More than 134 billion CFA francs injected into Burkina Faso’s healthcare system
The Burkinabe Ministry of Health has officially launched the 2021-2023 Global Fund grants for the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and for Health System Strengthening (HSS) in Burkina Faso. This subsidy is worth more than 134 billion FCFA. Under the...
Бесплатное здравоохранение в Бенине: 21 млрд. франков КФА инвестирован за 5 лет
Бенинское правительство хочет заставить замолчать слухи, ложно приписываемые мерам по предоставлению бесплатного медицинского обслуживания. С 2016 года, по словам министра, эта мера направлена на защиту граждан от финансовых барьеров на пути к получению качественной...
Mali: the National Health Insurance Fund draws up a budget of around 140 million USD for 2021
Mali's Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (Canam) held its 22nd board meeting in Bamako on Wednesday February 24. Directors considered the activity report and budget performance for the year ended November 30, 2020, before voting on the activity report and draft...
Free health care in Benin: 21 billion FCFA invested in 5 years
The Beninese government wants to silence the rumors falsely attributed to the free healthcare measure. Since 2016, this measure aims to preserve, according to the Minister, the individual against financial barriers to access to quality care, especially vulnerable...
Covid-19 : les médecins résidents de l’hôpital universitaire Justinien se mettent en quarantaine
https://lenouvelliste.com/article/226793/covid-19-les-medecins-residents-de-lhopital-universitaire-justinien-se-mettent-en-quarantaine " Les 40 médecins résidents de l’hôpital universitaire Justinien au Cap-Haïtien (nord d'Haïti) se sont placés volontairement ce...
Vietnam prioritizes poor on road to universal healthcare: US think tank
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-prioritizes-poor-on-road-to-universal-healthcare-us-think-tank-4232366.html
Getting to universal health coverage in China and Vietnam
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/02/03/getting-to-universal-health-coverage-in-china-and-vietnam/
Vietnam needs 150 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2021: health minister
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-needs-150-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-2021-health-minister-4237311.html
Tobacco tax: low taxation denounced by an NGO in Côte d’Ivoire
The Club universitaire Unesco pour la lutte contre la drogue et autres pandémies (Clucod) crie haro sur la taxe sur la consommation du tabac at a press conference. The Ivorian NGO held a press conference in February to denounce the low taxation in force in Côte...
Чад: Президент Деби обещает улучшить плохое медицинское обслуживание чадцев
"С этого года в Нджамене в качестве пилотной программы будет осуществляться всеобщий охват населения услугами здравоохранения". Это заявление исходит от самого главы государства, который намерен сделать здравоохранение одной из приоритетных отраслей в течение всего...
Chad: President Deby promises to improve the poor health coverage of Chadians
"Starting this year, universal health coverage is to be implemented in N'Djaména as a pilot program". The announcement comes from the Head of State himself, who intends to make healthcare a priority sector of his mandate. As a reminder, the Universal Health Coverage...
Rising healthcare costs and the potential of the African pharmaceutical industry
In Africa, over 80 % of medicines are imported, mainly from India and China for generics, and from major international laboratories for licensed medicines. Medical equipment, masks, tests and protection are also imported, often from Asia. In other...
Niger presidential election: the president’s social and political challenges
In the run-off presidential election on February 21, Niger will choose between Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane as Mahamadou Issoufou's successor. Whoever wins, the challenges will be many, from education and security to health and the fight against corruption. As...