Malaysia announced it had established a US$2.4 million compensation fund to provide cash assistance for any COVID-19 vaccine recipients who suffer severe reactions due to inoculations. Under the new fund, individuals requiring extended hospitalisation due to a...
The Indonesian government said it would allow private companies to run coronavirus vaccination programs for workers and families alongside a nationwide drive to expedite efforts in achieving herd immunity. “The companies will provide the vaccines for free for...
The National Health Security Office (NHSO), Thai government’s independent agency overseeing Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) despite the COVID 19 crisis initiated new health programs, health system response and social innovations that strengthen health system in 2020....
From value for money to value-based health services: a twenty-first century shift Overview: Health policy makers around the world have long shown interest in the value created by health systems and this preoccupation will likely only intensify in the current context...
Guinea-Bissau will benefit from $20.4 million in financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was announced in a press release published on January 25, 2021. The new financing has been granted as part of a rapid credit facility (RCF), the...
In August 2020, The Parliament of Mongolia approved new amendments into the Health insurance law of Mongolia, the Health law of Mongolia, and the Law on Medicine and medical devices of Mongolia. These laws’ amendments are aimed at improving the efficiency of...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
Basket of care for the health insurance component of Projet ARCH in Benin.
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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...
