Cameroon: Consultation workshop to harmonize TFP interventions in the health sector
Event Time : 23 Feb 2022 9:00 am to 23 Feb 2022 11:00 amTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
Social Protection Week
The first Social Protection Week has been a successful event that brought together key stakeholders to chart a way forward in extending social protection in Cambodia.
Kazakhstan is centralizing procurement of medical equipment to save costs
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Kazakhstan is preparing the Program for medical equipment, where funding sources will be defined for each equipment type and public health care providers who are supposed to get the equipment with...
To contain costs, Kazakhstan’s Government is capping expenses for hospital construction
Under the State Health Development Program for years 2020-2025, adopted in 2019 and reframed into a National Project "Healthy Nation" in 2021, Kazakhstan has planned to build 20 large hospitals to replace multiple existing worn-out hospitals accross the country....
Burkina Faso: One Health training offered in Bobo Dioulasso
Following the success of previous training sessions on the practical use of the "Onehealth" tool, "IDYNAM PLUS" Consulting services, at the request of numerous partners and organizations, is offering its FIRST 2022 training session on the "Onehealth" Unified Planning...
The Philippines 2022 national budget secured free COVID-19 testing
The Philippines has allocated P17.85 billion under the 2022 national budget for Covid-19 testing, aiming to ensure affordability and accessibility to the tests among its population. The funds will be allocated to the state laboratories so that more free tests...
Multiple fertility treatment methods to be covered by public insurance in Japan from April
Japan's public health insurance will include multiple fertility treatment methods under the health benefit package, starting from April 2022, aiming to reduce financial burden for those who try to achieve successful pregnancies. The treatments to be covered include...
Кот-д’Ивуар: Обмен знаниями по использованию финансирования, основанного на результатах деятельности (PBF), для ЦСУ
С 10 по 11 февраля 2022 года в отеле Silver Moon в Абиджане прошел семинар по обмену знаниями об использовании финансирования на основе результатов (PBF) для обеспечения всеобщего охвата населения услугами здравоохранения при поддержке Глобального финансового...
Côte d’Ivoire: Sharing knowledge on the use of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for the CSU
A knowledge-sharing workshop on the use of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for Universal Health Coverage took place at the Silver Moon Hotel in Abidjan from February 10-11, 2022 ; with the support of the Global Financing Facility (GFF)the World Bank, P4H, WHO...
Health insurance fund control through medical technology assessment
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10194&CateID=198
Viet Nam’s COVID-19 fight costs over US$$3.2 billion
https://en.baochinhphu.vn/vgp-news-viet-nams-covid-19-fight-costs-over-us32-billion-111220107094251985.htm
Thai cabinet approved 209 billion for the UCS budget in the fiscal year 2023
The Thai cabinet has approved 209 billion baht for the Universal Coverage Scheme in the fiscal year 2023, which increases by 4.12% from the previous year. The newly added services are mainly related to COVID-19, such as expenses for RT-PCR tests, antigen test...
New document on out-of-pocket payments in Bangladesh is now available
This study aimed to examine the burden of out-of-pocket payment and forgone healthcare in Bangladesh, and further explores the inequalities in catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) and forgone healthcare at the national and sub-national levels. Data came from the...
New document on Thailand’s universal health coverage is now available
Despite its low gross national income per capita in Thailand, a bold decision was made to use general taxation to finance the Universal Health Coverage Scheme without relying on contributions from members. Thailand’s health development since the 1970s, focusing on...
President Koroma launches social health insurance scheme
The president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma launched the Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme(SLeSHI) on Friday, 16 February. The scheme is meant to provide Universal Healthcare Coverage for all and sundry across the country. While...