Between 25-27 July, an orientation workshop was organized to introduce health sector stakeholders to the Alignment Framework. The Framework comprises two linked processes. The first is a diagnostic exercise that assesses a country’s status against the Domains of One...
Uzbekistan chairs the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and hosts Health Ministers’ meeting
Tashkent hosted the fifth meeting of the Ministers of Health of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states chaired by Uzbekistan. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Bekhzod Musaev and the SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming addressed the participants with a...
Health financing and investment opportunities to be discussed at a health forum by Azerbaijan and Turkey
The organization of a business forum in healthcare was discussed by the Ministers of Health of Azerbaijan and Turkey among other cooperation activities in health care, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health reported. The Minister of Health of...
Russian Minister of Health spoke at the BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting
The 12th BRICS (which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Health Ministers' Meeting was hosted online on May 10 by China, the rotating chair of the BRICS this year. Ma Xiaowei, Minister of China's National Health Commission (NHC), attended...
New publication: WHO Step-by-step guide to conducting a cross-programmatic efficiency analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a diagnostic approach to enable countries to look across health programmes that are part of their health system to detect “cross-programmatic” inefficiencies. The approach uses applied health system analysis to unpack...
South Africa’s COVID-19 response Gets a $750 million boost
On 20 January 2022, the South African Government received a low-interest Development Policy Loan (DPL) of $750 million from the World Bank Group to support its efforts to accelerate the COVID-19 response aimed at protecting the poor and vulnerable from the adverse...
Japan pledges $500 million for global vaccine-sharing efforts
Japan is one of the major contributors in funding initiatives for vaccines. Japan will contribute up to $500 million to U.N.-backed efforts to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines especially among lower-income countries. The collaboration is co-hosted by Gavi, a...
Alignment Webinar No. 2
Event Time : 26 Jan 2022 9:00 am to 26 Jan 2022 11:00 amTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
Alignment Webinar No. 2
Event Time : 26 Jan 2022 9:00 am to 26 Jan 2022 9:00 amTimezone: Event is Conference : No
Alignment Webinar No. 2
Event Time : 26 Jan 2022 9:00 am to 26 Jan 2022 11:00 amTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
The political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia
There is growing evidence that political economy factors are important for adopting health financing reforms, but there is little consensus about which political and institutional factors determine the results of reform proposals. This study examined efforts at health...
Alignment Webinar No. 3: Bilateral Collaboration In Support Of Alignment
Alignment Webinar No. 3
Event Time : 17 Mar 2022 9:00 am to 17 Mar 2022 11:00 amTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
Liberia receives emergency aid to support COVID-19 response and cold chain system strengthening
The government of Liberia received about 2.5 million USD to strengthen the delivery of routine health services in health facilities and communities during COVID-19 and improving cold chain management from the Japanese government. The project, strengthening routine...
Challenges Faced by the Iraqi Health Sector in Responding to COVID-19
Iraq’s health system has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 emergency since the first case appeared in the country in late February 2020. This report explores the inadequate financing to the health sector as well as a COVID 19 response plan among other challenges in...