To inform efforts to improve Cambodia’s social health protection system and advance universal health coverage, health care-seeking and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) were assessed using the 2016 Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey data. This study focuses on the poorest...
By Augustine Asante, Ir Por, Bart Jacobs and Virginia Wiseman Universal health coverage (UHC) appears to be on everybody’s agenda these days, especially low- and middle- income countries (LIMCs). But achieving UHC goes beyond having it on one’s agenda; it requires,...
Venue: World Bank Group - Exchange Square building (Rumduol Meeting Room, IFC 11th floor) Agenda: The briefings on: Monitoring for UHC [Erik and Bart] ILO/UNICEF Strengthening the synergies between social protection and public finance management project [Malika]...
The Phnom Penh Post, 24 July 2019: "Cambodia on Tuesday requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to consider providing aid – especially to the elderly, people with disabilities and orphaned children. In the meantime, the bank is studying the country’s social welfare...
Khmer Times, 2 July 2019: " Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said 18,725 pregnant women from poor families have received financial support after the government started distributing funds for its health care scheme in June. According to the ministry, the terms of...
On June 27-28, International Scientific and Practical Conference “Health Technology Assessment: Perspectives of Integration in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, was held in Moscow, Russia. Within the first day of the conference the panel discussion...
Addressing noncommunicable diseases is essential in attaining the health-related SDGs set by 2030. Among them, cancer is a rising concern that exerts significant strain on populations and health systems at all income levels. Russia is one of the countries with high...
Le Monde, May 23, 2019: "Decent jobs and social cohesion". Every tourist who has visited the temples of Angkor knows the character: the tuk-tuk driver, a motorized scooter that doubles as a cab, is an integral part of the Cambodian picture postcard. What foreign...
The Phnom Penh Post, 3 May 2019: " BEGGARS will be given free hospital treatment in a move to help society’s poorest, as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is extended to help the most impoverished receive medical care, the government said on Monday. " Read more
Welcome to your second issue of stories from the field. In this issue, you can read how Micronesia's remote populations have better access to integrated care, and about Libya's fresh vision and progress to improve its medicines supply chain. If you are very...
Presentation by JICA at the World Health Day Forum on Universal Health Coverage (5 April 2018)
Presentation by GIZ at the P4HC+ Meeting on 8 March 2019
Presentation by ILO at P4HC+ Meeting on 8 March 2019
Presentation by GRET at P4HC+ Meeting on 8 March 2019.
On the 2019 International Women’s Day representatives from HP+, GRET, UNFPA, UNICEF, ILO, GIZ, JICA, Swiss Development Cooperation, UNAIDS and WHO headed for the World Bank office to attend a P4HC+ facilitated discussion on UHC for the informal sector population. To...
