Gambia Minister of Health tables the National Health Insurance bill
On Monday 8th November 2021, Gambia’s Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh tabled the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill 2021 before lawmakers with the hope of securing its legislative consideration, scrutiny, and adoption. The Minister made the following...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2022 National Health Insurance bill into law
The Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 19th May, 2022 announced that he signed into law the 2022 National Health Insurance bill. The President made the following remarks, As part of our healthcare reforms, I have signed into law the recently passed 2022...
Sierra Leone is the first country to publish a report based on the WHO Health Financing Progress Matrix
In 2019, the WHO developed a Health Financing Progress Matrix for countries to assess how far they have come in preparing their health financing systems to achieve financial risk protection and attain progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Sierra Leone...
Nigeria gets over three million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
In April, 2022 the Nigeria government received 3,002,400 doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, said the...
Indonesia government to gradually reduce COVID treatment subsidies
Due to the downward trend of COVID-19 cases, the Indonesia government will slowly stop subsidizing the treatment costs of COVID-19 patients. The source of funding for COVID-19 treatment will be shifted from the government to the national health insurance program or...
Australia has committed for more investment to strengthen the health system
To provide ongoing social health protection against COVID-19, the Australian government has committed to the Long Term National Health Plan through strategic investments in Australia's health system with the allocation of $132 billion for health in 2022–23. This...
New Zealand has released health budget 2022
For New Zealand’s health budget 2022, $13.2 billion has been allocated to the health sector over the next four years, aiming to reduce cost pressures and create new services. While $1.8 billion in new spending in the coming year aims to address historic cost...
Health insurance in Burkina Faso: DIAKONIA’s view on implementation
Since this morning in Bobo Dioulasso, the NGO DIAKONIA has been bringing together the stakeholders involved in implementing the UHIP program. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for all players involved in the implementation of AMU (Universal Health...
“L’absence de couverture par une complémentaire santé en France en 2019. Premiers résultats de l’Enquête santé européenne (EHIS)”
IRDES (Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé) vient de publier son No 268 de Questions d'économie de la santé : "L'absence de couverture par une complémentaire santé en France en 2019. Premiers résultats de l'Enquête santé européenne...
The African Union starts the implementation of the Health Financing Tracker
The African Union (AU) has held the Africa Leadership Meeting - Investing in Health (ALM) Initiative in Johannesburg on 23rd May, 2022, with presence of representatives of African countries. The objective of the meeting was to exchange on the exercise of the Health...
Toward Universal Coverage : Turkey’s Green Card Program for the Poor
This case study unravels Turkey's path to universal coverage. It outlines both the transformation of the health system and the performance of the 'Yesil Kart', the Green Card program, a non-contributory health insurance scheme for the poor. Initially launched in 1992,...
Social health insurance in Jordan: The long-awaited plan
"(M)ore than one third of Jordanians are not covered by any health insurance, leaving them vulnerable to poverty and destitution if they experience any adverse health circumstances. In such a case, available options for getting appropriate treatment are limited, not...
Bahrain all set to launch first stage of health insurance for expats
Bahrain is all set to move ahead to a more advanced phase of its ambitious healthcare project designed to provide mandatory health insurance for expatriates in the kingdom. The project dubbed Mandatory Private Cooperative Health Insurance Programme for expatriates is...
Turkey’s Social Security Institution sets premium for availing general health insurance
Turkey's Social Security Institution (SGK) stated that citizens with no social security and low income can benefit from health services for themselves and their dependents if they pay 150.12 lira General Health Insurance (GSS) premium per month. In the written...
Turkey’s healthcare investment proved its capacity amid outbreak: Presidential Communications Directorate
The Turkish government has been investing in the healthcare sector for years to improve its capacity, and these investments have been paying off in the fight against the coronavirus, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said on...