WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 29/05/2020 – The launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
COVID-19 Press Conference (29 May) for the launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool This is an initiative aimed at making health tools to fight COVID-19 accessible to all. Today's event will host an array of leaders from across the UN, academia, industry and...
“Intercountry Conference on P4H partnership collaboration: Health financing reforms for UHC, 19-20 June 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan”
Host: the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan Co-organizers: Republican Center for Health Development of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – RCHD), and P4H– Global Network for Health Financing and Social...
SNFS validation workshop at BFA
After 4 years of work, the National Health Financing Strategy will again be submitted for technical approval to the Ministry of Health, which will invite representatives from related departments. The version that will be proposed is the result of a working group that...
Coherent health financing for the COVID-19 response: a perspective from the Philippines
MAKING PURCHASING FIT FOR PURPOSE In the Philippines, the COVID-19 response has called for rapid adaptation of purchasing arrangements. In early 2019, the Philippines passed a Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that envisions the national health insurance agency...
Validación del SNFS-CSU de Burkina Faso en la segunda reunión del Comité Directivo
El segundo comité directivo para el desarrollo de la estrategia nacional de financiación sanitaria se ha celebrado hoy, martes 10 de octubre de 2017, en la sala de reuniones del PADS en Uagadugú. El Comité, presidido por el Secretario General del Ministerio de...
Burkina Faso’s SNFS-CSU validated at second Steering Committee meeting
The second steering committee for the development of the national health financing strategy was held today, Tuesday, October 10, 2017, in the PADS meeting room in Ouagadougou. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, drew its members...
Burkina Faso: free healthcare for pregnant women and children under 5 to be extended to community level
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Official launch of GFF in Burkina Faso (and all start-up documents)
Official launch of the GFF: see pp2 & 3 of the Ministry of Health newsletter "The mission of the secretariat of the Global Financing Mechanism (GFF), in Burkina from February 19 to 22 led to a joint statement by the ministries in charge of Finance and Health. The...
WHO/P4H regional health financing policy advisor arrives – November 2012
As part of the WHO contribution to the P4H joint support plans in Benin, Burkina and Mali, an international adviser on health financing policy is deployed in Ouagadougou (based in WHO-IST Intercountry Support Team). The WHO adviser will help build national capacity in...
Creation of the Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie Universelle (National Universal Health Insurance Fund)
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 a Council of Ministers was held in Ouagadougou in ordinary session under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian KABORE, President of Faso, President of the Council of Ministers. A decree creating a public social welfare...
Vietnam’s trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health related social security benefits
A three-day training has helped to improve the knowledge of trade union officers on social health protection and other health-related social security benefits, so they can do a better job as workers’ representatives. The course, organized during 2-4 June in Ha Noi by...
Программа экономической и социальной устойчивости Сенегала COVID-19
Основная цель плана действий Министерства здравоохранения и социальной защиты - укрепление потенциала Сенегала в борьбе с эпидемией путем реализации следующих мер: - Выявление подозреваемых и подтвержденных случаев заболевания - Быстрая изоляция таких случаев -...
Senegal Economic and Social Resilience Program COVID-19
The main aim of the contingency plan of the Ministry of Health and Social Action is to strengthen Senegal's capacity to deal with the epidemic through the following measures: - Detecting suspected and confirmed cases - Rapid isolation of said cases - Strengthening...
Message to the Togolese nation on the COVID-19 situation – April 2020
To date, Togo has 36 confirmed cases of infection, of which 24 are being treated and 10 cured. This disease has unfortunately taken the lives of two compatriots. In addition, by decree, the government has set up a National Coordination to manage the response to...
Message to the nation of Chad on the situation COVID-19 – April 2020
Controlling the pandemic depends above all on strengthening the healthcare system throughout the country. With this in mind, the Government has adopted a contingency plan for an initial amount of 15 billion FCFA (25,087,650.00 USD), intended for the acquisition of...