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Belize National Health Insurance Authority Bill -2024
Belize

On November 12, 2024 the government of Belize passed an important bill to establish a National Health Insurance Authority (NHI). The bill includes details on NHI functions, management and financing as well as associated health care providers.

Budget reform increases resources for health in El Salvador
Budget reform increases resources for health in El Salvador
El Salvador

Members of El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved a budget increase to support the Salud Inteligente Integral (PROSIN) program at the national level. Components include digital health, strengthening health resilience and strengthening the network. On February 19,...

Swiss Citizens’ Assembly backs sugar tax in health push
Swiss Citizens’ Assembly backs sugar tax in health push
Switzerland

The Citizens’ Assembly in Switzerland has proposed a tax on sugary foods and drinks as part of six reforms aimed at improving public health, which also includes higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco, enhanced health literacy, and stricter advertising restrictions. The...

Decree Law 2763 – creation of FONASA in Chile
Chile

The Chilean government created the National Health Fund (Fonasa) by decree law in 1979 (among others). Fonasa is the public health insurance that provides coverage for health services to the population. It is an alternative to the Instituciones de Salud Previsional...

Health Board contributes to the reform of the CSS organic law
Health Board contributes to the reform of the CSS organic law
Panama

In October 2024 in Panama, the health roundtable presented its summary of proposals for the reform of the organic law of the Social Security Fund. This same law was sanctioned on March 18, 2025. In Panama, a consultation process has been carried out to inform the...

Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay, Decree n. 287/2012.
Uruguay

In 2012, Uruguay's Ministry of Health issued a decree updating the categories of free care administered by the National Health Fund (FONSA). Certain vulnerable groups and beneficiaries affiliated by quota to the state health services administration (ASSE) can receive...

Supreme Decree approving regulations for Law No. 29698 on rare diseases.
Peru

On March 27, 2025, the Peruvian government enacted Supreme Decree No. 002-2025- SA. This approved regulations for Law No. 29698, a law that declares the treatment of people suffering from rare or orphan diseases to be of national interest and preferential attention....

Institutional Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026 for health in Honduras
Honduras

The strategic health plan for the period 2023-2026 was publicly distributed by the Management Planning and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Health in Honduras in April 2024. The strategic plan provides information on health sector financing and insurance including...

Peru’s Ministry of Health Strategic Plan 2025-2030 approved
Peru

The Strategic Plan 2025-2030 of the Peruvian Ministry of Health was approved in February 2025. It has, among others, institutional strategic objective 4, which is to strengthen the steering, regulatory and supervisory role of the Ministry of Health. Among others, the...