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...

Issuance of the amended system of the civil health insurance system in the Official Gazette, Jordan
The amended civil health insurance system for the year 2022 was issued in the Official Gazette of Jordan which reads with the original Regulation No. 83 of 2004. In the amended system, it was mentioned that the beneficiaries are divided into two groups, the first...

Côte d’Ivoire: 2.5 million people to benefit from RAM
In Côte d'Ivoire, Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) comprises two schemes. A contributory Basic General Scheme (RGB), at 1,000 FCFA per month per person, and a non-contributory Medical Assistance Scheme (RAM) for the poor who were excluded from the health system....

Côte d’Ivoire: 2.5 million people to benefit from RAM
In Côte d'Ivoire, Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) comprises two schemes. A contributory Basic General Scheme (RGB), at 1,000 FCFA per month per person, and a non-contributory Medical Assistance Scheme (RAM) for the poor who were excluded from the health system....

BPJS Kesehatan’s role in response to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
BPJS Kesehatan is a social security agency which manages the JKN – National Health Insurance of Indonesia. During the pandemic, BPJS Kesehatan is responsible for verifying COVID-19 claims for all Indonesian people. There were 2.3 million of COVID-19 treatment claims...

South African government increases funding to the fight against COVID-19
The government of South Africa, in May 2021 committed an extra R4 billion to procure (over 260 million USD) COVID-19 vaccines and extend a special distress grant to thousands of people hit by the pandemic. The news was presented in a special appropriation bill tabled...

Additional EGP260 million allocated to healthcare in Egypt in FY2020/2021 due to COVID-19
Egypt approved raising allocations to the healthcare sector by EGP260 million (16.54 million USD) in current fiscal year 2020/2021 to increase hospitals' capacity of intensive care beds to 1,000 and introduce further 500 ventilators. There is a growth in public...
National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2017-18
This report provides healthcare expenditures in India based on National Health Accounts Guidelines for India, 2016 (with refinements where required) that adhere to System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011), a global standard framework for producing health accounts....

Singapore’s Integrated Shield Plans have extended coverage periods for hospitalization due to COVID vaccine until the end of 2022
In Singapore, the Integrated Shield Plan (IP) is optional for health coverage provided by private insurance companies. Seven insurers providing IPs have agreed to extend their coverage to hospitalization from COVID-19 vaccine complications till Dec 31, 2022. ...
Health financing for the COVID-19 response: Process guide for national budgetary dialogue
Overview This Process Guide lays out a sequenced set of analytics and actions to support reorienting budgetary arrangements to facilitate the ability of national governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by delivering therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccine...
UEMOA regulation on social mutuality
REGLEMENT N°07/2009/CM/UEMOA PORTANT REGLEMENTATION DE LA MUTUALITE SOCIALE AU SEIN DE L'UEMOA

P4H 2020-2021 annual review
What happened between June 2020 and June 2021? The P4H Network's annual review takes a look back at the highlights of healthcare and social protection financing. Download the full document here.
Health Tranformation Strategy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
This document gives an overview of the health care transformation envisioned in Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030”, spelling out the underlying national goals. Led by the Ministry of Health and developed in close collaboration with the National Transformation Program, it...