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...
Working in Partnership for SOCIAL HEALTH PROTECTION in Pakistan
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...

Sri Lanka launches the COVID–19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund
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...

New $2,000 payout for those who need hospitalisation after Covid-19 vaccine shot
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...

Malaysia sets up compensation fund for COVID-19 vaccinations
Malaysia announced it had established a US$2.4 million compensation fund to provide cash assistance for any COVID-19 vaccine recipients who suffer severe reactions due to inoculations. Under the new fund, individuals requiring extended hospitalisation due to a...

Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis benefit from inclusive COVID-19 response
At the beginning of 2021, the Bangladesh government began the rollout of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan, with the first vaccinations taking place in the capital at the end of January. Over the next month, more than three million Bangladeshis received their first...

Additional Fund Approved by the Cabinet to Acquire COVID-19 Vaccine
The 'Thai' Cabinet has approved an additional fund of 6,387.29 million baht from the central fund of the 2021 national expenditure to acquire 35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, so that the people of Thailand will have access to the vaccine. Out of...

Indonesia approves free COVID-19 vaccine drive by private companies
The Indonesian government said it would allow private companies to run coronavirus vaccination programs for workers and families alongside a nationwide drive to expedite efforts in achieving herd immunity. “The companies will provide the vaccines for free for...

Mass testing for COVID-19 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: “One door-one test” approach
In response to the recent increase of COVID 19, the Mongolian government initiated a mass testing campaign, the so-called “One door-one test” (ODOT), which utilised PCR assays to test one family member (age>18) from each of the 420,000 households in the capital...

Over $ 1.1 bn to Extend Australia’s Covid 19 Health Response
The Australian Government invests more than $1.1 billion to extend their successful national COVID-19 health response and suppression strategy until 31 December 2021. This $1.1 billion is in addition to more than $22 billion spent in these areas to date,...

Deferment of Labour Codes delays health & income security to gig workers in India
Furthering the agenda of labour empowerment, India consolidated 29 central labour laws into four codes - The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and the Code on Wages,...

Right based approach to UHC in Rajasthan, India
In the last decade, the increasing cost of care and consequent impoverishment of those seeking medical treatment added momentum to the debate on ‘Right to Health’ by demanding universal health coverage (UHC) to build societal resilience to the devastating impacts of...

Vietnam’s new regulations on fees for quarantine, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19
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Japan enacts law to make coronavirus vaccines free to residents
Japan's parliament enacted a law Wednesday to cover the costs for residents to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to secure coronavirus vaccines for all the roughly 126 million residents of the country in the first half...

Law amendments on Health-related laws in Mongolia: Strategic purchasing system is at the starting point of the way
In August 2020, The Parliament of Mongolia approved new amendments into the Health insurance law of Mongolia, the Health law of Mongolia, and the Law on Medicine and medical devices of Mongolia. These laws’ amendments are aimed at improving the efficiency of...