Intersection of class, caste, gender and unmet healthcare needs in India: Implications for health policy
This study identifies the factors contributing to unmet healthcare need and investigates the intersectionality of class with caste and gender in determining unmet need. The analysis informs that class inequality is fundamental to having unmet needs with the limited...
A systematic review on the impact of public-funded health insurances in India on health care utilisation and financial risk protection
This review identified and provided information on the impact of different PFHI schemes on healthcare utilisation, Willingness to Pay and financial risk protection of the beneficiaries. The study suggests that various central and state schemes increased the...
Healthcare now, pay later: A new way for distress financing in India
Chris George explores an innovative health financing model - embedded finance wherein healthcare services can be availed using a credit card with Zero Percent Interest Rate, thereby addressing the challenges of distress financing for health. Read more about it...
How philanthropic collaboratives can help the vulnerable
Since the pandemic, the number of India’s philanthropic collaboratives has more than doubled. These collaboratives mobilise funding from foreign and domestic philanthropy, high-net-worth individuals, corporate social responsibility funders, bilateral and multilateral...
The pandemic’s hidden cost: Much-hyped health insurance scheme failed to cover hospital bills
Tabassum Barnagarwala writes about the poor coverage of PMJAY, India's largest government-financed health insurance scheme, the reasons for poor coverage and the health impacts. Read more here
Singapore’s health care expenditure is expected to significantly increase by 2030 due to population ageing
Due to population ageing, healthcare will account for the bulk of increases in government social spending by 2030 as it is predicted that the older population will account for 25 percent of Singaporeans. It is estimated that if the current healthcare spending,...
Uzbekistan adopted a roadmap of projects with UNICEF worth 102.5 mln USD
Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, together with UNICEF, agreed to implement a set of projects worth $102.5 million. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan B. Musaev and the head of the UNICEF country office M. Mammadzade signed the Road Map of activities between MoH and...
The Government of Uzbekistan appointed the Executive director of the State Health Insurance Fund
By the relevant decision of the Government of Uzbekistan, Dr Farrukh Rakhimovich Sharipov has been appointed as the Executive Director of the State Health Insurance Fund. Farrukh Sharipov was born in 1969 in the Samarkand region. He started his career as a...
Russia is strengthening primary care as means of efficient resource management in health care
The Ministry of Health of Russia held a Board meeting (Collegium meeting) dedicated to primary health care in the Russian Federation. “Improvement of public health indicators, prevention of premature mortality, increase in life expectancy of citizens are largely...
Digital healthcare 2022-2025 plan will help decrease disparities and strengthen health care for the vulnerable
Kyrgyzstan is implementing digitalization of the healthcare system to help decrease disparities for the vulnerable and strengthen the health care system. On March 18, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic held a round table to discuss Digital...
Islamic Development Bank invested into health care of Kyrgyzstan through mobile medical centers (health centers on wheels)
On March 28, 2022, the Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, as part of a working visit to the Issyk-Kul region, got acquainted with the preparatory work for the launch of a mobile multi-diagnostic complex -- the "health centers on wheels"....
New Zealand has allocated $22 million to fund health services for Māori
The New Zealand Government has allocated $22 million for the interim Māori Health Authority to begin funding health services for Māori population. The Māori Health Authority is the lead commissioner of health services targeted at Māori and the co-commission for other...
Niger: FBR national strategic plan validation workshop
Workshop to validate the national strategic plan for results-based financing (RBF) and free healthcare in the health sector. Event Time : 05 Apr 2022 7:00 am to 05 Apr 2022 10:30 amTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
From Concepts to Implementation – Health Economics and Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Kuwait
From Concepts to Implementation – Health Economics and Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Kuwait concluded yesterday at the UN House. The learning event was co-chaired by Dr. Maitham Husain, Director, Planning Directorate, MOH, and Dr. Assad Hafeez, WHO...
Dialogue sessions with Burundi’s development partners
Several dialogue sessions were held with the various development partners (European Union, Expertise France, Enabel, World Bank) who support the Burundi government's public health policy and provide financial support, the majority of which fortunately comes from...