On June 24, 2021, 19 state-owned companies presented their financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, including Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie Universelle (CNAMU). The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU) has submitted its...
Mali: the Ministry of Health is committed to offering AMU to all Malians
How can conventional medicines be made accessible to the public to counter the sale of street medicines ? The issue was the focus of a meeting of healthcare stakeholders on Thursday June 17 in Bamako. During the session, which was attended by experts from all...
Ethiopia Essential Health Services Package – informed by evidence on cost and cost-effectiveness
To make progress towards UHC, countries should prioritize and clearly define the type and mix of health services that should be provided in response to population needs. To ensure that the package can be funded and provided as planned, the resources needed to...
Chad: The Ministry of Public Health and National Solidarity among the 6 winners in the Africa Region of the WHO World No Tobacco Day 2021 Award.
Each year, WHO honors individuals or organizations in each of its six Regions for their achievements in tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of the WHO Director-General's Special Recognition Award and the World No Tobacco Day Awards. This year, thehe...
Niger: Explanatory memorandum on the CMU law
Niger's Minister of Health gave an explanatory statement on the draft law on CMU at a Cabinet meeting held at last Monday under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. At the end of the meeting, all the ministers were sensitive to the importance of...
Tools to help civil society actors understand public financing for health in the context of UHC
Understanding public financing for health is critical to effective advocacy to advance efforts to implement universal health coverage (UHC). A new toolkit developed by UHC2030 and PMNCH aims to give civil society and other stakeholders a better understanding of the...
Burkina Faso: a report sounds the alarm on difficult access to healthcare
The security crisis has had an impact on the continuity of reproductive health and gender-based violence (RH/GBV) services, with a considerable drop in coverage indicators. Indeed, the healthcare system continues to come under attack, with 76 health centers closed and...
Burkina Faso: a report sounds the alarm on difficult access to healthcare
The security and protection crisis has had an impact on the continuity of reproductive health and gender-based violence (RH/GBV) services, with a considerable drop in coverage indicators. Indeed, the healthcare system continues to come under attack, with 76 health...
Celebration of World Health Day in Chad, 07.04.2021
Chad, like other countries around the world, celebrated World Health Day on April 07, 2021, with the theme"For a fairer and healthier world". To mark the event, the Director General of the Ministry of Health and National Solidarity made a radio statement. In his...
Chad: Holding of the 26th Session of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Public Health and National Solidarity
The 26th session of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Public Health and National Solidarity was held from June 1 to 5, 2021 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in N'Djaména , under the theme: " Better governance of the healthcare system for the benefit...
Burkina Faso: free food policy reviewed
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and a team of local consultants at RESADE, ThinkWell carried out a detailed review of the free-of-charge policy. This review is part of ThinkWell's Strategic Purchasing for Primary Healthcare (SP4PHC) project to...
Free health care in Burkina Faso: an analysis
Since 2016, Burkina Faso has introduced a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five. ThinkWell and its research partner RESADE have conducted a detailed analysis of the free healthcare policy in collaboration with the Ministry of...
Senegal: Explanations for the rise in the price of medicines and nutritional supplements
Since May 24, pharmaceutical news has been marked by a pricing change for a category of products with hybrid status, half-drug and half-nutritional supplement. This increase follows a reclassification in the customs nomenclature of this category of products,...
Purchasing reforms and tracking health resources, Kenya (December 2019)
As low- and middle-income countries undertake health financing reforms to achieve universal health coverage, there is renewed interest in making allocation of pooled funds to health-care providers more strategic. To make purchasing more strategic, countries are...
The transforming health systems for universal care project in Kenya: A review (December 2020)
With support from the World Bank, the Global Financing Facility, and the Government of Japan, Kenya is implementing the Transforming Health Systems for Universal Care Project (THS-UCP) to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH)...