DOCUMENT | 28 Oct 2021
Health financing and budgeting reforms in Gabon: Progress and challenges on the road to Universal Health Coverage (August 2020)
Gabon
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NEWS | 28 Oct 2021
Bahrain National Insurance launches insurance cover for COVID 19
Bahrain
Bahrain National Insurance has launched a COVID 19 insurance cover that is expected to be useful to various private and public establishments for covering COVID 19 related medical needs of their employees. Benefits of the health insurance include a one-off...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Rwanda: Health financing strategic plan (2018-2024)
Rwanda
This document complements the 2018-2024 Health sector strategic plan, focussing on health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) by improving effective service coverage by...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (2018-2024)
Rwanda
The Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (HSSP IV) is the guiding document outlining national strategic directions to improve health standards of Rwandans between 2018-2024. Its content reflects a comprehensive analysis of the Rwanda’s health sector progress and...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Nigeria health financing policy and strategy 2017
Nigeria
A stronger national health financing system provides a stronger foundation for the broader health system. Health financing thus serves as pivot upon which other health system building blocks revolve and rest. Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and all the...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
Kuwait to offer free COVID 19 vaccines to expats
Kuwait
In an effort to equitably provide vaccines in the first round of COVID 19 vaccinations, the Kuwaiti government has extended the provision of free vaccines to expatriates. Although Kuwaiti citizens will be given priority once the COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kuwait and...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
New documents available on Rwanda country page
Rwanda
Three new documents have been posted on the document section of the Rwanda page. They include two government documents which are the fourth heath sector strategic plan and the health financing strategy as well as one peer reviewed article on the financial...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
New document on health financing has been posted on Nigeria country page
Nigeria
The 2017 health financing policy and strategy has been recently uploaded to the documents section of the Nigeria country page. The strategy provides evidence-based guidance to the federal, state and local governments as well as other actors in Nigeria’s health system...
NEWS | 25 Oct 2021
Review of financing and monetary response measures in light of COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Adequate health financing is essential to manage the burden on the health system. Policy responses on payment for health services by Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19 were reviewed by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. The review of COVID-19 response...
NEWS | 22 Oct 2021
Ethiopia first country to pilot the latest version of the WHO’s Health Financing Progress Matrix
Ethiopia
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), developed by WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance & Financing, assesses country health financing systems against a set of evidence-based benchmarks. The WHO developed and released version 2 of the HFPM in late...
NEWS | 20 Oct 2021
The Healthcare Law Review: Vietnam
Vietnam
https://thelawreviews.co.uk/title/the-healthcare-law-review/vietnam
NEWS | 18 Oct 2021
TOGO-AMU: Parliament adopts draft law
Togo
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the Togolese Parliament unanimously adopted the bill instituting universal health insurance in Togo. This adoption marks a new stage in the realization of Togo's ambition for universal health coverage, almost ten years after the...
DOCUMENT | 17 Oct 2021
Adapting the Israeli national health insurance law to the 21st Century- a report from the 19th Dead Sea conference
Israel
This report charts the history of the National Health Insurance Law (NHIL) passed in 1995 that enabled sustainable, high-quality medical care to all eligible Israeli residents. It is based on key takeaways from the 19th annual Dead Sea conference (held by the Israel...
NEWS | 17 Oct 2021
Universal Health Coverage: Case Study of Israel’s managed care model
Israel
Israel has a long-standing commitment to universal health coverage through government and non-governmental organizations. The country’s National Health Insurance System (NHIS) covers all permanent residents, accounting for 98% of its resident population. Even...
NEWS | 17 Oct 2021
New Israel health financing/social health protection documents available
Israel
We are pleased to draw your attention to four new reports and journal papers on our Israel country page. Three peer-reviewed papers discuss Israel’s public-private partnership in delivering health care services in the presence of the National Health Insurance Law...