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...
Following the adoption of the first Public Health Law, Mongolia kicked off the year of public health promotion
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...
The National Institute for Medical Assistance to accelerate the march towards CSU
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...
Act on Public Health Insurance in Czech Republic
The Act regulates public health insurance, the scope and conditions under which medical services are covered, the method of determining prices and reimbursement of medicinal products by health insurance, and the method of determining the payment of medical devices...
The Health Service Act of Denmark 2024
The Health Service Act No. 247 of 12 March 2024 (LBK nr 1015 dated 05/09/2024) is the main law in Denmark known as "Bekendtgørelse af sundhedsloven" that determines health services provision, including benefits within the public health insurance in Denmark. This Act...
Special Law for the constitution of the Solidarity Fund for Health
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...
Comprehensive changes to Mongolia’s Law on Medicines and Medical Devices include price regulation and other advances
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....
Social Health Insurance(General) Regulations, 2023
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...
Kyrgyzstan’s Mandatory Health Insurance Fund explained that citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union are automatically covered
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...
Institutional Strategic Plan Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance 2018-2032
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...
Paraguay: Institutional Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare 2019-2023
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...
Ecuador: Institutional Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025
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...
Dominican Republic: National Strategic Health Plan 2030
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...
Decree setting up the CSU steering committee in Burundi
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...
Poland’s National Health Program 2021-2025
The Ministry of Health of Poland published the National Health Program (NHP) which serves as a strategic public health document and provides the foundation for actions in this domain. As stipulated in Article 9 of the Public Health Act of September 11, 2015, the...