New document on health financing has been posted on Nigeria country page
The 2017 health financing policy and strategy has been recently uploaded to the documents section of the Nigeria country page. The strategy provides evidence-based guidance to the federal, state and local governments as well as other actors in Nigeria’s health system...
Review of financing and monetary response measures in light of COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan
Adequate health financing is essential to manage the burden on the health system. Policy responses on payment for health services by Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19 were reviewed by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. The review of COVID-19 response...
Country-based study on evidence on financial protection in Georgia, 2021
A new review titled “Can people afford to pay for health care?” was developed by the WHO Barcelona Office for health financing and published in 2021. Authored by Ketevan Goginashvili, Mamuka Nadareishvili and Triin Habicht, this publication is part of a series...
23rd Annual Review Meeting convened by the MOH in Ethiopia
23rd Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of the health sector in Ethiopia scheduled for 30-31 October 2021 in Somali Regional State, Jijiga town, convened by the Ministry of Health (MOH). The theme of this year is Responsive Health System in the New Beginnings. The ARM is an...
The Gambia receives US$ 30 million grant to strengthen health care delivery in the face of COVID-19
The Gambia received a $30 million grant from the international development association (IDA) to improve the quality and utilization of essential health services amidst COVID-19. The essential health services strengthening project will provide...
Rwanda receives $109.4 million to support war on COVID-19
Rwanda received $109.4 million funding to support war against COVID-19 in April, 2020. The money was approved on thursday, April 2, 2020 and was disbursed through the rapid credit facility (RCF). The funds are meant to support Rwanda’s efforts in...
Malawi: Donors want increased domestic health financing
Following the health sector strategic plan II (HSSP II) joint annual review meeting which attracted all stakeholders in the health sector, development partners in Malawi asked government to increase its budget allocation to achieve universal healthcare coverage (UHC)....
Malawi : Stakeholders call for taxes to support health services
In June, 2021 stakeholders in the health sector engaged the parliamentary committee on health to lobby for more funding to the sector to ensure that health facilities are equipped with adequate drugs and other medical items, personnel and infrastructure. The Malawi...
Gambia: “The 2020 national health insurance bill (NHIB) seeks to fulfil right to health care services” says Minister Samateh
In the quest to ensure financial risk protection and equal access to health services and hence achieve universal health coverage, the Gambia government initiated the introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2020. The minister of health Dr. Ahmad...
Ethiopia first country to pilot the latest version of the WHO’s Health Financing Progress Matrix
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), developed by WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance & Financing, assesses country health financing systems against a set of evidence-based benchmarks. The WHO developed and released version 2 of the HFPM in late...
5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing
Meeting background: Since 2014 WHO has convened the Montreux Collaborative bi-annual meeting bringing together experts and partners to discuss the critical relationship between fiscal space, public financial management (PFM) and health financing towards advancing...
Viet Nam Social Security staff trained to better understand and respond to health insurance members’ needs
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The Healthcare Law Review: Vietnam
https://thelawreviews.co.uk/title/the-healthcare-law-review/vietnam
BURKINA FASO: How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa?
How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa? The question was at the heart of a virtual round table on financing healthcare systems in West Africa. The organizer, Gilles Yabi, head of the Wathi think tank, , believes that the issue of...
Workshop to develop the framework for the National Platform for Coordination of Health Financing (PNCFS)
Workshop to develop the framework for the national health financing coordination platform from September 15 to 17, 2021 in Yamoussoukro. Event Time : 15 Sep 2021 6:00 am to 17 Sep 2021 4:00 pmTimezone: UTC±00:00Event is Conference : No