Moldova will receive a €36.2 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The authorities will spend this money on improving the quality and increasing the availability of rehabilitation services in public medical institutions in...
EU funding in Latvia will help to attract young doctors to work in the public sector
The Ministry of Health of Latvia announced financial incentives for doctors who fill in the vacancies in the public sector. A total of 6.9 million euros from the European Union will allow a one-time compensation equal to nine monthly salaries, between 7000 -16000...
Azerbaijan and Turkey extended the Memorandum of Understanding signed between their health insurance agencies
Mr Zaur Aliyev, Chairman of the Executive Board, State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance of Azerbaijan, visited Ankara, Turkey, on June 12-13 and met with Dr Raci Kaya, Chairman of State Security Council of Turkey, where they extended the Memorandum of...
1st regional training workshop on enhancing health equity fund awareness
On 24 June 2024, the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF), in collaboration with GIZ Cambodia and the P4H Network and presided over by Mr. Hour Tola, Deputy Director General of NSAF, conducted the first of a series of regional training workshop in Siem Reap...
State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance of Azerbaijan visited Japan for experience exchange
The purpose of the visit by Azerbaijan's State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance to Japan on June 24-28 was to learn about Japan's achievements in the field of compulsory health insurance and to strengthen international cooperation in healthcare.The delegation...
Executive training on CSU, social health protection and gender
From May 22 to 25, 2024, the P4H focal person in Cameroon supported a training course on social protection in health, Universal Health Coverage and Gender. The training was attended by officials from several ministerial departments involved in social protection. Some...
ToRs Training workshop for managers on CSU, social protection in health and gender
The P4H network, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, ILO, the World Bank and the L4UHC group, is organizing a training session on universal health coverage, social health protection and gender in the context of the implementation of CSU in Cameroon.To achieve the above...
Delegation from the French School of Public Health visited the Social Health Insurance Fund of Kazakhstan in Astana
During the visit of the delegation from the French School of Public Health, Abylkair Skakov, CEO of Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), noted the high importance of capacity building for staff from a potential collaboration with the French colleagues and from...
ONEHEALTH training session
Following the success of previous training sessions on the practical use of the "Onehealth" tool, "IDYNAM PLUS" Consulting services, at the request of partners and organizations, is offering its second 2024 training session on the unified planning and budgeting tool....
Upcoming course on Benefit-cost analysis: Valuing life and health
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is organising an online course for practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders who have some familiarity with methods for economic evaluation and want to increase their basic understanding of benefit-cost...
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosts global health systems summer institute in disease and program costing
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers an online summer course in Disease and Program Costing, enhancing skills in global health economic impact assessment. The Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
Health Ministry signed a memorandum with Mobicom Corporation to cooperate in digital transition, budget and financing reforms
The Ministry of Health of Mongolia signed a memorandum of cooperation with "Mobicom Corporation" (the largest mobile phone operator in Mongolia) to promote cooperation in the health sector. Specifically, the Ministry of Health hopes to seek help in implementation of...
A workshop brings together key stakeholders to discuss future of health financing reforms in Uzbekistan
In a significant step toward enhancing the capacity for health system financing, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan co-hosted a two-day workshop from April 30 to May 1, 2024. This event convened key stakeholders, including...
The Compulsory Health Insurance Fund of Azerbaijan cooperates with the State Health Insurance Fund of Uzbekistan
A memorandum on cooperation and mutual activity was signed between the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance (the Agency) of Azerbaijan and the State Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan (the Fund). The memorandum was signed by the first leaders...
Nigeria’s $18B healthcare landscape: Partnering for sustainable health financing.
With its growing population and substantial healthcare market, Nigeria's health sector aims to tackle health systems challenges through strategic partnerships for sustainable health financing. One such collaboration is with the Netherlands, which shows progress...