Orientation Workshop on the Alignment Framework 25-27 July
Between 25-27 July, an orientation workshop was organized to introduce health sector stakeholders to the Alignment Framework. The Framework comprises two linked processes. The first is a diagnostic exercise that assesses a country’s status against the Domains of One...
Tajikistan – Germany financial cooperation agreement funds construction of hospitals
A new tuberculosis (TB) hospital worth 11 million euros will be built in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan, the city of Kulyab, the press center of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan reports. The construction of a hospital in Kulyab is...
Saudi Arabia funded and delivered mobile clinics to Tajikistan
As part of the Foili Khair charity program, mobile clinics were delivered from Saudi Arabia to Tajikistan. New mobile medical clinics donated by Saudi Arabia were sent to the south of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population reports. ...
WHO Country Office has initiated to develop the concept note on the high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness
WHO together with the P4H country focal person initiated the preparation of a concept note for conducting a high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness with technical inputs from the P4H Coordination Desk. The draft concept note was shared...
The P4H CFP undertakes activities to develop joint ownership with the development partners on national budgetary dialogue
October 2021 – March 2022 WHO together with the P4H country focal person held discussions with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) UK, Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the World Bank, in particular how a high-level policy dialogue between the...
Ethiopia considers to conduct a high-level policy dialogue around health financing for pandemic preparedness
In the continued dialogue with MOH on health financing for COVID-19, it was discussed that the numerous pieces of work conducted in the country along with the learnings from COVID-19 and other health emergencies now presents an opportunity for the country to conduct...
Deliberations on the guidance notes for national budgetary dialogue as well as the relevance for health financing and COVID-19 work was discussed with the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person conducted a meeting with technical staff of the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team to deliberate the relevance of the guidance note as well as work around COVID-19 and health financing. The guidance note was...
The process guide for national budgetary dialogue was introduced to the P4H Country Focal Person in Ethiopia
The ACT-A Health System Connector – Process Guidance for National Budgetary Dialogue was introduced by the P4H Coordination Desk in a (virtual) meeting with the P4H Ethiopia Country Focal Person (CFP). The P4H Coordination Desk explained the importance as well as the...
Uzbekistan chairs the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and hosts Health Ministers’ meeting
Tashkent hosted the fifth meeting of the Ministers of Health of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states chaired by Uzbekistan. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Bekhzod Musaev and the SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming addressed the participants with a...
Tajikistan is to introduce health insurance for the working
According to the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Tajikistan , the country is considering and discussing with WHO the introduction of compulsory health insurance for employees of organizations and enterprises of the country. Health insurance reform was...
Amended law will speed up healthcare reforms in Kenya
As part of the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four agenda, the Kenyan government put in place several strategies to facilitate the realisation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). One of the strategies chosen was the introduction of the National Health Insurance Fund...
P4H CFP in engagement with the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to discuss the guidance note for national budgetary dialogue
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person discussed the guidance note for national budgetary dialogue with the Partnership and Cooperation Directorate (PCD), Ministry of Health, Ethiopia. Discussions were also conducted on the ongoing work financing for...
Australia has increased travel subsidies for medical treatment
Australia has allocated an additional budget of $149 million for the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Scheme to ensure access to health services and reduce the burden of healthcare travel costs among people living in regional areas. The rebates will increase...
New article on the influence of the National Health Insurance scheme of the Lao PDR on healthcare access and catastrophic health expenditures is now available
Lao People’s Democratic Republic has implemented the National Health Insurance (NHI) since 2016. Recently, haemodialysis has been included under the benefit package of the NHI scheme. This study aims to analyze the effects of NHI on accessibility and catastrophic...
Rising costs of imported medicines caused a criminal case against the Minister of Health
In early June, after the detention of the Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, the Prosecutor General's Office stated that the officials of the Ministry of Health violated the Law "On Public Procurement", and contrary to the interests of...