The havoc that COVID-19 wreaked on Bangladesh is typical of the effect it had on South Asian countries in general in that it exposed the acute lack of investment- financial, infrastructural and in terms of human resources in the public healthcare system. Considering...
In Africa, over 80 % of medicines are imported, mainly from India and China for generics, and from major international laboratories for licensed medicines. Medical equipment, masks, tests and protection are also imported, often from Asia. In other...
This paper elaborates an approach to health financing policy that countries can adapt to their own national context. This entails: (1) specification of a set of health finance policy objectives, grounded in the core values espoused by WHO; (2) a conceptual framework...
More than 200 high-level individuals have been involved in L4UHC, from health and financial specialists through to politicians and representatives of civil society. Find out what they think about the programme, and how it has helped countries progress UHC, in the...
Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast (27:28) : https://www.cgdev.org/blog/aid-transparency-during-covid-19-henry-asor-nkang-and-gary-forster-cgd-podcast# Et la possibilité, en sus, de travailler son anglais pour...
On December 6 and 7, 2016, Chad organized a roundtable to mobilize resources for the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Universal Health Coverage 2017-2019. During the meeting, which took place in the SAVANAH/SAHARA room at the HILTON hotel...
On December 6 and 7, 2016, Chad organized a roundtable to mobilize resources for the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Universal Health Coverage 2017-2019. During the meeting, which took place in the SAVANAH/SAHARA room at the HILTON hotel...
This is a joint blog written on behalf of the UHC 2030 Core Team, as well as the partners engaged in the Sustainable Health Financing Accelerator (SHFA) The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, reshaping the global health landscape and sparking an economic...
Le montant total des financements du Plan de riposte du COVID-19 est désormais connu. Pour faire face à l’épidémie, le gouvernement a besoin de 177 900 426 041 francs CFA (USD 306 million). Le montant a été dévoilé ce mardi, 7 avril 2020 par la ministre de la Santé,...
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies monitors country specific health system and policy related developments. As part of Health Systems in Transition (HiT), it includes health financing that covers health expenditure, sources of revenue, fund flows,...
This Compact sets out a partnership agreement between the Government of Togo and its signatory Health Sector Partners to support the implementation of the PNDS 2017-2022. Its main objective is to establish a single, harmonized framework for increased, effective and...
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100.4 million grant for the Afghanistan COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help Afghanistan take effective action to respond to the threat...
