Concept note for the national health financing strategy development process
In order to guide the reform of the current healthcare financing system in terms of (i) resource mobilization, (ii) pooling resources, (iii) strategic acquisition of services, (iv) the structuring of services and the (v) governance, in order to influence progress...
Workshop to launch and plan the 2nd phase of the support program for Chad’s health districts
From January 24 to 25, 2019, the Ministry of Public Health organized jointly with the Swiss Cooperation Office a planning workshop for the second phase of the support program for health districts in Chad. The workshop brought together state institutions, technical and...
Domestic resources increase as external funding goes off-budget
Execution of domestic resources for health has increased significantly in recent years in nominal terms, according to new Budget Execution Report (BER) 2018 issued on Feb.2019. It now stands at 307 MUSD, while in 2017 the execution was 248 M USD. This data refers...
CMU contributions to start on April 1, 2019
Contributions for universal health coverage in Côte d'Ivoire will start on April 1. This announcement confirms the words of the Ivorian Minister of Employment, Pascal Abinan Kouakou, who announced the effective start-up of Universal Health Coverage for April...
National dialogue on health financing
In preparation, a major national dialogue on healthcare financing. GFF, GFTAM, BM, BMG, OMS and the French Embassy are getting organized to prepare and speak with one voice. Event Time : 15 Apr 2019 7:00 am to 19 Apr 2019 3:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : No
Mozambique amongst countries with lower risk of catastrophic expenditure in Africa
Data of Bugdet Household Surveys have been compiled to estimate incidence of catastrophic expenditure in Africa, available at McIntyre, D. et al (2018): Challenges in Financing Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa, published by the Oxford Encyclopedia of...
Human Capital Development Initiative in Cameroon
Cameroon commits to improve its Human Capital Development index through actions in the field of Nutrition, Education and Health. Event Time : 30 Dec 2018 7:30 am to 30 Apr 2019 10:30 amTimezone: Event is Conference : No
The Phnom Penh Post: Maternity handouts top $5 million
The Phnom Penh Post, 10 December 2018: "The government has spent about $5.7 million in maternity pay for more than 58,000 workers so far this year, said a National Social Security Fund report" Read more
Khmer Times: NSSF offers free cancer treatment
"The National Social Security Fund is offering free medical check-ups and cancer treatment for all garment workers and government officials" Read more
The Phnom Penh Post: Pension closer as government creates draft law on social security funds
The Phnom Penh Post, 12 February 2019: "The move comes after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that, from this year, private sector workers would have a pension fund similar to government officials," Read more
P4HC+ Special Meeting: UHC for the informal sector population
On March 8th, 9.00-12.00 the World Bank will host a P4HC+ session concerning UHC for the informal sector population. The objective is to take stock of new initiatives, current developments and thinking concerning this matter and to discuss these. For clarity, informal...
Financement de la Santé en Afrique: Tableau de bord
Financement de la Santé dans les pays d'Afrique: aperçu des montants de dépenses publiques pour la santé.
Global Health Spending report: out with a bang!
Hot off the press - Groundbreaking report on Global Health Financing from WHO Shaping the future of Health Systems : lessons from Global health expenditure Things are moving fast in the health sector! Global expenditure in health illustrate this trend, which the...
Status of GFF Burkina Faso investment file in January 2019
The DI has defined three priorities and presents its costing. PRIORITY 1: Improve coverage of target populations by the integrated package of high-impact SRMNEAN interventions; PRIORITY 2: Strengthen the pillars of the healthcare system in support of SRMNEAN's...
Workshop to draw up a strategic plan for the Health Economics Unit of the Ministry of Health and Social Action
The Cellule d'Economie de la Santé (CES) created by decree n°11588 of July 11, 2017 has as its main mission to coordinate all activities of an economic nature through the use of economic techniques in the healthcare sector. To carry out its mission successfully, CES...