Health insurance in Tajikistan: what will it look like tomorrow?
On April 8, 2019, IWPR Tajikistan (the Institute for War & Peace Reporting) hosted an expert meeting titled “Introduction of the Insurance System in Healthcare of Tajikistan”. Experts, representatives of public and private organizations, independent analysts and...
Pensions, student stipends and social benefits increased in Azerbaijan by 25-50% since January 1
Press service of Azerbaijan’s President reported that on December 20, 2021, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a number of decrees to increase students’ stipends, social benefits and pensions. These changes aimed at improving social protection...
A round table on Health Financing and Health Insurance was held in Tajikistan
With the support of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the World Bank organized a round table titled “Health insurance in Tajikistan”. The event was held in capital city Dushanbe on November 1, 2021, as...
Brunei’s Global Health Security Index Improvement in 2021
The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is an assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries, aiming to inform foundation elements that need to be prepared for future pandemics. The GHS Index has six categories: (1)...
Australian Government now funds half the cost of rapid test for close contacts
To curb COVID-19 spending, the Australian Government stops providing free rapid antigen testing (RAT). However, tests are still freely provided for health reasons and partly subsidized for those who are considered close contacts. While discounted RAT for concession...
MOU for moving towards the Universal Health Coverage in Laos
In Laos, the 3rd phase of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the contribution to Universal Health Coverage was signed between the National Health Insurance Bureau, the Ministry of Health, and the Swiss Red Cross. The partnership under this MOU will provide...
SENEGAL-SOCIAL PROTECTION: The General Delegate for Social Protection and National Solidarity takes stock
More than a million households benefited from food assistance during Covid-19, and 186 billion 950 million CFA francs were invested in the social grants program, according to Aminata Sow. In this interview, the Déléguée générale à la protection sociale et la...
BURKINA: A look at the health budget
The problems faced by referral hospitals in Burkina Faso have much more to do with the budget that the State allocates to the field. This is well below the 15% commitment contained in the 2001 Abuja Declaration. To boost health funding, African states agreed a joint...
Ethiopia commemorates UHC Day with a high-level advocacy event
The advocacy event was organized by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) together with other sector ministries, World Health Organization (WHO), Save the Children and the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations (CCRDA). The aim of the event...
PhilHealth speeds up reimbursement to hospitals
To ensure social health protection of the members, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has implemented a new payment mechanism or the so-called “Debit-Credit Payment Method”, aiming to enable fast track reimbursement to qualified hospitals that...
Japan braces itself against the COVID-19 pandemic with the largest ever budget for 2022
Japan's cabinet has approved a record ¥107.60 trillion budget for 2022 to fight against the pandemic and increasing social security costs. Social security spending is more than a third of the overall budget to address the medical needs of the aging population. The...
Maldives join hands with Indonesia to develop their health sector
Maldives has signed an MoU with Indonesia to share knowledge, initiate expert visits, strengthen health regulatory capacity and provide support in healthcare services, health resilience, health financing, health human resources, and health technology. To know more,...
P4H 2020-2021 annual review
What happened between June 2020 and June 2021? The P4H Network's annual review takes a look back at the highlights of healthcare and social protection financing. Download the full document here.
Burkina Faso’s 2022 budget: health accounts for 4.93% of the budget
CIFOEB is the center for information, training and study on budgeting. The national budget, adopted on December 16 by the National Assembly, has been put under the microscope by this center, which gives its reading. For Executive Director Youssouf Ouattara, there are...
Senegal: 20 billion increase in the Ministry of Health budget
The draft 2022 budget for the Ministry of Health and Social Action is set at 270,110,604,494 F CFA in commitment authorizations (AE) and 235,996,717,777 F CFA in payment credits (CP). Unlike 2021, when the budget was 216 billion CFA francs, it has been revised upwards...