The article "Right to health, a great triumph of the Supreme Court" by Mauricio Sarmiento Chavero, published on lasillarota.com, highlights that the protection of health in Mexico has been one of the great achievements of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and...
The President of South Africa signed the National Health Insurance Act, as a landmark step towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare services in the Republic. This pivotal legislation is aligned with section 27 of the Constitution, which guarantees the...
The first Law on Public Health Care and Services was approved by the Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia and came into effect on April 1st, 2024. Consequently, the Ministry of Health declared this year as the "Year of Public Health Promotion" and organized an...
Niger's INAM, created in 2022, promotes free health care and health financing reform to achieve universal health coverage. Supported by the CSU Leadership Group, it operationalizes the policy of free healthcare with increased funding, aimed at reducing inequalities in...
The purpose of the law is to establish the legal mechanisms for the financing and management of special programs for the preservation of public health and social assistance. The law that created the Solidarity Fund for Health (FOSALUD) in El Salvador emphasizes the...
On May 2, 2024, the standing committee on social policy and the general session of the Parliament of Mongolia approved the draft revision of the Law on Medicines and Medical Devices, which was submitted to the Parliament for urgent review. Minister of Health S....
Kenya is currently undergoing a transition from the 57-year-old National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). This shift aims to ensure equitable access to healthcare services for the impoverished and those in the informal sector...
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Kyrgyzstan has explained that citizens of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, member-countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), who arrived and work legally in Kyrgyzstan, are considered...
El Plan Estratégico Institucional (PEI) plantea los aspectos estratégicos y operativos que contribuyen a mejorar la salud de la población guatemalteca según sus ciclos de vida El PEI del Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) tiene como objetivo el...
The Institutional Strategic Plan 2019-2023 was the result of a collaborative process that had a multi-sectoral working vision. It is aligned with national and international policies and commitments assumed by the Republic of Paraguay. The three institutional...
This plan includes a first chapter with a diagnosis and analysis of the Institution to determine its initial situation. The second chapter presents the guiding elements and sets out the vision, mission, axes and strategic objectives. The third chapter concludes with...
The National Strategic Health Plan 2030 is a general guide that presents an integral and holistic vision of the health sector in the Dominican Republic and establishes the roadmap for the health sector in the medium term.The objective of the Strategic Plan 2030 is to...
In February 2024, the Ministry of Public Health organized a dialogue on financing the healthcare system from internal resources. This dialogue recommended the creation of a Steering Committee to monitor the process of setting up Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in...
This decree defines the implementation of compulsory health insurance in the Republic of Benin.Health insurance is taken out either with the National Social Welfare Agency or any successor public body, or with an insurance company or organization approved in Benin or...
The Centre for Global Development blog post by Javier Guzman discusses how Health Technology Assessment (HTA) systems can benefit from the experience of regulatory systems.The article argues that while the two have different goals (regulatory systems ensure safety and...
