Benin will comply with the decision of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to harmonize the price of PCR tests for Covid-19 in member countries. Following in the footsteps of countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, which have already adopted the...
A decision has been taken to allocate the remaining balance of Rs. 1,360,922,969.24 of the COVID–19 (ITUKAMA) Healthcare and Social Security Fund to the COVID-19 vaccination drive, President’s Media Division said in a statement today. The total amount credited to the...
There is an ongoing debate on recent changes to the national health insurance, Medishield life that covers all Singaporeans and permanent residents paying for large medical bills if they stay in designated wards of government-run...
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Malaysia's government enacted a new emergency law allowing it to use funds derived from oil and gas contributions to pay for vaccine procurement, as it looks to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination programme. The trust fund takes contributions from state...
The Department of Labor and Employment said COVID-19 has been included in the list of occupational and work-related diseases. This means workers who were infected by the virus could receive compensation via the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) provided they...
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is preparing to roll out assistance to people who have suffered side effects from Covid-19 vaccines. While vaccines could help decrease the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and ease the burden on the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare structural weaknesses in the domestic public health systems in place in the US and EU member states. In the US the debate and implementation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’) will undoubtedly continue. In...
It is expected that countries allocate a vaccine indemnification fund for procuring COVID-19 vaccine form the COVAX facility that essentially gives indemnity to vaccine makers if their COVID-19 shots cause adverse side-effects but more importantly secures...
The 2020 Report analyses global health spending for 190 countries from 2000 to 2018 and provides insights as to the health spending trajectory from the MDG era to the SDG era prior to the crisis of 2020. The report shows that global spending on health continually rose...
After the passing of the 5th President, H.E. Dr. John Magufuli, H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania's 6th President on 19th March 2021, making her become the first female president in Tanzanian history. The Zanzibar born new president made already...
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province”. The Support to Social Protection - Social Health Protection (SP-SHP) project undertook a scoping study to analyse how...
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Working in Partnership for Social Health Protection in Pakistan”. The 14-page report presents insights into German-supported capacity development measures aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s social health protection...
The Government of Sri Lanka set up ‘COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund’ on 23rd March 2020, to strengthen the activities aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 virus in the country and to support the related social welfare programmes in...
Those who suffer from serious side effects related to their Covid-19 vaccination can apply for financial assistance from Wednesday (March 17). Their applications under the Vaccine Injury Financial Assistance Programme for Covid-19 vaccination (Vifap) will...
