Incentivizing private provision of Primary Health Care in a remote area (Initial Phase)
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.8 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
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NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.9 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Adding hospital-based child delivery care services to the benefit package
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
A 2018 assessment on UHC progress in Myanmar
Myanmar
Progress towards universal health coverage in Myanmar: a national and subnational assessment The article was published in The Lancet in 2018. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30318-8/fulltext
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
A guideline issued for a COVID-19 vaccine side effects fund
Thailand
Thailand's National Health Security Office (NHSO) issues a guideline for compensation claims of COVID-19 vaccine recipients who experience adverse effects. Only the Thai recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine provided by the government are eligible to submit...
NEWS | 01 Jun 2021
Indonesia to boost 2021 COVID-19 recovery budget to $44 Billion
Indonesia
Indonesia will expand its COVID-19 recovery budget this year from earlier targets to 619 trillion rupiah ($44.20 billion) to provide better support for the health sector as well as to help businesses, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. The latest increase...
NEWS | 01 Jun 2021
Malaysia boosts healthcare funding to fight surge in COVID-19 cases
Malaysia
Malaysia's government will increase COVID-19 healthcare spending by another 200 million ringgit ($48.3 million) to help tackle a surge in cases during recent weeks, the state news agency reported on Saturday. The funding boost brings the government's total healthcare...
NEWS | 01 Jun 2021
Singapore forms 12-member Multilateral Healthcare Insurance Committee
Singapore
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that it has formed a 12-member Multilateral Healthcare Insurance Committee (MHIC) officially established on April 27th April 2021. The purpose of the committee is to manage the increasing healthcare costs in the...
NEWS | 30 May 2021
No hospital charges for COVID-19 patients
Thailand
National Health Security Office (NHSO) urges hospital operators not to charge COVID-19 patients for any health services. Thai government will reimburse the hospitals for any expense incurred. Both public and private hospital operators can process the claims with...
NEWS | 30 May 2021
Niger: Towards the revision of the law on private healthcare practice
Niger
In front of the National Assembly for his general policy statement, the Head of the Government of Niger declared that the Government intends to make efforts to improve access to and quality of healthcare services and care, in particular through the...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Ensuring equitable population coverage in the Philippines: Immediate eligibility to Philhealth benefits (2021)
Philippines
People should be at the center of UHC, so population coverage should be prioritized, especially for the most disadvantaged groups. The Philippines’ UHC law mandates that all Filipinos be given immediate access to the country’s national health insurance benefits...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Health financing in the Philippines (2020)
Philippines
ThinkWell’s Philippine UHC Law Series presents an overview of the country’s health system and the ongoing implementation of the UHC Law. This third brief in the series focuses on health financing in the Philippines, summarizes the current situation, identifies...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Certification of the primary care provider in the Philippines (September 2020)
Philippines
The Philippine UHC Law aims to prioritize primary care, mandating that each citizen must be empaneled to a primary care provider within a health care provider network (HCPN). To ensure the quality of health care services, health professional training curricula will be...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
An introduction to the Philippine universal health care law (2020)
Philippines
The SP4PHC project is launching a series of briefs to describe health system reforms taking place under the UHC Law, emphasizing the impact these reforms have on health financing and PHC. The series will also include narratives from our field experience in Antique and...
DOCUMENT | 25 May 2021
Uganda’s Emergency Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study (September 2020)
Uganda
This case study provides a preliminary review of the Government of Uganda’s initial response to COVID-19 from March to June 2020 across institutional, financial, and operational dimensions. It seeks to capture the priorities and investments made early in the...
DOCUMENT | 24 May 2021
Côte d’Ivoire: Finance bill Ministry of Employment and Social Protection
Côte d’Ivoire