"The government’s stimulus packages have been comprehensive, rapid and well-sequenced, constituting 15 per cent of GDP. Almost half of respondents to a recent survey reported having received government support. Modelling estimates suggest that while government...
This technical note has been jointly prepared by ILO, World Bank, and WHO Country Offices for Viet Nam, based on presentations and discussion which took place at the MoH orientation workshop on the Health Insurance Law revision (October 2018, Hanoi) and during the...
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/social-security-system-tool-for-socioeconomic-stabilisation-in-2021/196492.vnp
"Starting this year, universal health coverage is to be implemented in N'Djaména as a pilot program". The announcement comes from the Head of State himself, who intends to make healthcare a priority sector of his mandate. As a reminder, the Universal Health Coverage...
"С этого года в Нджамене в качестве пилотной программы будет осуществляться всеобщий охват населения услугами здравоохранения". Это заявление исходит от самого главы государства, который намерен сделать здравоохранение одной из приоритетных отраслей в течение всего...
In the run-off presidential election on February 21, Niger will choose between Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane as Mahamadou Issoufou's successor. Whoever wins, the challenges will be many, from education and security to health and the fight against corruption. As...
As part of the process of the Health Insurance Law revision, the Government of Viet Nam is currently identifying the core social health insurance (SHI) policies to be reformed and defining alternative options. Resolution 20 of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, dated 25...
P4H provided technical support in the development of Myanmar National Health Insurance Bill, having it translated from Burmese to English for wider stakeholder consultation. P4H also assisted in seeking feedback on the bill from a wider variety of in-country and...
https://p4h.world/en/blog-how-the-revamped-system-to-purchase-COVID-services-in-Indonesia
The authors: Dr Anooj Pattnaik (ThinkWell Global, Deputy Director for Learning), Ryan Nugraha (ThinkWell Indonesia), Prof. Hasbullah Thabrany (ThinkWell Indonesia), and Catherine Connor (Program Director at ThinkWell). The spread of COVID-19 around the world has...
Recently, the Minister of the national economy of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov presented the results of socio-economic development since the beginning of 2020. At the end of November, inflation was 7.3%, and the GDP decreased by 2.8%. Inflation, combined with the...
World Bank's discussion paper, Nov 2020 devoted to Republic of Korea's COVID-19 preparedness and Response. It emphasizes that post-MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) legislative and regulatory reforms enhanced the public health preparedness and response system in...
The latest Iteration of Myanmar Development Assistance Policy has been launched in November 2020. The new policy aims to ensure that development assistance is at all times: fully aligned with the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030, and Sectoral,...
Authors: Edith Patouillard, Andrew Mirelman, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Agnès Soucat Across the world, policy makers are implementing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, protect the health care system and people’s health. While there is no vaccine...
A recent study published by Sam Jones and Alba Llop (Copenhaguen University) puts the focus on the identification of Social Determinants of Health that significantly influence health inequalities. These SDH are crucial for the design of appropriate evidence-based...
