Government Announces Major NHS Funding Boost as Part of Autumn Budget 2024
The UK government, led by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has confirmed its plan of action for the extra billions allocated to the NHS in the Autumn Budget 2024. This day-to-day health budget increase is the largest boost of its kind since 2010, excluding the Covid-19...
Slovenian parliament passes law to transform health insurance
On Thursday, the Slovenian parliament passed a historic reform of the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Zakon o zdravstvenem varstvu in zdravstvenem zavarovanju, ZZVZZ), abolishing the flat-rate supplementary health insurance and replacing it with a mandatory...
Sibut, a symbol of the resilience of the Central African health system
The Central African Republic and the World Bank are linked by a partnership whose symbol is perhaps the Sibut district hospital. Despite the stigma of the violence that has marked CAR's history over the past two decades, the health infrastructure has taken on a new...
The impact of Artificial Intelligence in Italy from finance to healthcare
Italy could save approximately €21.74 billion annually by using AI in healthcare, cutting costs by 10-15%. AI could automate up to 36% of tasks in the health and social sectors, allowing human resources to focus on higher-value activities and improving system...
Health crisis in Angola
With their budgets cut by 50% as a direct consequence of the fall in oil prices, Angolan public hospitals are finding it increasingly difficult to meet their obligations.The fall in oil prices is having a terrible impact on the Angolan economy. One of the hardest hit...
Introducing a new feature: national health financing reform timeline
Country pages for the Republic of Korea and Thailand now have timelines for national health financing reforms. Visit each country page to see a summarized history of health financing policies and more resources.The P4H Network is excited to announce the new country...
Interview with Bayarsaikhan Dorjsuren of the P4H Coordination Desk
Bayarsaikhan Dorjsuren (BD), Senior Health Systems Adviser, P4H Coordination Desk, World Health Organization, was interviewed by Ainur Aiypkhanova (AA), P4H community facilitator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Bayar has been an active advocate and has...
Comoros: Generalized health insurance by 2030
Comoros plans to introduce health insurance by 2030. According to the government, the first test phase is about to begin. For the moment, 52,000 households have been identified, are in the process of enrolling and will soon receive health insurance cards. Comoros is...
AFD injects over 7 million euros into the National Mental Health Strategy 2024-2030
The National Mental Health Program (NMHP), officially launched on June 27, 2024, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Lebanon and with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), the National Mental Health Strategy for the period...
Special issue of Health Promotion International: Addressing the commercial determinants of health
A new Health Promotion International issue highlights the commercial determinants of health, urging global collaboration to counter harmful corporate practices and protect public health over profit. The latest special issue of Health Promotion International (Volume...
Lebanon: the health sector in the grip of the economic crisis
The economic crisis, which has plunged a large part of the population into poverty, has also had a devastating impact on the healthcare sector. Hospitals are underfunded, medicines are in short supply, and access to healthcare has become a major challenge for many...
Mauritania: 10,000 health insurance cards distributed
The Caisse nationale de solidarité sanitaire (CNASS) continues to expand throughout the country. On November 5, the municipality of Arafat launched the distribution of 10,000 health insurance cards to vulnerable groups. The mayor of the Arafat commune, Mr. Mohamed...
Memorandum signed between Azerbaijan’s State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance and the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
A delegation led by Zaur Aliyev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance (CHIA) of Azerbaijan, conducted a working visit to Prague, Czech Republic, from November 24 to 28. The visit aimed to strengthen international...
Celebrating resilience: a sustainable primary health care model in Côte d’Ivoire
In November, the Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, the Senate of Côte d’Ivoire, community associations, health care workers and patients celebrated 30 years of their resilient primary health care model. Forty community health centres in...
Health crisis in Yemen: the Government warns
The Yemeni government issued an official warning of an impending health crisis on Sunday, August 4, 2024, as a threat to close key medical facilities across the country follows a severe reduction in international funding.Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak...