DOCUMENT | 21 Sep 2021
Chad: Final report of the study on the institutional and functional framework of the Medical Assistance Scheme (AMED) under construction
Chad
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POST | 21 Sep 2021
Public financial management (PFM) in a pandemic: What can the experiences of Bangladesh and Indonesia during their COVID-19 response teach us about the importance of PFM?
Shamima Akhter (ThinkWell Bangladesh), Anooj Pattnaik (ThinkWell), Callum Pierce (ThinkWell), Afroja Yesmin (ThinkWell Bangladesh), Pak Trihono (ThinkWell Indonesia) In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Helal, the manager of a busy health facility in...
NEWS | 16 Sep 2021
Mali: ICP and CANAM equip journalists to combat AMO fraud
Mali
To inform the Malian press about the reform of the Universal Health Insurance scheme (Ramu) and the problem of fraud in the Compulsory Health Insurance scheme (Amo), the Information, Communication and Advocacy initiative sur la protection sociale au Mali (ICP-Mali),...
NEWS | 16 Sep 2021
MALI/AMO: CANAM reassures its users
Mali
The Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM) reassures its users that the compulsory health insurance service (AMO) continues throughout the country, despite the threat of suspension announced by the Syndicat National des Pharmaciens du Mali (SYNAPHARM). Faced...
NEWS | 02 Sep 2021
AFRICA: Public funding for healthcare: we need to do more!
It is up to African states to find ways of increasing public funding. This would make it possible to develop health systems, study initiatives to improve access to services, and examine and identify the investments needed for health systems. The aim is to put in place...
DOCUMENT | 25 Aug 2021
Question and answer booklet on the planned national health insurance scheme in Uganda
Uganda
Health Insurance is a way of financing health care where individuals or households’ contributions are pooled together, so when members fall sick they access a defined package of health services without having to pay out of pocket. This has the potential to protect...
NEWS | 23 Aug 2021
Burkina Faso: ONIDS calls for effective universal health coverage
Burkina Faso
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,...
NEWS | 23 Aug 2021
Burkina Faso-CSU: CSOs discuss in Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
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...
NEWS | 18 Aug 2021
Multi-Regional Landscape Study and Analysis of Select West African Countries available
New West Africa regional document available: Recognizing that a healthy population promotes economic development, resilience, and strength, many governments have started pursuing a universal health coverage (UHC) agenda. The international community, national...
NEWS | 18 Aug 2021
Document on developing and implementing health financing strategies available here
Low- and middle-income countries are developing health financing strategies to map out how they will pay for universal health coverage. This brief discusses three activities that are valuable for producing sound strategies: convening multi-sectoral committees to...
NEWS | 18 Aug 2021
Document on advocacy for UHC available on the digital platform
Despite strong global commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), inconsistent understanding and communication about UHC hinders progress. Experience suggests that advocating for and communicating about UHC requires deliberate, tailored, context-specific...
DOCUMENT | 15 Aug 2021
Inpatient care costs of COVID-19 in South Africa’s public healthcare system
South Africa
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact globally, with severe health and economic consequences including increased disperaties in health inequalities. This has the potential to frustrate governments efforts towards universal health coverage. To...
DOCUMENT | 04 Aug 2021
Manual for the Social Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism (EN)
Cambodia
"The mechanism will build up a system for data collection for analytical purposes and program monitoring which focuses on capturing the key indicators such as coverage expansion, efficiency and quality of services, access to benefits, investments, investments–result...
NEWS | 04 Aug 2021
Togo: Two African training institutes include the Program Budget in their curricula
Togo
For three days, exchanges between African experts provided an opportunity to examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on program-budget reform and the effectiveness of public policies in the WAEMU region, and to draw lessons from the pandemic concerning the...
DOCUMENT | 30 Jul 2021
Niger: Analysis report on INAM’s Management Information System (MIS)
Niger
In collaboration with other technical and financial partners in the health sector, Niger's Ministry of Health led the way in setting up the Institut National d'Assistance Médicale (INAM). This document is the latest report (July 2021) available for download on the...