Khmer Times: $1 million royal gift for Kantha Bopha
Khmer Times, 12 July 2018: "The King and the Queen Mother have donated $1 million to Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals to continue providing free treatment to children." Read more Note: Kantha Bopha Foundation is considered as one of the official social health...
Mali’s Council of Ministers adopts RAMU law
https://afrique.latribune.fr/politique/politique-publique/2018-06-22/assurance-maladie-universelle-le-mali-franchit-le-pas-782732.html On Wednesday June 20, the Malian government adopted the bill instituting the Universal Health Insurance Scheme. After several years...
Khmer Times: Worker benefits here to stay, PM says
Khmer Times, 29 June 2018: " [...] Speaking to workers in Kampong Chhnang province, Mr Hun Sen said that all benefits recently implemented by the government, including bonuses for pregnant women, free bus rides, a minimum wage hike and health insurance, will remain in...
First SNFS update workshop in Burkina Faso
A team made up of resource persons from the Ministry of Health and players in the health sector are mobilized to ensure that the amendments made by the Council of Ministers are taken into account, as well as following the directions given by the Minister of Health....
Intercountry Conference (Round table) on partnership collaboration: Health financing reforms for Universal Health Coverage 19–20 June 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan
The Nazarbayev University School of Medicine for two days turned into a dialogue platform for 30 Kazakhstani and foreign experts in the field of economics and healthcare. The main topic for discussion was health financing reforms to ensure universal health coverage....
P4HC+ Regular Meeting 6 March 2018
Tentative Agenda: Presentation on “stimulating utilisation of health services by pre-identified poor people under different HEF configurations: (1) integrated social health protection scheme in Kampong Thom by GIZ; (2) community-managed health equity funds [CMHEF]...
P4HC+ Regular Meeting 11/05/2018
Venue: SDC Office Tentative Agenda: “Expanding the benefit package to include management of chronic non-communicable diseases”. Presentation by Charlotte, Kouland and contribution by Somil Brainstorming on outcome of P4HC+ Consultative Workshop (Feb 6th) and ways...
The Phnom Penh Post: Labour Ministry denies claims over National Social Security Fund (NSSF) faults
The Phnom Penh Post, 12 June 2018: "Officials from the Labour Ministry’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have denied allegations that its partner clinics offer poor medical treatment and discriminated against garment workers who checked in using the NSSF-issued...
Khmer Times: NSSF warns of healthcard misinformation campaign
Khmer Times, 12 June 2018: "The National Social Security Fund warned yesterday it would take legal action against anyone telling workers the NSSF healthcard would provide second-rate healthcare and the service would end after the election. " Read more
Workshop to adopt the strategic purchasing document for care and services in Burkina Faso
With support from the World Bank, the Ministry of Health has developed a strategic purchasing framework document. This was to be based on the national health financing strategy and on the development of proposals put forward by the DES at the time. The document was...
DUE call for proposals on CSU research in Burkina Faso
Click here The overall objective is to contribute to strengthening the Ministry of Health's leadership in evidence-based prioritization, mobilization, allocation and utilization of health resources. The specific objective(s ) of this call for proposals is/are: 1....
GFF meeting of June 04, 2018 in Burkina Faso
Meeting between ST/CDS/MS, DGESS/MS, WHO, WB (2), UNICEF, UNFPA (2), DUE to critically analyze the Muraz Center's proposal for the mapping study.
GFF Burkina Faso meeting of May 24, 2018
Pending the creation of the group responsible for the dossier (Equipe Fonctionnelle n°7), a small group of players met to take stock of the situation (timetable for drawing up the DI, SRMNEA-N mapping, decision on RU n°7). The GFF focal point was absent, but the...
Sharing of essential documents used in the diagnosis of the health financing system in Comoros – 2018
Here you will find the basic documents used to draw up the diagnosis of the healthcare financing system and the SNFS. These include 4 very important studies on healthcare financing, the AMG, public finances and healthcare spending, reference documents (SCA2D, PNS,...
BACK UP Santé meets GFF focal point
In Burkina Faso, BACK UP Santé wished to meet the GFF focal point, providing an opportunity to review the progress of the investment project. For BACK UP Santé, the meeting was also motivated by a question mark: how do we plan to collaborate with other global...