Review of Vietnam Social Security’s (VSS) actuarial analysis models and capacity of health insurance benefits
The key stakeholders in Vietnam have identified gaps in their current management, legal documents, operational regulations and technical capacity to conduct actuarial analysis and in the use of the results in policy making and implementation of health...
ILO-WHO-WB’s joint technical note on the additional benefit package of social health insurance in Viet Nam
As part of the process of the Health Insurance Law revision, the Government of Viet Nam is currently identifying the core social health insurance (SHI) policies to be reformed and defining alternative options. Resolution 20 of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, dated 25...
SENEGAL: Adoption of a protocol to review strategic purchasing mechanisms
On January 11, a videoconference workshop was held to validate the protocol of the study on the review of existing strategic purchasing mechanisms implemented by the Group. implemented in Senegal. The aim is to validate the said protocol with a view to drawing up...
SENEGAL: Adoption of a protocol to review strategic purchasing mechanisms
On January 11, a videoconference workshop was held to validate the protocol of the study on the review of existing strategic purchasing mechanisms implemented by the Group. implemented in Senegal. The aim is to validate the said protocol with a view to drawing up...
Сенегал рассматривает катастрофические расходы на здравоохранение в период с 2014 по 2019 год
Сенегал организовал 48-часовые дискуссии с целью разработки технического задания для исследования катастрофических расходов на здравоохранение в период 2014-2019 гг. 13 и 14 января стали решающими для экспертов, приглашенных на эти дискуссии. Вокруг...
Senegal examines catastrophic healthcare spending between 2014 and 2019
Senegal organized 48 hours of exchanges with the aim of drawing up the Terms of Reference for a study on catastrophic healthcare expenditure over the period 2014-2019. January 13 and 14 were decisive for the experts invited to these exchanges. Around...
Burkina Faso draws up a new national health development plan
The Minister of Health, Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo, has officially launched the process of drawing up the new National Health Development Plan (PNDS-2021-2030). A new ten-year plan in which the alignment of technical and financial partners is one of the key objectives....
Mali, Compulsory health insurance (AMO): A new list of medicines will soon be available
On January 18, 2020, a workshop was held in the Malian capital to validate the new list of medicines and medical devices covered by the Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO) scheme in private pharmacies. The general objective of this meeting is to validate the...
Burkina Faso’s CNAMU and Togo’s INAM draw inspiration from best practice
Drawing inspiration from the Togolese health insurance model was the main objective of a mission from Burkina Faso's Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU), which visited in Togo in December 2020. The CNAMU delegation learned from the...
CNAMU Буркина-Фасо и INAM Того используют передовой опыт
Черпать вдохновение из тоголезской модели медицинского страхования - такова была основная цель миссии Национальной кассы страхования здоровья Буркина-Фасо (CNAMU), которая в декабре 2020 г. посетила сайт в Того. Делегация CNAMU прибыла для изучения опыта...
Burkina Faso’s CNAMU and Togo’s INAM draw inspiration from best practice
Drawing inspiration from the Togolese health insurance model was the main objective of a mission from Burkina-Faso's Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie Universelle (CNAMU), which visited in Togo in December 2020. The CNAMU delegation came to learn from...
Mozambique to strengthen Community Health
The Mozambican Ministry of Health has presented the draft of the Community Health strategy to development partners. Mozambique counts now with 6.790 Community Health workers, called APE (Agentes Polivalentes Elementares), who perform essential preventive health work...
Burkina Faso: General Policy Statement by the Prime Minister
The Burkinabe Prime Minister's general policy statement was presented to the elected representatives of the Fourth Republic. It focused on four (4) main themes: : 1-consolidate peace, security, social cohesion and promote national reconciliation; 2- deepen...
Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase – Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget
"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new healthcare scheme--the Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana--with a Rs 64,180-crore ($8.7 billion) outlay. The Centre's allocation to the health ministry for 2020-21 was Rs 67,112 crore ($9.18...
Budget 2021: Allocation to Healthcare more than doubles after Pandemic
"India will more than double its spending on healthcare in the next fiscal year as it aims to boost the sector crippled by the coronavirus pandemic". Read more...