Vaccine coverage reach to 35 percent in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam has reach 34.2 percent of total population or 201,441 people as of August 11, 2021. The vaccinated persons can be divided into those who received first dose and second dose, 155,001 and 46,440, respectively. The highest...
Singapore expands vaccination and test to employees in malls and supermarkets
Singapore expands COVID-19 vaccination or antigen rapid test twice a week to be required workers in shopping malls, supermarkets, taxi, and private drivers, starting from October 1. To support the vaccination, the number of public health...
Malaysia allocates RM10.3m for special assistance of Covid-19 death management
Malaysia provides RM10.3m for the special assistance of Covid-19 death management in order to support the next-of-kin of those who died due to coronavirus. The one-off special assistance of RM5,000 is allocated for the next-of-kin....
Thai cabinet approves B14.5 bn for coronavirus frontliners
Thai Cabinet approves an additional 14.5 billion baht, aiming to support the medical workers under the Covid-19 pandemic. This budget will be divided into two parts: approximately 12.7 billion baht will be provided to medical workers...
New article on determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, which adopts a tax-based health system with free health care at the point of service. However, Timor-Leste has not yet achieved elimination of inequalities in the utilisation of health services. This...
New article on reforming premium amount in the Indonesian National Health Insurance System
Indonesia has developed the National Health Insurance System (NHIS), aiming to achieve the Universal Health Coverage. However, there was deficit problem during 2014 to 2019. The trend is likely to increase. This study aims to...
Multi-Regional Landscape Study and Analysis of Select West African Countries available
New West Africa regional document available: Recognizing that a healthy population promotes economic development, resilience, and strength, many governments have started pursuing a universal health coverage (UHC) agenda. The international community, national...
Document on developing and implementing health financing strategies available here
Low- and middle-income countries are developing health financing strategies to map out how they will pay for universal health coverage. This brief discusses three activities that are valuable for producing sound strategies: convening multi-sectoral committees to...
Document on advocacy for UHC available on the digital platform
Despite strong global commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), inconsistent understanding and communication about UHC hinders progress. Experience suggests that advocating for and communicating about UHC requires deliberate, tailored, context-specific...
Why Investors Should be Optimistic About Vietnam’s Healthcare Industry
https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/why-investors-should-be-optistimic-vietnams-healthcare-industry.html/
South Africa COVID-19 vaccine producer receives €600 million financial support
One of the potential approaches to increasing vaccine equity as part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, is reducing Africa's reliance on global vaccine supply chains. This can be enhanced by transferring competencies for vaccine production from upper...
Namibia gets US$270.83 million to address the COVID-19 pandemic
The government of Namibia received approximately US$270.83 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument to help the country address urgent balance of payments and fiscal financing needs stemming from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Namibia has been...
South Africa debates Bill to provide Universal Health Care
South Africa's parliament debates the National Health Insurance bill, a plan for universal health care that proponents said will bring justice and equality to the health care system in this deeply unequal country. Some critics argue that the plan is too ambitious,...
South Africa commemorates Universal Health Coverage day to garner support from all key stakeholders
The President of South Africa HE C.M Ramaphosa is among the leaders who signed the universal health coverage (UHC) political declaration during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2019, thus demonstrating his strong vision and commitment to ensuring UHC...
The applications of Universal Health Coverage in South Africa during a pandemic
South Africa has begun to look at the implication of Covid-19 pandemic on its universal healthcare system. The South African National Health Insurance (NHI) has proven itself to be the answer to ensuring that all South Africans have free and fair access to...