TOGO-AMU: Parliament adopts draft law
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the Togolese Parliament unanimously adopted the bill instituting universal health insurance in Togo. This adoption marks a new stage in the realization of Togo's ambition for universal health coverage, almost ten years after the...
TOGO-INAM: Winner of the ISSA Best Practices Award
The Institut National d'Assurance Maladie (INAM) received this Tuesday, October 05, 2021, the Certificate of Merit with Special Mention at the ISSA 2020 Good Practice Award for Africa. This distinction was awarded to by the International Social Security...
BENIN: Free FP, a relief for the indigent fund
In 2005, the Beninese government set up the Indigent Health Fund to facilitate access to healthcare for the underprivileged. In the field, family planning appears as a means of reducing expenditure on this Fund. Free access to FP services to reduce...
COTE d’IVOIRE: The national platform for coordinating health financing sets up a working framework
A workshop was held in Yamoussoukro to develop a framework for the National Platform for the Coordination of Health Financing. This platform is intended as a forum for exchange, with the remit of establishing consensus on healthcare expenditure targets, ensuring the...
Universal Health Coverage: Case Study of Israel’s managed care model
Israel has a long-standing commitment to universal health coverage through government and non-governmental organizations. The country’s National Health Insurance System (NHIS) covers all permanent residents, accounting for 98% of its resident population. Even...
New Israel health financing/social health protection documents available
We are pleased to draw your attention to four new reports and journal papers on our Israel country page. Three peer-reviewed papers discuss Israel’s public-private partnership in delivering health care services in the presence of the National Health Insurance Law...
Sudan receives over 350,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
On 11 September, 2021 Sudan received a shipment of 357,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Germany. This marks the fourth shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses Sudan has received since March 2021. Previously, the country received over one million doses...
South Sudan receives its first consignment of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines
South Sudan received the first consignment of 152,950 doses of the Johnson & Johnson ‘Janssen’ COVID-19 vaccines on 14th September, 2021. These single dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are the third batch of vaccine shipments to South Sudan through the...
Sierra Leone gets another 96,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Sierra Leone got another consignment of 96,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine last week through COVAX scheme. Earlier this year, Sierra Leone’s ministry of health received 260,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from china and western donor countries through the...
Indonesia’s parliament approves 2022 budget
Indonesia parliament approved a $190 billion or 2,714.2 trillion rupiah for the 2022 state budget, aiming to maintain recovery momentum in the economy in 2022 resulting from the COVID pandemic. The 2022 budget expects economic growth at 5.2%, while the fiscal...
Funding boost supports ongoing Māori COVID-19 response in New Zealand
New Zealand government raised a budget of $38 million to support Māori Health providers, aiming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and boost the vaccination rates of the Māori population. Out of the total budget, $17 million will be funded to support the providers...
COVID-19 response gets funding boost in Canberra, Australia
In Canberra, Australia, the ACT government allocates approximately $90 million of the 2021-22 ACT budget to support public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic and foster the vaccine rollout. In addition, another $22.5 million will be funded for the vaccine...
Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 assistance
The government of Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 response. The funds will support the government in implementing its national vaccine deployment plan and ensuring that all vaccines made available to the country through the COVAX...
Healthcare benefits cover more COVID 19 care in Thailand
In Thailand, 198.89 billion baht has been approved for National Health Security Fund to operate the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) in the 2022 fiscal year, excluding 140.55 billion baht earmarked separately for staff’s payroll. The 2022 budget will be rearranged to...
Nigeria gets a US$400 million loan for COVID-19 vaccines
On 2 October, 2021, the government of Nigeria received approval from the World Bank for $400m credit in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to provide upfront financing for safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine acquisition and...