The President of the Republic has promulgated, on August 05, 2019, Law n°35 instituting Universal Health Coverage in Chad. The country has thus taken a decisive step towards Universal Health Coverage.
NEWS | 19 Jun 2020
CSU law enacted
Chad
906 results
NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Notification: Prevention and containment of COVID-19 in Bhutan
Bhutan
With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Bhutan on March 5th 2020, the containment and prevention of the virus became the government´s priority. The Ministry of Finance in keeping of the Public Finance (Amendment) Act 2012 and of the Disaster Management...
NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Measures announced by the Belgium Government against COVID-19
Belgium
Taking account the measures announced in Belgium, as of 15 April 2020, the stimulus is estimated at EUR 55.1 billion or 11.4% of GDP (excluding the impact of deferrals of taxes and social contributions). The majority of these measures (EUR 51.8 billion) were to...
NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Brazil government to inject USD 30 billion into economy to combat COVID-19
Brazil
Brazil’s government on Monday announced emergency measures to inject nearly 150 billion Reais (USD 30 billion) into the economy to soften the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fiscal boost represents a rapid turnaround for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes who, as...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Organization and financing of public health services in the Republic of Moldova
Republic of Moldova
In 2018, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies produced a report on organization and financing of public health services in Europe. Each country chapter captured the historical background of public health services and the context in which they...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Kyrgyzstan examined transforming national health system towards UHC
Kyrgyzstan
Improving financial protection and access to health care for citizens is the key financing issues in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan celebrated the anniversary of the mandatory health insurance system – the main vehicle of Universal Health...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
The politics of the basic benefit package health reforms in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Health financing reform is a fundamentally political process. Yet, evidence on the interplay between domestic politics, international aid and the technical dimensions of health financing systems, particularly in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, remains...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Issues of Health Care Financing in Russia
Russian Federation
The paper published on 20 January 2020 analyses three key issues in the reform of public health care funding in the Russian Federation: the lack of funds to cover the state guarantees of free medical care to the population; the lack of coordination between...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Health System Review of Georgia
Georgia
This analysis of the Georgian health system reviews developments in its organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Since 2012, political commitment to improving access to health care, to...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Latvia cancels healthcare funding system of «two baskets»
Latvia
People in Latvia will maintain access to healthcare services in the framework of mandatory health insurance by 2021, regardless of insurance payments made. Recently the Latvian parliament passed as draft amendments to the Latvian Healthcare Funding Law in the final...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
The 2017 reform to improve financial sustainability of national health insurance in Estonia
Estonia
In 2017, the Estonian government addressed the longstanding challenge of financial sustainability of the health system by expanding its revenue base. As a relatively low-spending country on health, Estonia relies predominantly on payroll contributions from the working...
DOCUMENT | 11 Jun 2020
Building capacities of Parlamentarians
Cameroon
CAPACITY-BUILDING MEETING FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE 1st Presentation : Presentation of Universal Health Coverage 2nd Presentation: Summary of work on the CSU project 3rd Presentation: Presentation of the draft law on the CSU
DOCUMENT | 11 Jun 2020
Validation of the National Social Protection Policy
Cameroon
The National Social Protection Policy design was coordinnated by the Ministry of Economy and PLanning. It was supported by UNICEF, ILO and WHO
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
PSI Learning Brief No.1
Myanmar
This is the first of the learning briefs produced by PSI on strategic purchasing.
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
Learning Brief No.1 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Creating a package of services