Sri Lanka plans to vaccinate people age between 20-30-year
Sri Lanka plans to inoculate people aged between 20 and 30 years or 3.5 million people at district level. Eight million doses of vaccine which are expected to arrive in September will be used for the inoculation. Currently, prioritization is given to people in this...
Malaysia examines need for booster shots as virus spreads
Malaysia now considers giving booster Covid-19 vaccine shots due to the fast-spreading delta variant. An expert committee has been set up to conduct the need assessment for a third shot and the recommendation is expected to be given by the end of September. 46% of...
PhilHealth now covers home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced a health benefits package to cover home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 Home Isolation Benefit Package (CHIBP) can help free up hospital beds for COVID-19 patients...
Singapore provides additional subsidies to Child Development Account in September
Singapore provides a top-up of $200 to all Singaporean children aged between 0 and 6 years in 2021. The top-up will be added to their Child Development Account (CDA) from mid-Sep 2021. Approximately 250,000 children will receive this benefit. This top-up is part...
Four orphan drugs added to the national drug list in Thailand
Financial protection is one of the UHC goals. Health financing reforms aim to protect people from financial hardships associated with the use of health services and products. In many countries, medicine largely contributes to out-of-pocket payments that cause...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for an India KM/Health Financing Consultant
The individual consultant will participate in the knowledge management workstream of the P4H network workplan. His / her functions will include the documentation of health financing and social health protection reforms and processes through the P4H digital platform....
COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, test kits added in Thailand Universal Coverage Scheme
In Thailand, the National Health Security Board has approved new benefits packages under the Universal Coverage Scheme that consist of COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, test kits, and medical supplies. The new benefits packages enable the National...
Support for frontline workers urgently needed in Viet Nam
https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1027817/support-for-frontline-workers-urgently-needed.html
Promoting solutions to develop participants of social and health insurance in the last months of the year
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?CateID=198&ItemID=9988
Eswatini COVID-19 response gets a boost
The Kingdom of Eswatini’s response to COVID-19 got a boost following the approval of US$5 million loan in additional financing on the 16th of April, 2021. The added funds were expected to assist the Government of Eswatini accelerate its ongoing efforts to purchase and...
Universal health coverage (UHC) in the Kingdom of Eswatini: Leaving no one behind
The Kingdom of Eswatini is working towards achieving UHC as highlighted in the national health policy 2018 and the national health sector strategic plan 2014-2018. A country is said to have attained UHC when all people and communities have access to quality and...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for a consultant: Francophone Africa Platform Contributor
The individual consultant will participate in the knowledge management workstream of the P4H network workplan. His / her functions will include the documentation of health financing and social health protection reforms and processes through the P4H digital platform....
African Vaccine Acquisition Trust delivers 108,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Ethiopia
African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) is pleased to announce the shipment of 108,000 vaccine doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines to Ethiopia on 6th September 2021. This is part of a total of 6.4m vaccine doses to be shipped to African...
Tech platforms key in taking on Covid-19
https://en.vneconomy.vn/tech-platforms-key-in-taking-on-covid-19.htm
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for a consultant: P4H Asian network community manager
The individual consultant will participate in the knowledge management workstream of the P4H network workplan. His / her functions focus on the documentation of health financing and social health protection reforms and processes through the P4H digital platform. This...