First Milestone toward the launch of a specialized Master’s Degree developed to Advance Social Health Protection in Asia
With the support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) through the Luxembourg-funded Project: 'Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia', the ASEAN Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, in Thailand, has...
Consultations on the Health Insurance Law revision move forward in Vietnam
The second Orientation workshop on the health insurance law revision took place in Hanoi on 18th of October 2018. In his opening speech, His Excellency Vice Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan reiterated the Government’s commitment to achieve 95% of coverage and reduce...
Factory women workers empowered with knowledge on health-related social security benefits in Viet Nam
Over the month of July, more than 1,100 women employees working in different industrial zones in Viet Nam attended communication fora on health-related benefits of the social security system. The fora were part of the cooperation initiative of ILO and Vietnam General...
New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/22-07-2020-new-covid-19-law-lab-to-provide-vital-legal-information-and-support-for-the-global-covid-19-response Une plate-forme des documents juridiques nationaux en relation à COVID-19 (par pays) : https://covidlawlab.org/ en...
Un revenu minimum provisoire pour protéger les plus pauvres pourrait ralentir COVID-19 (Rapport PNUD)
https://www.undp.org/content/undp/fr/home/news-centre/news/2020/Temporary_Basic_Income_to_protect_the_worlds_poorest_people_slow_COVID19.html...
What Does it Cost to Treat a COVID-19 Patient in Kenya? (Brief)
What Does it Cost to Treat a COVID-19 Patient in Kenya? (Brief) https://kemri-wellcome.org/news/what-does-it-cost-to-treat-a-covid-19-patient-in-kenya/ Key Messages • Per patient COVID-19 case management costs in hospitals are substantial ranging from KES 21,359...
Sitiyasyon COVID-19 nan peyi Dayiti nan dat 18 jiyè 2020 an
16,957 ka sispèk 7,063 ka konfime 146 moun mouri 3,877 moun trete (55%) https://twitter.com/MsppOfficiel/status/1285084844540731392
Toward strategic purchasing – Management of multiple schemes and purchasing decisions by the Cambodian National Social Security Fund
The Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was established in 2008 based on the provisions of the Social Security Law adopted by the National Assembly in 2002. While the health insurance branch of the fund initially covered mainly benefits for employees in the...
COVID-19 Daily Epidemic Forecasting
Powered by the Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva and the Swiss Data Science Center, ETH Zürich-EPFL https://renkulab.shinyapps.io/COVID-19-Epidemic-Forecasting/
COVID – Intervention de la Ministre Dr M. G. Roy Clément sur l’évolution de la pandémie COVID-19 en Haiti (Vidéo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2nZOl8_2Qo
Health system measures in Hungary – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Hungary to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - On 4 April, the government announced a HUF 663 billion (1.4% of GDP) Epidemic Prevention Fund to cover additional health spending, including a 20% wage increase for health...
Health system measures in Lithuania – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Lithuania to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - The Ministry of Health has been publishing the list of 'affected countries' (where the 14-day incidence of coronavirus infection is higher than 25 cases per 100 000...
Health system measures in Iceland – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Iceland to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: Health professionals working at the front get a one-off bonus. The published information can be found here
Health system measures in Israel- COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Isreal to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: NIS 10 billion allocated (30 March) (2,9 billion USD) to increase health sector capacity, including for the procurement of protective gear, medicine and respirators, to...
Health system measures in Ireland – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Ireland to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: The Irish health system was already experiencing significant challenges at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, but a number of measures are being put in place to support the...