What Nigeria must do to achieve universal health coverage (UHC)
At a stakeholders meeting to deliberate on ways to strengthen community systems towards achieving UHC, the consensus was that Nigeria must improve on its health sector financing if the country is to meet the UHC target by 2030. The president of the Nigerian medical...
Nigeria rolls out 10-year universal health coverage (UHC) plan
In 2020, the Nigerian government started rolling out innovative strategies to optimise services at primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the country as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic and possible situations of public emergency. The strategies are...
Information workshop on the PNPS and the PS Code for Members of Parliament
Event Time : 27 Sep 2021 7:00 am to 28 Sep 2021 3:34 pmTimezone: UTC+02:00Event is Conference : No
Senegal: a resilient health insurance model in times of Covid-19
In recent years, Senegal has embarked on several strategies to finance healthcare, with the risk of a certain fragmentation. Visit strategic plan for the development of universal health coverage 2013-2017 aims to cover at least 75% ...
Senegal: CMU and reduced expenses for HIV patients
In the current context of declining international funding for HIV, the development of UHCs is seen by UNAIDS as a way of improving the quality of life of people living with HIV. opportunity to finance access to HIV care. As no strategy has been defined at...
Azerbaijan explores the possibility of vaccinating children against COVID-19
As Central Asian countries, including Azerbaijan, are exploring the possibility of vaccinating children under 18 against COVID-19, news in Azerbaijan cited Hande Harmanci, Head of World Health Organization (WHO) office in Azerbaijan, informing the public that the WHO...
Health Insurance State Agency appointed the CEO of Healthcare Providers’ Management Union
Azerbaijan’s recently implemented Social Health Insurance Reform might present a special interest to policy-makers because its model is unique and different from all other Post-Soviet countries’ health financing and governance model. Azerbaijan’s Agency for Mandatory...
South Sudan secures US$ 174.2 million to address the COVID-19 pandemic
On 30th March, 2021, South Sudan received US$ 174.2 million to help finance the country’s urgent balance of payments needs and provide critical fiscal space to maintain poverty-reducing and growth-enhancing spending. A sharp decline in international oil prices...
South Sudan-Strengthening primary health care (PHC) in fragile settings
South Sudan gained independence in 2011, and in recent years the government has been working to transition from a focus on humanitarian relief to longer-term development of the health sector, as reflected in the Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) 2017–2022. The HSSP...
South Sudan implements a road map to introduce and institutionalize national health accounts (NHA)
In South Sudan, the Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from other international partners in 2017, commenced the implementation of a road map to introduce and institutionalize the NHA. The NHA is a framework for consistent tracking of resource flows within the...
Discussion for public consensus begins to introduce sickness benefits in Korea
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Kwon Deok-chul) announced on 15 April 2021 the establishment of the “Sickness Benefits System Planning Advisory Committee” (hereinafter referred to as the “Advisory Committee”) and held the first meeting. Except for...
P4H members ILO and WHO met to discuss social health protection in Ethiopia
In August, representatives from WHO and ILO met to discuss their work to support Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and strengthen social health protection in Ethiopia. The ILO team gave an overview of the PROSPECTS project, a new Partnership on Inclusive Jobs and...
COVID-19: Maldives begins administering second vaccine dose to children
Maldives has started inoculation of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among children age between 12 and 17 years in September. Maldives has vaccinated the COVID-19 vaccine to students in this age group since August 15. Over 40,000 school students will...
8.5 million COVID test kits to be distributed for free across Thailand
Thailand will distribute 8.5 million COVID rapid antigen test kits (ATK) to the public for free, starting from September 16 onwards. The public can receive the ATKs from health offices across nation, pharmacies, hospitals and clinics that participate in the ATK...
Malaysia 2022 budget targets post-pandemic recovery and reforms
Malaysia’s Budget 2022 will be drafted with an inclusive approach to ensure ‘no one lefts behind’ from receiving government assistance. Budget 2022 will mainly focus on protecting and restore the lives and livelihoods of the people and businesses, rebuild national...