The PNDS 2022-2030 Performance Framework is built around four (04) programs: Program 1: Accelerating the reduction of maternal, neonatal and infant/child mortality Program 2: Strengthening disease control Program 3: Health security and public health emergency...
The 2022-2030 national health development plan will be deployed in an economic context of major constraints linked to the country's state of underdevelopment, but also of promising opportunities and prospects for economic growth and a better distribution of national...
This study investigates the financial burden of out-of-pocket costs for patients with both HIV and hypertension (HTN) in urban and peri-urban Uganda. Through a survey of 94 patients from 10 clinics in Wakiso and Kampala districts, researchers assessed the direct,...
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced an increase in public healthcare subsidies across range of services for Singaporean residents, beginning from October 1. This increase will benefit approximately 1.1 million residents.As reported by Daphne Yow in CNA, the MOH...
Rare diseases cause significant financial hardship, including high medical costs and lost income. P4H Network and RDI are collaborating to advocate for innovative health financing solutions to reduce this burden.Rare diseases affect more than just health: they are...
169 thousand insured with various oncological diagnoses were treated between 2023 and 2024 nationwideThe Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) transferred US$ 104 million between 2023 and 2024 for the care of 169 thousand policyholders with various oncological diagnoses. The...
On July 15, 2011, the President of the Republic of Congo promulgated the law instituting " a social security system designed to protect workers and their families, as well as other categories of the population, against the risks and hazards inherent in work and life...
The "Spain: Health System Review 2024," published by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies, provides a comprehensive analysis of Spain’s decentralised national health system, known as the Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS). The SNS offers nearly...
On August 7, 2024, the Prime Minister launched medical coverage for Guinean civil servants and pensioners, an initiative carried out by the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS). This reform, in force since August 1, marks a major step forward for the...
This paper assesses Pakistan’s progress toward achieving UHC at the national and subnational level. Pakistan’s progress toward UHC aligns closely with its economic development trajectory and policy efforts in expanding UHC program. However, economic underdevelopment...
This study aims to develop a framework and index for measuring universal health coverage (UHC) at the district level in India and to assess progress towards UHC in the districts. The results can help national and subnational government develop prioritization...
The Beninese government is continuing its efforts to make access to essential health services a reality for all citizens. Since April 2016, the Beninese authorities have been committed to making health "an essential dimension of the population's well-being and a key...
The Health Economics Unit of the Directorate General of Health Services under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Bangladesh reports that out-of-pocket health expenditure in the country has been on the rise, reaching around 69 per cent in 2020. This has...
Seguro Popular came into effect in 2004 as a mechanism for implementing the Social Health Protection System (SPSS). It was a public health insurance scheme through voluntary affiliation, aimed at the population that was not affiliated to social security through an...
The ILO report, Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage in Central and Western Asia, provides an in-depth analysis of the social health protection systems in countries across Central and Western Asia, including...
