The Philippines 2022 national budget secured free COVID-19 testing
The Philippines has allocated P17.85 billion under the 2022 national budget for Covid-19 testing, aiming to ensure affordability and accessibility to the tests among its population. The funds will be allocated to the state laboratories so that more free tests...
Multiple fertility treatment methods to be covered by public insurance in Japan from April
Japan's public health insurance will include multiple fertility treatment methods under the health benefit package, starting from April 2022, aiming to reduce financial burden for those who try to achieve successful pregnancies. The treatments to be covered include...
Кот-д’Ивуар: Обмен знаниями по использованию финансирования, основанного на результатах деятельности (PBF), для ЦСУ
С 10 по 11 февраля 2022 года в отеле Silver Moon в Абиджане прошел семинар по обмену знаниями об использовании финансирования на основе результатов (PBF) для обеспечения всеобщего охвата населения услугами здравоохранения при поддержке Глобального финансового...
Côte d’Ivoire: Sharing knowledge on the use of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for the CSU
A knowledge-sharing workshop on the use of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for Universal Health Coverage took place at the Silver Moon Hotel in Abidjan from February 10-11, 2022 ; with the support of the Global Financing Facility (GFF)the World Bank, P4H, WHO...
Health insurance fund control through medical technology assessment
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10194&CateID=198
Viet Nam’s COVID-19 fight costs over US$$3.2 billion
https://en.baochinhphu.vn/vgp-news-viet-nams-covid-19-fight-costs-over-us32-billion-111220107094251985.htm
Thai cabinet approved 209 billion for the UCS budget in the fiscal year 2023
The Thai cabinet has approved 209 billion baht for the Universal Coverage Scheme in the fiscal year 2023, which increases by 4.12% from the previous year. The newly added services are mainly related to COVID-19, such as expenses for RT-PCR tests, antigen test...
New document on out-of-pocket payments in Bangladesh is now available
This study aimed to examine the burden of out-of-pocket payment and forgone healthcare in Bangladesh, and further explores the inequalities in catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) and forgone healthcare at the national and sub-national levels. Data came from the...
New document on Thailand’s universal health coverage is now available
Despite its low gross national income per capita in Thailand, a bold decision was made to use general taxation to finance the Universal Health Coverage Scheme without relying on contributions from members. Thailand’s health development since the 1970s, focusing on...
President Koroma launches social health insurance scheme
The president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma launched the Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme(SLeSHI) on Friday, 16 February. The scheme is meant to provide Universal Healthcare Coverage for all and sundry across the country. While...
Côte d’Ivoire: Towards the extension of CMU to farmers
Under the impetus of the Programme d'Appui aux Stratégies Sociales (PASS), the initiative for social protection in rural areas (iPS-MR) has set up a high-level cross-sectoral cooperation through an innovative public-private partnership involving the NOVARTIS Group....
Côte d’Ivoire-Knowledge sharing: Workshop on the use of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) for Universal Health Coverage
Event Time : 10 Feb 2022 8:00 am to 11 Feb 2022 2:40 pmTimezone: UTC±00:00Event is Conference : No
South Africa donates two million J&J COVID-19 jabs to other African countries
The government of South Africa pledged to donate over two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines worth USD 19.2 million to other African countries in December, 2021. The pledge proceeded the signing of an agreement with the African Vaccination...
COVID-19: African Union (AU) seals deal with Moderna for 110 million vaccines
In October, 2021 Moderna announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to make up to 110 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available to the AU. The company in a statement said it was preparing to deliver the first 15 million doses in the fourth quarter...
Hemodialysis is now included under the health benefit package of Thailand’s UCS
To reduce financial burden among hemodialysis patients, the National Health Security Board, a governing body of the Universal Coverage Scheme, has endorsed a proposal to reimburse patients with chronic kidney failure who opt for hemodialysis instead of peritoneal...