DOCUMENT | 13 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Presentation panelist Azerbaijan English (16 March, 2022)
Azerbaijan
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DOCUMENT | 11 Apr 2022
The Implications of health financing for health access and equity in Nigeria
Nigeria
Health financing is an important function of the health system and plays a key role in enabling progress towards Universal Health Coverage by improving effective service coverage and ensuring adequate financial protection from impoverishment arising from health...
NEWS | 05 Apr 2022
Evaluating Health Insurance Programmes: An Insurance Cascade Framework
India
Catastrophic health spending in India has remained high over the past 15 years despite the introduction of large and comprehensive social health insurance schemes (Pandey et al 2018, 2018b). Understanding why these schemes have not improved financial risk protection...
NEWS | 03 Apr 2022
Uzbekistan adopted a roadmap of projects with UNICEF worth 102.5 mln USD
Uzbekistan
Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, together with UNICEF, agreed to implement a set of projects worth $102.5 million. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan B. Musaev and the head of the UNICEF country office M. Mammadzade signed the Road Map of activities between MoH and...
NEWS | 28 Mar 2022
Korea enhanced the COVID-19 response and childbirth care
Korea (Republic of)
Summary The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) in South Korea held a video conference, attended by the central ministries and 17 major local governments, to discuss the weekly risk evaluation and related response measures, fees paid...
NEWS | 25 Mar 2022
New document available on Ghana country page
Ghana
An article discussing the importance of political will in the implementation of a national health insurance has been uploaded to the Ghana country page. The full article can be accessed using the link below.
NEWS | 18 Mar 2022
Vietnam Social Security: Ready for the pilot implementation of chip-based ID cards in medical treatment with health insurance
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10300&CateID=198
NEWS | 18 Mar 2022
Viet Nam: Covid patients struggle to get documents to make social insurance claim
Vietnam
In Vietnam social security claims for COVID 19 treatment require sick leave certificates that are delayed due to multiple and cumbersome procedures. The Law on Social Insurance provides that an employee who falls ill and must temporarily leave work is entitled to a...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2022
Newly gained access to dental care under social health insurance showed 50% volume increase in 2021
Kazakhstan
Dental care is a demanded type of care within the national healthcare. The Social Health Insurance Fund reported that the volume of dental services provided under mandatory health insurance system in 2021 increased by 50%. As part of covered...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2022
Health systems in action report published for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
As part ot the Health Systems in Action Insight Series, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has published a Health systems in action report for Uzbekistan (see attached document). Below is the overview to the report by...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2022
Health systems in action report published for Ukraine
Ukraine
As part ot the Health Systems in Action Insight Series, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has published a Health systems in action report for Ukraine (see attached document). Below is the overview to the report by the Observatory:...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2022
Health systems in action report published for Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
As part ot the Health Systems in Action Insight Series, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has published a Health systems in action report for Kyrgyzstan (see attached document). Below is the overview to the report by...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2022
Health systems in action report published for Georgia
Georgia
As part ot the Health Systems in Action Insight Series, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has published a Health systems in action report for Georgia (see attached document). Below is the overview to the report by the Observatory:...
NEWS | 08 Mar 2022
To reduce OOP, cancer care to be covered by mandatory health insurance starting from next year
Azerbaijan
"In the future, all medical services should be covered by the mandatory health insurance," said Chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee Ahliman Amiraslanov during the discussion of the proposed amendments to the law on "Medical Insurance" at today's meeting of...
NEWS | 08 Mar 2022
Social health insurance-reimbursed CT, MRI scans tripled in 2021 as a result of better access
Kazakhstan
A significant increase in healthcare financing through the introduction of mandatory social health insurance in Kazakhstan imroved access to many types of highly demanded medical services. For example, consultations by specialist doctors, CT/MRI, X-ray and other types...