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German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
Germany

Germany expedites cuts to social welfare, pensions, and healthcare to cover military spending, deepening poverty for workers and pensioners while sparing the wealthy. Rising deficits fuel class tensions, prompting calls for socialist reorganization.Germany is moving...

Senegal Health Compact 2025 – Towards Universal Health Coverage
Senegal

This document, published in 2025, materializes the moral, ethical and economic commitment between the government and its development partners, to effectively support the implementation of health and Universal Health Coverage policies.

Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgaria

Bulgaria faces EU sanctions as private hospitals, exempt from public procurement, overcharge for medicines. Reformers’ attempts to reintroduce tenders are blocked by political resistance and lobbying, costing the state millions annually and breaching EU rules.Since...

Belgian reform package targets excessive medical fees
Belgian reform package targets excessive medical fees
Belgium

Belgium’s summer agreement reforms healthcare by limiting excessive doctor surcharges, ensuring fair billing and equal reimbursements, curbing pharmaceutical overspending, and promoting sustainable care while preserving provider autonomy. This marks a historic step...

Multiyear Presence of P4H-CFP adds to Cambodia’s progress towards UHC
Multiyear Presence of P4H-CFP adds to Cambodia’s progress towards UHC
Cambodia

P4H country focal person Niccolò Rotigliano supported Cambodia’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) between 2021 and 2024 through policy dialogue, topical analyses, tax reform studies, workshops and other efforts. He helped foster collaboration, inform...

Shastha Chorcha Forum: Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh
Shastha Chorcha Forum: Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh
Bangladesh

The second “Shastha Chorcha” by WHO Bangladesh gathered global and local health leaders to address challenges in achieving Universal Health Coverage. Emphasis was placed on innovation, leadership, community engagement, and collaboration for sustainable health...

Imagining health financing as a shared public-private investment
Imagining health financing as a shared public-private investment

A new report urges G20 leaders to redefine health financing as a coordinated, strategic investment, leveraging both public and private sectors to build resilient, equitable health systems for all.At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development...

Redesigning Fiji’s Primary Healthcare System for Equity
Redesigning Fiji’s Primary Healthcare System for Equity
Fiji

Fiji’s dispersed geography and workforce shortages limit healthcare access in rural areas. Efforts to strengthen community health workers, leverage digital tools, and prioritize locally-driven, continuous care aim to ensure all citizens receive essential primary...

Gabon’s healthcare budget to rise by 2025
Gabon’s healthcare budget to rise by 2025
Gabon

Gabon's healthcare budget for 2025 is ten billion FCFA (almost 17,828,530 USD) higher than the previous year. In Gabon, the health budget for 2025 has been increased by ten billion FCFA (almost 17,828,530 USD). This budgetary effort on the part of the public...

Libya’s broken healthcare system drives locals to migrate
Libya’s broken healthcare system drives locals to migrate
Libya

Libya’s ongoing political instability has devastated its healthcare system, forcing families to embark on perilous journeys to Europe in search of life-saving treatment unavailable at home. Despite occasional promises from authorities, lasting solutions and reliable...