In 2019, the WHO developed a Health Financing Progress Matrix for countries to assess how far they have come in preparing their health financing systems to achieve financial risk protection and attain progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Sierra Leone...
Iran: The new 8th cycle of Universal Public Health insurance (UPHI) has started from 25 February 2022
All Amayesh and Hoviat card holder refugees, who have been enrolled in the previous cycle of Universal Public Health insurance (UPHI) scheme before March this year as vulnerable and had free-of-charge insurance coverage, can now approach any of the...
An overview of the new Iraqi Health Insurance Law
This Article aims to provide an overview of the recently issued Iraqi Health Insurance Law no. 22 of 2020 (the ‘Health Insurance Law’). It covers the entry into force, insurance coverage, financing of the healthcare insurance programme, and interaction with healthcare...
Niger: CR of Meeting 2 TFP Health Financing Working Group
On April 29, 2022, the 2nd meeting of the Working Group of technical and financial partners in the health financing sector was held. The agenda was as follows: 1. Follow-up on action points 2. TOR and tools under review Finalization of the ToR for the cost and...
Social protection in Mali: Creation of a unified social security system
The Minister of Health and Social Development presented a report on a draft decree instituting the Unified Social Register which the Council of Ministers in its meeting of April 20, 2022 adopted. Data on the various vulnerable strata recorded on several registers were...
Camerún: Arquitectura de la fase piloto de la CSU
Cameroon: Architecture of the CSU pilot phase
Cameroon: CSU pilot phase architecture adopted
In the process of implementing As part of this reform of the healthcare system, aimed at guaranteeing equitable access to healthcare for all Cameroonians, the Government has set up a multi-sectoral National Technical Group CSU (GTN-CSU), co-chaired by the...
The South Africa National Health Insurance bill
In 2019, the South African government committed to establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected from catastrophic expenditures from medical expenses to attain universal health coverage. This NHI Act,...
NITI Aayog suggests extending PMJAY coverage to ‘missing middle’
In a NITI Aayog report titled ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’, the institution highlights that 30% of the population is devoid of health insurance, often termed as the 'missing middle' and has suggested three models for increasing the health insurance...
Guinea: a Health Solidarity Fund in anticipation of the CSU
Mohamed Dadjane Keita is Director of Research Operations at the Center for HIV and Mental Health Research at the University of Miami. It focuses on an urgent issue: the creation of a health solidarity fund to save lives in Guinea. The researcher takes as his...
Burkina Faso : Country Case Study 2012-2020
Ce document est un résumé et une illustration du contexte de l’appui de P4H au Burkina Faso sur la période 2012-2020.« Country Case Study » est un exercice proposé en interne par l’OMS qui invite les départements, unités et/ou pays à faire la démonstration de l’impact...
National social protection strategy (2019-2025), Jordan
The Jordanian National Social Protection Strategy articulates the Government’s commitment to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and provide a social protection floor in the context of the Kingdom’s vision for a state that has social justice, equity, and...
The Philippines 2022 national budget secured free COVID-19 testing
The Philippines has allocated P17.85 billion under the 2022 national budget for Covid-19 testing, aiming to ensure affordability and accessibility to the tests among its population. The funds will be allocated to the state laboratories so that more free tests...
President Koroma launches social health insurance scheme
The president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma launched the Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme(SLeSHI) on Friday, 16 February. The scheme is meant to provide Universal Healthcare Coverage for all and sundry across the country. While...