Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response
Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke MathauerHQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley, WPRO-WHO Moderation: Valeria de...
Webinar on Health Financing in times of COVID 19 – the case of Germany
# The case of Germany – a show case model for resilience? # Germany’s support to LMICs for health system strengthening Followed by a discussion how this applies to various settings (LMIC, HIC) Chair: Irina Nikolic, Senior health advisor at the World Bank,...
Burkina Faso L4UHC team meeting on May 13, 2020
Agenda: review of the collective action initiative roadmap
COVID-19: LESSONS FROM SOUTH KOREA
The world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. South Korea experienced a surge of patients in mid-February largely due to a mass infection in a big church in the south-east region. Korea responded swiftly to the epidemic and has managed to slow the...
New blog on Kenya: There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
You can read the blog on the public blog page: https://p4h.world/en/global-pandemic-still-lack-fuel-and-airtime
P4H Webinar on COVID-19 and Health Financing in South Korea and China
You can find the recording of the webinar with the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3syxBO9Xg
Creation of the National Orientation Council of RAMU Burkina Faso
The Council of Ministers adopts the decree on the National Orientation Council for the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (CNO-RAMU). Chaired by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, the Conseil national d'orientation du Régime d'assurance maladie universelle is...
Priority health financing challenges to combat COVID-19
On April 02, 2020, the Health Financing Team of WHO shared views on Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19 that reflected collective effort and thinking of WHO's health financing experts working in WHO's Headquarters and Regional Offices. This...
How to budget for COVID-19 response? A rapid scan of budgetary mechanisms in highly affected countries
Please refer to the BLOG here: https://p4h.world/en/how-do-you-budget-for-the-covid-19-response-a-rapid-analysis-of-budgetary-mechanisms-in-heavily-affected-countries/ A French version of the blog will be circulated in the next days.
On a fast track to Universal Health Coverage in Pakistan
Healthy DEvelopements currently features an article "On a fast track to Universal Health Coverage in Pakistan" which retraces important steps in Pakistan’s progress towards providing health for all. As a trusted partner, Germany has been accompanying Pakistan’s...
P4H Joint mission in Myanmar – 9-13 December 2019
P4H Joint mission in Myanmar – 9-13 December 2019 Debriefing session, 13th December in Swiss Embassy, Yangon
Integrating programmes under Global Health Initiatives into country-led efforts for Universal Health Coverage: The role of technical assistance and knowledge networks
With the overall objective to ensure healthy lives for all and achieve universal health coverage (UHC), the European Union has been investing a total of €2.6 billion into health sectors through its development assistance for the period 2014-2020. This investment...
The Phnom Penh Post: Bima, Smart Axiata announce expanded insurance coverage
The Phnom Penh Post, 25 February 2020: " MILVIK (Cambodia) Micro Insurance Plc, the Kingdom’s leading provider of mobile-delivered health insurance, and Smart Axiata Co Ltd, its leading mobile telecommunications operator, have announced an upgrade to the Smart Life...
Cabinet meeting on AMU in Burkina Faso on February 11, 2020
On February 11, 2020, a Cabinet meeting was held at the Prime Ministry. in the presence of the Ministers of Health, Finance and Social Protection. The General Manager of the CNAMU, Mr Yves Kinda, was interviewed under the chairmanship of His Excellency the Prime...
Meeting No. 2 of Niger’s experts in free services
In Niger, a process is underway to restart the free service on January 1, 2021. The experts meet to propose an overhaul of the system. This second meeting was to result in a system for managing the free service and the terms and conditions for its implementation have...