On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Ranaou Abaché, hosted a press briefing on the debate born on social networks around the authorities' suspension of free assisted childbirth in public health facilities. In his...
Afghanistan’s health facilities receive international support to continue providing services
Afghanistan received USD 15 million from The Global Fund to ensure the continuity of critical health services, delivered through UNDP in collaboration with a network of NGO and health supplies vendor partners. Afghans in need of health care services can now benefit...
PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH SYSTEMS IN BURUNDI: Feasibility study on pooling funds
The overall aim of this study is to : Contribute to the development of a health financing mechanism based on the pooling of PBF-G funds, with a view to optimizing resource mobilization, reducing financial risks, reducing barriers to access to health services, reducing...
Kazakhstan’s experience in COVID-19 management was presented to European ministers of health
Vice Minister of Healthcare and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov shared Kazakhstan's experience in an online meeting on "The situation with COVID-19 in the European Region: analysis of lessons learned and further actions", organized by the WHO...
Compulsory health insurance in Benin: in the face of concerns, the Government reassures
From January 2022, health insurance will be compulsory for all Beninese. The subject has raised many questions, and the Minister of Health, Benjamin Hounkpatin, has given an interview to the national and international press in order to reassure them of the steps being...
Namibia reviews the performance of the health sector including financing for health
The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia has commenced a multi-stakeholder Health Sector Review for the period 2009 to 2021 with the overall objective to assess progress in attainment of targets, implementation of strategies and document contextual...
Togo: A budget of 1760 billion FCFA for 2022
On Friday, the Togolese government adopted the Finance Bill for the 2022 financial year at the Council of Ministers. The budget is projected at 1,760 billion CFA francs in resources and expenses, against FCFA 1,521.3 billion for 2021, an increase of 15.7%. This...
Côte d’Ivoire: health insurance contracts in deficit by 43 billion Fcfa
The Association des Sociétés d'Assurances de Côte d'Ivoire (ASA-CI) is organizing a conference on health insurance from November 16 to 19. These The symposium will focus on issues relating to third-party payment, with a view to ensuring the development of...
Regional Conference on Extending Social Health Protection in the Asia Pacific Region towards Universal Health Coverage
Background: Over the past decades, many countries in Asia and the Pacific have rapidly expanded social health protection coverage. Despite laudable progress, the effective realization of the human rights to health and social security is not yet a reality for all....
Mali: an information day on the fight against insurance fraud
With the theme "Fighting health insurance fraud: tools, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders (policyholders, delegated organizations and healthcare providers) ", the union committee of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (Canam) organized ...
Minister of Healthcare of Uzbekistan assessed health reforms and voiced health system improvement priorities
As Uzbekistan is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Independence, political leaders, experts and academia alike summarize health sector progress and voice recommendations for further development. "In this short period of time, large-scale work has been...
Kazakhstan adopted a Patient Rights Charter and is piloting informed public monitoring at health care organizations
Ministry of Healthcare of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on the results of the pilot implementation of the Mechanism for Informed Public Monitoring and Feedback from the Population (MIPM) in health care organizations in Kazakhstan and adopting of the...
CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council met in Belarus and agreed on key health policy issues
A regular meeting of the Council for Cooperation in Healthсare of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held on October 13 in Minsk - capital of Belarus. Participants discussed 26 agenda items related to a broad array of healthcare issues in the CIS...