Uganda gets additional support for COVID-19 crisis recovery
Uganda, along with much of sub-Saharan Africa, has faced extraordinary challenges since the pandemic hit. Before the pandemic, Uganda’s economy grew, on average, by about 6%. However, even then, per capita income growth had started to slow because of ...
Parliament of Uganda passes the national health insurance (NHI) bill
On March 31, 2021, the Ugandan parliament passed the NHI bill that outlines the general structure for a first-ever national social health insurance scheme in Uganda. It was passed with a pre-set benefits package that includes a range of essential health...
New documents available on Uganda country page
New documents on health financing and social health protection have been uploaded to the documents section of the Uganda country page. The documents can be downloaded from the related documents link below
Health for All: Uganda’s cabinet approves the national health insurance (NHIS) bill 2019
On June 24, 2019, the cabinet of Uganda approved the NHIS bill 2019, achieving an important milestone in delivering health for all. The approval was a significant accomplishment as discussions around the bill started over 17 years prior, as stated by the Hon. Dr. Jane...
Burkina Faso: ONIDS calls for effective universal health coverage
l'Onids est .L'organisation pour de nouvelles initiatives en développement et en santé (Onids) is a Burkinabe association committed to promoting and protecting the social and health rights of people, particularly the most disadvantaged. This Tuesday, August 17,...
Burkina Faso: Towards validation of a general nomenclature of acts for healthcare professionals
The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle organized a workshop in Ouagadougou on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, to validate the results of the general nomenclature of acts for healthcare professionals in Burkina Faso. Once finalized, this general nomenclature of...
Burkina Faso-CSU: CSOs discuss in Ouagadougou
The Access to Essential Medicines Network (RAME) organized a civil society meeting on universal health coverage (UHC) this Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in Ouagadougou. This meeting is an opportunity to gather the views of the players involved on the implementation...
Burkina Faso-Public social welfare institutions: sales of FCFA 44 billion by 2020
Between 2019 and 2020, sales by Etablissements publics de prévoyance sociale (EPPS) rose by 9.7%, from FCFA 244.82 billion to FCFA 268.72 billion, an increase of FCFA 23.89 billion. These EPPSs are the Caisse Autonome de Retraite des Fonctionnaires (CARFO) , the...
Côte d’Ivoire: Minister of Health takes guided tour of CNAM
Minister Adama Kamara's visit to the premises of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie gives fresh impetus to the continuation of the project. Couverture Maladie Universelle, created by la loi n°2014-131 du 24 mars 2014, aims to offer...
Côte d’Ivoire: A plea for health insurance for farmers
The Minister of Employment and Social Protection, Me Adama Kamara, has pleaded with the government and the President of the Republic for health and retirement insurance for Ivorian farmers. Minister Kamara, who is also Chairman of the Interministerial Committee...
Belarus is developing a vaccine against COVID-19 hoping to release it for mass use in 2023
Health Minister of Belarus Dmitry Pinevich (on the photo) announced that by 2023 the home-grown vaccine made in Belarus would be released for mass use. This information was made public when the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited the high-tech biological...
Armenia is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 by mandating biweekly PCR tests for the unvaccinated
According to the Minister of Health of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan (on the photo), persons unvaccinated from COVID-19 will have to take a PCR test for coronavirus twice a month. This policy will affect at least school teachers and university professors, employees of...
Azerbaijan introduces compulsory COVID-19 vaccination and mandates Vaccination Passports
According to a document published on the Government website, starting from September 1, at least 80% of all government employees must receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and get the second dose by October 1 or have certificates of immunity from...
Feasibility study is published about the introduction of mandatory health insurance in Uzbekistan
To improve its health system, WHO reports that Uzbekistan is currently implementing a transformative reform programme. As many other countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States, Uzbekistan has decided to introduce mandatory health insurance (MHI) to move...
A new report published on aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine
As part of Health policy paper series, WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with WHO Country Office in Ukraine published a policy brief titled “Aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine” (2021). Considering that Ukrainian decentralization...