Delays in public financing: health services provided in February were fully reimbursed by the single payer in June
The Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) has started processing payments for February healthcare services. As of June 10, a total of 124.9 billion tenge has been disbursed to 1,807 medical organizations. The final payments, after deducting previous advances, are...
Cancers, hepatitis B and C, and psychiatric diseases will be diagnosed for free regardless of insurance status
Diagnosis of socially significant diseases will be free, regardless of insurance status under the Mandatory Social Health Insurance (MSHI) system. After regulatory amendments, diagnostic services will cover suspected cases of cancer, chronic hepatitis B and C, and...
One Sustainable Health for All Foundation unveils new bilingual website
The One Sustainable Health for All Foundation has launched a new website, offering enhanced accessibility in both French and English. This development aims to better serve their global audience by providing comprehensive information on their initiatives and...
CANAM launches campaign against compulsory health insurance fraud
The Comité Syndical de la Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie du Mali (CNAMI) has taken up the fight against compulsory health insurance fraud. After several days' work, the union presented the results of its awareness-raising mission, which took place in the towns...
Cambodia has launched the Roadmap for Universal Health Coverage 2024-2035
Cambodia has committed to provide quality healthcare without financial hardship, aligning with the global Sustainable Development Goals, by launching the Roadmap for Universal Health Coverage 2024-2035.On May 23, 2024, Prime Minister Hun Manet officially launched the...
Webinar- Equity in health for all: Advancing social health protection for persons with disabilities
Join us on Thursday, 27 June 2024 for a webinar, discussing findings from ILO-CONNECT research in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam, featuring insights from persons with disabilities and recommendations for inclusive social health protection. In a concerted effort to...
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosts global health systems summer institute in disease and program costing
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers an online summer course in Disease and Program Costing, enhancing skills in global health economic impact assessment. The Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation increases benefits for heat-related illnesses
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) increases benefit package for heat-related illnesses by 30 percent due to continued extreme heat nationwide.The benefit package for heat-related illnesses (e.g., heat stroke, heat cramps, heat exhaustion) includes...
Health Policy Watch article highlights debate on the future of global health initiatives
Experts argue that global health initiatives like Gavi and the Global Fund need to devolve more responsibilities to countries and improve transparency and accountability to ensure sustainable and effective health financing. In a recent article published on Health...
Federal health insurance fund is streamlining information systems of regional insurance funds to create a single federal-level information system
The transfer of the functionality of regional information systems to the federal level and the aggregation of data from all regions is a key task for the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund (FOMS) in the field of digital transformation. This was stated by Federal...
Severe budget cuts in Kenya threaten health crisis and UHC goals
News by Gilbert Nakweya published in the BMJ Journal on the 23rd of May reports that Kenya is on the brink of a severe health crisis, with the government planning to slash the health budget by two-thirds in the next financial year.Nakweya highlighted the following...
77th WHA: WHO urges more investment in universal health coverage despite funding hurdles
The WHO urges prioritising primary healthcare and increasing domestic health spending to achieve universal health coverage at the 77th World Health Assembly held in Geneva last week. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for stakeholders in the health sector...
Vaccination coverage in Côte d’Ivoire: over 200 billion USD invested by GAVI
Côte d'Ivoire's top health official praised the excellent partnership between his country and Gavi. He pleaded for this collaboration to continue even after the transition out of eligibility, so that the country can continue to capitalize and avoid stock-outs. The...
30 brand-name medicines essential for cancer treatment will be given free of charge to children in Mongolia
WHO, UNICEF, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in coordination with Mongolia’s Ministry of Health, launched the Global Platform for Improving the Supply of Children's Cancer Medicines. The project, running until 2027, provides essential cancer medicines free...
66% of healthcare in Côte d’Ivoire is financed by domestic resources
Health in Côte d'Ivoire is 44% financed by external resources, announced the Minister in charge of health during a panel discussion organized on Tuesday May 28, 2024 by the Global Fund, the African Union, the GFF, the Pepfar, on the sidelines of the 77th World Health...