DOCUMENT | 28 Dec 2021
Senegal: Groupe L4UHC study tour mission report
Senegal
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NEWS | 28 Dec 2021
MALI: stakeholders discuss the integration of free benefits into the UHIP program
Mali
On December 15 and 16, the BAOBAB room at the RADISSON BLU Hotel in Bamako was the venue for a workshop to bring together those involved in implementing universal health coverage, with a view to better integrating free health care into Mali's universal health...
NEWS | 09 Dec 2021
Mongolian Rural Healthcare embraced UpToDate national app for clinical decision support
Mongolia
The State Policy on Health of Mongolia for 2017-2026 aims to mainstream universal health care and bring the quality of health care in the country to international standards. In 2021 the Ministry of Health, with support from Wolters Kluwer Health, introduced a...
NEWS | 08 Dec 2021
Ministry of Healthcare and the Federal Health Insurance Fund are increasing salaries of doctors in Russia
Russian Federation
After an external review by the Accounts Chamber that oversees the appropriate use of budgetary funds across government agencies, the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (MoH) and the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund (MHIF) identified specific measures to increase...
NEWS | 08 Dec 2021
The United States will allocate up to $ 45 million to restore the health care system in Ukraine
Ukraine
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) plans to launch a new project to rebuild the health care system in Ukraine. The department is ready to spend up to $ 45 million on this purpose. “The main goal of activities to restore and ensure...
NEWS | 02 Dec 2021
Social mutuality in the UEMOA region: Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali share experiences
From December 8 to 15, 2021, a study tour will take place to set up the instruments for implementing the WAEMU Regulation on the regulation of social mutual societies (Administrative Body of Social Mutual Societies and National Guarantee Fund for Social Mutual...
NEWS | 24 Nov 2021
Azerbaijan strengthens health workforce to develop national primary health care
Azerbaijan
According to WHO country page for Azerbaijan, a new pilot project demonstrated that when primary health care prioritizes the training of health workers and the empowerment of local communities to take charge of their health, the national health system can become...
NEWS | 24 Nov 2021
WHO and the EU supplied modern X-ray equipment to hospitals in Armenia
Armenia
According to news on WHO Armenia country page, with financial support from the European Union, WHO supplied X-ray equipment to seven hospitals for COVID-19 treatment in capital city Yerevan and in six other cities in Armenia. New X-ray machines will help control the...
NEWS | 11 Nov 2021
Leaving no one behind: COVID-19 vaccine equity and universal health coverage (UHC) in Ghana
Ghana
How does the rolling out of COVID-19 vaccines relates to UHC and its vision of leaving no one behind? What could be the key lessons? Ghana was the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX in February 2021. On 29 March, 2021, UHC2030 in joint...
NEWS | 11 Nov 2021
Ministers of Health of Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on health collaboration
Azerbaijan
First Deputy Minister of Healthcare and Acting Minister of Healthcare Teymur Musayev received a delegation led by Russian Healthcare Minister Mikhail Murashko. The event was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to...
NEWS | 11 Nov 2021
CIS executive committee bulletin from November 5 on CIS efforts against Coronavirus
CIS executive committee has released its weekly issue for October 29- Novermber 4 period of the Bulletin titled "CIS countries efforts in the fight against coronavirus disease". The Bulletin traditionally includes review of 11 CIS Member States' activities in times of...
NEWS | 11 Nov 2021
UNICEF donated $ 132,000 worth of hand disinfection dispensers to Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
In October, the UNICEF Country Office in Turkmenistan donated 5,400 hand sanitizer dispensers to the government of Turkmenistan to support effective infection control and hygiene measures as part of the National Acute Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plan....
NEWS | 09 Nov 2021
Workshop to consolidate and validate the analysis of the health financing and social protection situation in Burundi, 10-12 Nov 21 in Gitéga
Burundi
From November 10 to 12, 2021, some forty national players involved in health financing and social protection in Burundi met in the political capital Gitéga. The work was divided into two sequences. First, consolidation of data and analysis of strengths and weaknesses...
NEWS | 03 Nov 2021
Belarus hosted an inter-country meeting to launch CIS telemedicine program
Belarus
Capital of Belarus, Minsk hosted a meeting of the Working Group on the integration of national e-health systems of CIS Member States. Agenda was centered around the development of a Roadmap for telemedicine in the CIS. While welcoming the participants of the...
NEWS | 03 Nov 2021
Minister of Healthcare of Uzbekistan assessed health reforms and voiced health system improvement priorities
Uzbekistan
As Uzbekistan is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Independence, political leaders, experts and academia alike summarize health sector progress and voice recommendations for further development. "In this short period of time, large-scale work has been...