Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Collection levels remain low
''For the informal sector, despite the increase in channels through which Universal Health Coverage contributions can be paid, the level of contribution collection remains very low.'' Koné Karidja, Director of Affiliation / Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM)....
Côte d’Ivoire: 149 million CFA francs for women’s mental health
The French Development Innovation Fund (FID) has awarded FCFA 149,171,776 million to Bluemind Foundation's "Heal by Hair" program to help improve the mental health and well-being of African women. The program aims to train 200 hairdresser ambassadors for the "Heal by...
Côte d’Ivoire-Covid19: a CFAF 59 billion response
A decree ratifying a loan of around 59 billion FCFA signed in July between the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to finance the Covid-19 strategic preparedness and response project was adopted by the Council of Ministers at the...
Health insurance legislation changes presented at Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum
Capital of Baku is hosting the "Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum and Exhibition", which is jointly organized by the Ministries of Health of Turkey and Azerbaijan. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Health of Azerbaijan Teymur Musayev noted that...
The impacts of donor transitions on health systems in middle-income countries: a scoping review
As countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status, many face losses in development assistance for health and must ‘transition’ to greater domestic funding for health. When handled properly, donor transitions in middle income countries can present...
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
This article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, the study does a cross-national systematic analysis of all data...
Who should pay patients for medical errors? Kazakhstan is adopting a law on malpractice insurance
For the first time in history, Kazakhstan is adopting a law on medical malpractice insurance. The Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azhar Giniyat, presented the draft law to the lower chamber of Parliament - Mazhilis. This law was developed...
Public pressure on mandatory health insurance made the leaders give a press-conference
The growing pressure and criticism from health care providers on the alleged lack of funds at the Social Health Insurance Fund before the calendar year (same as budget year) made the leadership speak out about the status of the health insurance. A press conference was...
Healthcare expenditure per citizen of Kazakhstan doubled since SHI was launched
As reported by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Deputy Prime Minister Eraly Tugzhanov held a meeting at MoH to discuss the implementation of the instructions of the Head of State. The event was attended by the Minister of Healthcare...
Russian MoH published PPP best practice models to encourage private investments
The Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation has published powerpoint presentations describing three examples of best practices in public-private partnership (PPP) in health sector in Russian Federation. The materials were published to illustrate and encourage...
Islamic development bank invests 122 mln USD to cancer care in Uzbekistan
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the implementation of the second stage of the project to modernize oncological hospitals with the help from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in 2022-2026. The cost of the project is about $122 million, including: the...
Research Article: Developing Qatar’s social health insurance law
The social health insurance scheme in the State of Qatar provides universal health insurance for all people in the country, and offers members a choice of providers from across the public and private sectors. It forms a key part of the realization of...
Efficiency analysis of primary healthcare facilities in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s health system has been under stress in recent years. As a country in a fragile and conflict affected situation (FCSList-FY23 World Bank), primary healthcare (PHC) is delivered by non-governmental organizations funded by multilateral or bilateral donors,...
A new document on social health protection has been posted on Sudan country page
A new document on expanding social health protection to informal workers has been posted on Sudan country page. The study analyses how social protection could be extended to workers in the informal economy, by overcoming existing supply and demand-side...
CAMEROON-CSU: CONTRIBUTION OF THE GENDER BUDGETING WORKSHOP
Ebolowa, Cameroon August 22-25, 2022 With the aim of correcting gender inequalities in the health sector and facilitating access to quality health care for all, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the P4H Focal Person in Cameroon, held a gender...