The key stakeholders in Vietnam have identified gaps in their current management, legal documents, operational regulations and technical capacity to conduct actuarial analysis and in the use of the results in policy making and implementation of health...
ILO-WHO-WB’s joint technical note on the additional benefit package of social health insurance in Viet Nam
As part of the process of the Health Insurance Law revision, the Government of Viet Nam is currently identifying the core social health insurance (SHI) policies to be reformed and defining alternative options. Resolution 20 of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, dated 25...
Mali, Compulsory health insurance (AMO): A new list of medicines will soon be available
On January 18, 2020, a workshop was held in the Malian capital to validate the new list of medicines and medical devices covered by the Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO) scheme in private pharmacies. The general objective of this meeting is to validate the...
Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase – Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget
"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new healthcare scheme--the Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana--with a Rs 64,180-crore ($8.7 billion) outlay. The Centre's allocation to the health ministry for 2020-21 was Rs 67,112 crore ($9.18...
Universal Health Coverage in the United Kingdom
Côte d’Ivoire: CMU health care benefits, mandatory waiting period known
Koaci's article reports on new CMU provisions: "After setting the terms and conditions of access to benefits health care benefits under the Couverture Maladie Universelle ( CMU ), the waiting period mandatory waiting period known. This is a period of three (3) months...
Arrete interministeriel instituant le panier de soins
Basket of care for the health insurance component of Projet ARCH in Benin.
Haiti – Country Mapping : Large Scale Cash Transfers for Covid-19 Response (9/2020)
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VII International and Practical Conference “Health Technology Assessment: Adoption of innovations into the Program of State Guarantees of free medical care and Compulsory Health Insurance System”
On October 7, 2020, the VII International and Practical Conference “Health Technology Assessment: Adoption of innovations into the Program of State Guarantees of free medical care and Compulsory Health Insurance System” was held in Moscow. Main topics of the...
Leveraging the strengths of a mixed purchasing system for COVID-19: a perspective from Indonesia
Leveraging the strengths of a mixed purchasing system for COVID-19: a perspective from Indonesia Anooj Pattnaik, Deputy Director for Learning www.ThinkWell.global Prastuti Soewondo, Country Director, ThinkWell Indonesia Nadhila Adani, Analyst, ThinkWell Indonesia...
Breast cancer increases five-fold in Mozambique since 1960
A study published in International Journal of Cancer published in 2020 describes the evolution of cancer incidence in Mozambique. The study finds a high prevalence of HIV-related cancers. Overall, 44% of cancers in Maputo and 52% in Beira are estimated...
Effects of temporary abolition of user fees in Sofala province – Mozambique – 2020
Draft ESP costing report
The draft essential health service package costing (ESP) report was prepared by Dr. Shankar Prinja, WB consultant with support by the WB and WHO Lao country office. The study was conducted since early 2019 and covered 121 interventions of the essential health service...
Costing data collection training presentation
Presentation on HIBP costing study training by Dr. Arthorn