The purpose of the visit by the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance to Japan on June 24-28 was was to learn about Japan's achievements in the field of compulsory health insurance and to strengthen international cooperation in healthcare.The delegation from...
In a recent commentary article in Health Policy and Planning, authors Jarno Habicht (World Health Organization Office for Ukraine), Mark Hellowell (School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), and Joe Kutzin (Independent...
As of July 1, 2024, Estonia's Health Fund (Tervisekassa) fully manages the Therapy Fund, removing patient co-payments and providing a clear list of covered service providers. Family doctors can refer patients to clinical psychologists, speech therapists, and...
The Central Asia International Health Investment Forum emphasised the transformative impact of health investments on regional development, highlighting innovative strategies and cooperation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. The Central Asia International...
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...
The Republican Center for Orphan Diseases (RCOD) started its work on June 1st of 2024, marking a contribution to children's health on the International Childrens' Day. The main goal of the center is to improve medical care and quality of life for patients with rare...
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...
This document provides a review of efforts undertaken in four Indian states and several countries on the defragmentation of their health schemes. The document discusses health insurance reforms in various countries, with a focus on defragmentation of multiple health...
Development strategy of Non-commercial Joint Stock Company “Social Health Insurance Fund” of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025 is available at Social Health Insurance Fund website. The attached document reflects the latest revisions accepted by the decision of the Board of...
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...
While rare (orphan) diseases are a significant financial burden for health systems and access to these expensive treatments is limited, Russia has established a foundation, “Circle of Kindness”, funded by 2% of the individual income tax generated by the high-income...
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Russia reported about its activities in 2024, summarizing it has fullt fulfilled it social health protection obligations. Actual MHIF budget revenues last year amounted to 3 trillion 290 billion rubles, while its expenses were 3...
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Kyrgyzstan has explained that citizens of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, member-countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), who arrived and work legally in Kyrgyzstan, are considered...
A research article titled "An analysis of financial protection and financing incidence of out-of-pocket health expenditures in Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2021" was published by Shaltynov et al. was published on 17 April 2024. Their work assessed a trend in out-of-pocket...
A delegation from Kazakhstan consisting of national level policymakers visited colleagues in the federal agencies of Russia to learn about the experience of the Russian Federation in paying for primary health care and using performance indicators for primary health...
