In Uzbekistan, children over 12 years old will begin to be allowed to voluntarily vaccinate against coronavirus with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, accprding to the Ministry of Healthcare. The decision is based on the results of clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine...
In order to implement a project titled "Response to COVID-19", the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program to strengthen the country's preparedness and response to a pandemic. The...
In order to exchange experience on organizing routine immunization in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, on October 5, 2021, a delegation of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Uzbekistan visited the Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis of Kyrgyzstan....
In Singapore, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is imposed on the domestic consumption of goods or services including imports. A permanent GST Voucher Scheme was introduced in 2012, aiming to support lower- and middle-income households and the elderly. The voucher has...
Bahrain National Insurance has launched a COVID 19 insurance cover that is expected to be useful to various private and public establishments for covering COVID 19 related medical needs of their employees. Benefits of the health insurance include a one-off...
The World Bank Geneva Office invites you to join others from the Geneva international community to the presentation of the latest report "From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19”. Background: More...
This article outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
In an effort to equitably provide vaccines in the first round of COVID 19 vaccinations, the Kuwaiti government has extended the provision of free vaccines to expatriates. Although Kuwaiti citizens will be given priority once the COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kuwait and...
The Kuwait government cut the Ministry of Health’s budget by about 135 million Kuwaiti dinars KD (447 million USD) this year on account of the reduced fiscal space caused by COVID 19. This is a major challenge for the Ministry of Health, especially in light of the...
Adequate health financing is essential to manage the burden on the health system. Policy responses on payment for health services by Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19 were reviewed by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. The review of COVID-19 response...
The Gambia received a $30 million grant from the international development association (IDA) to improve the quality and utilization of essential health services amidst COVID-19. The essential health services strengthening project will provide...
Rwanda received $109.4 million funding to support war against COVID-19 in April, 2020. The money was approved on thursday, April 2, 2020 and was disbursed through the rapid credit facility (RCF). The funds are meant to support Rwanda’s efforts in...
South Sudan received the first consignment of 152,950 doses of the Johnson & Johnson ‘Janssen’ COVID-19 vaccines on 14th September, 2021. These single dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are the third batch of vaccine shipments to South Sudan through the...
On 11 September, 2021 Sudan received a shipment of 357,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Germany. This marks the fourth shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses Sudan has received since March 2021. Previously, the country received over one million doses...
Sierra Leone got another consignment of 96,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine last week through COVAX scheme. Earlier this year, Sierra Leone’s ministry of health received 260,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from china and western donor countries through the...
