Budget preparation dialogue: publication to help enhance budgetary space for health in Ukraine in 2021
WHO has published a report titled "Budgetary space for health in Ukraine. Policy document to support budget preparation dialogue for 2021". This report describes how Ukraine was kick-starting dialogue on increasing funding for health care; a challenging task in...
Ministry of Healthcare and the Ministry of Labor of Russia presented a pilot model to increase salaries of health care workers
The Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, together with the Ministry of Labor of Russia, developed the parameters of the Health Sector Remuneration System (HSRS) for medical workers of public health care organizations as part of a pilot project launched in 7 regions. The...
CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council met in Belarus and agreed on key health policy issues
A regular meeting of the Council for Cooperation in Healthсare of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held on October 13 in Minsk - capital of Belarus. Participants discussed 26 agenda items related to a broad array of healthcare issues in the CIS...
Health sector reforms in Bhutan
Bhutan plans for the health sector reforms, aiming to deliver more equitable, efficient, effective, and high-quality health services to respond to changes in disease patterns and demographic structures. Ministry of Health will submit the reform proposal going through...
Voucher rebates for low-income households in Singapore
In Singapore, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is imposed on the domestic consumption of goods or services including imports. A permanent GST Voucher Scheme was introduced in 2012, aiming to support lower- and middle-income households and the elderly. The voucher has...
Bahrain National Insurance launches insurance cover for COVID 19
Bahrain National Insurance has launched a COVID 19 insurance cover that is expected to be useful to various private and public establishments for covering COVID 19 related medical needs of their employees. Benefits of the health insurance include a one-off...
Presentation & Discussion: “From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19”
The World Bank Geneva Office invites you to join others from the Geneva international community to the presentation of the latest report "From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19”. Background: More...
Strengthening Maternal Health Finance in Kenya: Lessons for Universal Health Coverage Reform
Join ThinkWell, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and P4H for a special webinar, "Strengthening Kenya’s Free Maternity Policy: Lessons for Universal Health Coverage Reforms" on Tuesday, November 9 at 4:00 PM EAT (8:00 AM EDT/2:00 PM CET) to hear experts discuss new study findings...
Top economists call for radical redirection of the economy to put Health for All at the centre in the run-up to G20
The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought into focus the stark reality of the large and growing inequities across the globe in access to health care and health products: for every 100 people in high-income countries, 133 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, while...
Kuwait to offer free COVID 19 vaccines to expats
In an effort to equitably provide vaccines in the first round of COVID 19 vaccinations, the Kuwaiti government has extended the provision of free vaccines to expatriates. Although Kuwaiti citizens will be given priority once the COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kuwait and...
Kuwait during the pandemic of COVID 19
New report outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
Kuwait introduces new compulsory health insurance
Kuwait’s Health Insurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) has announced it will be introducing a new KD 130 (approximately 430 USD) compulsory health insurance for two million residents working in the private sector under Visa No. 18 (Kuwait’s work visa), in addition to...
Kuwaiti government gives health care a sustainable future
Kuwait spends an average of 454 Kuwaiti dinar KD (1507 USD) on healthcare per capita, significantly higher than the regional average (World Bank). While the Kuwaiti government continues to be the main provider of health care it also recognizes the expertise that the...
Kuwait’s Health Ministry battles shrinking budget during coronavirus pandemic
The Kuwait government cut the Ministry of Health’s budget by about 135 million Kuwaiti dinars KD (447 million USD) this year on account of the reduced fiscal space caused by COVID 19. This is a major challenge for the Ministry of Health, especially in light of the...
New documents available on Rwanda country page
Three new documents have been posted on the document section of the Rwanda page. They include two government documents which are the fourth heath sector strategic plan and the health financing strategy as well as one peer reviewed article on the financial...