China moves closer to the dream of Universal Health Coverage by improving the access to rare disease treatment by inclusion of rare disease medicines in the medicare reimbursement list. The National Medical Product Administration prioritizes the rare disease...
Key Points in the Action Plan 2022 1. A Safe Healthcare and Medical System establishment The Ministry of Health and Welfare will open a new central infectious disease hospital from 2022 to 2026, assign 757 regular employees and provide part-timers for...
The Cellule Interministérielle de Coordination de la Stratégie Nationale de Couverture Santé Universelle organized from November 09 to 12, 2021 at the Centre d'Accueil et de Formation (CAF) de Mara, a workshop " de définition des paniers des soins du Dispositif...
In Singapore, the Integrated Shield Plan (IP) is optional for health coverage provided by private insurance companies. Seven insurers providing IPs have agreed to extend their coverage to hospitalization from COVID-19 vaccine complications till Dec 31, 2022. ...
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) (Minister Kwon Deok-cheol) held the 25th Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee(HIPDC)*, chaired by MOHW 2nd Vice Minister Ryu Geun-hyuk) on November 25, 2021. The KIPDC decided on the benefits package and fee schedule....
The total budget of the Ministry of Health and Welfare for 2022 is confirmed at 97.47 trillion won(over US$ 100 Billion), accounting for 16% of the entire government budget. It is an increase of 7.90 trillion won (8.8%) from the 2021 budget (89.57 trillion won). The...
In October, 2021 the Lagos state government approved the sum of N6000 (14.4 USD) for the administration of vaccines against coronavirus infection at private health facilities in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that the money would allow the private...
Recherche pour la santé et le développement (RESADE) organized a workshop to present the results of activities carried out as part of the Strategic Purchasing Resource Center in Africa (SPARC) project, this Friday, January 7, 2022, in Ouagadougou. The ceremony was...
Program of state guarantees of free medical care provision to citizens for 2022, including plans for 2023 and 2024 (the Program) establishes a list of types, forms and conditions for the provision of free of charge medical care, according to the list of diseases and...
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Due to limited resources, most low income countries have developed a BHCP which defines a set of minimum healthcare interventions provided to people at an affordable cost. A BHCP is an important factor in the implementation of universal health coverage as it has the...
This document gives an overview of the health care transformation envisioned in Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030”, spelling out the underlying national goals. Led by the Ministry of Health and developed in close collaboration with the National Transformation Program, it...
Developing systematic decision-making processes for health that are fair and transparent is an important step towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, having such decision-making processes alone is not enough. These processes should have clear...
A new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has recommended that developing countries invest roughly US$1.2 trillion – on average 3.8 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP), to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential...
Ensuring access to comprehensive and quality health care is one of the key policy objectives in Thailand. Since 2005, HIV/AIDS related health services have been included in Universal Health Coverage Scheme (UCS)’s benefit package. Over 17 years, the benefit package...
