The paper examines how Rwanda’s community-based health insurance (CBHI) program influences household healthcare expenditures. Using survey data, the study finds that CBHI significantly reduces out-of-pocket healthcare costs, with an 83% decrease in per capita...
This is the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Insuring Health (I-1343), signed on May 21, 1996 by Algirdas Brazauskas, President of the Republic of Lithuania. The attached file contains the latest amendments introduced by Law No. XIV-2335 on December 14, 2023. This...
National Health Insurance has unveiled a plan to expand its benefit package to support healthy pregnancies and childbirth, starting from November 2024. This includes coverage for continuous glucose monitors for diabetic patients during pregnancy, reduce out-of-pocket...
WHO Barcelona course on health financing for universal health coverage, tailored for Central Asia, was held on October 15-18 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The course brought together national policymakers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,...
In response to the significant rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases, Indonesia’s national health insurance agency (Badan Pengelola Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan or BPJS Kesehatan) implemented several purchasing arrangements for managing chronic conditions under the...
North Macedonia expanded the positive list of medicines by adding 9 generic medicines, equivalent to 87 medicine names for blood pressure, heart disease, anti-platelet agents, drugs for the treatment of depression and dementia. Health Minister Dr Taravari thanked WHO...
The Lithuania's healthcare financing has been increased in 2023, which made additional funds available for the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.The National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health of Lithuania reports that health care financing has been...
The National Health Insurance Scheme was born within the framework of the health sector reform project which began in 1996. It was the option selected to finance health care in Belize and founded on the principles of value for money, quality health care, equitable...
The policy note provides a comprehensive analysis of Liberia's health financing landscape, focusing on the proposed Liberia Health Equity Fund (LHEF). Despite progress in health service delivery, Liberia faces significant challenges in achieving Universal Health...
The article titled "Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study," authored by Valéry Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Babacar Kane, Anouk Chouaïd, and Adama Faye, and published in the Journal of Health Systems and Reform, examines the...
ORDINANCE N°0022 /PR/2007 instituant un Régime Obligatoire d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale en République Gabonaise.
Decree N°00510/PR/MTEPS establishing the statutes of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale in Gabon.
Decree N° 0 9 6 9 / PRMTEPS setting the technical conditions for the operation of the Mandatory Health Insurance and Social Guarantee Scheme in Gabon.
Arrêté N° 00022 fixant le règlement minimum conventionnel entre les prestataires de santé et la Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale au Gabon.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) expects to implement another round of 30-percent increase in all its benefit packages to reduce out-of-pocket expenses of PhilHealth beneficiaries.According to Filane Mikee Cervantes reported in the Philippine...
