As part of efforts to increase coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in Namibia, the Government received a donation of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The donation is part of a collaboration between the U.S. government, the African Union, the Africa Centers...
Kenya’s COVID-19 budget: Funding for health and welfare
As the impact of Covid-19 continues to escalate, accountable public budgets that are aligned to the needs of people living in poverty and vulnerable populations are more crucial than ever. In the 2020/21 fiscal year, Kenya will not only be dealing with the social,...
US$63.75 million additional financing to support COVID-19 vaccination in Jordan
Jordan has received US$63.75 million in additional financing to support its efforts to promote safe, efficient and equitable access to COVID 19 vaccines. The new financing under its Jordan COVID 19 response project will support Jordan in reaching its target of...
Will Jordan be closer to UHC after the COVID 19 Pandemic?
This Journal of Global Health publication aims to describe the opportunities within Jordanian health care system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic during March-May, 2020. The authors look at five core dimensions of health care system performance: Equity, Quality,...
Latvia has successfully joined the European COVID Digital Certificate
The Republic of Latvia has successfully joined the European COVID Digital Certificate gateway, which will further ensure the exchange of data with the member states of the European Union (EU) on the information included in Digital Certificates, according to the...
Nigeria receives four million COVID-19 vaccine doses
In March, Nigeria received about 4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The arrival of the vaccines marked a historic step towards the goal to ensure equitable distribution...
Nigeria records another milestone, launches second phase of COVID-19 vaccination
On August 16, 2021, Nigeria launched the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign; a continuous effort towards curbing the spread of the disease in the country. At a symbolic event to mark the second phase at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abuja,...
Nigeria’s financing of health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and recommendations
In this study, the authors analyse the financing of Nigeria’s healthcare system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They use the three health care financing functions: revenue collection, pooling, and purchasing. The findings show that Nigeria projected that it...
COVID-19 and progress towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in Nigeria
Nigeria like other low and middle-income countries made a commitment towards attaining UHC by 2030. The arrival of COVID‐19 poses additional pressure on the already weak health system, which in turn affects the provision of other equally important essential health...
Covid-19: Ten million Malaysians to receive financial aid
Malaysia allocates RM3.1 billion for implementing Covid-19 special assistance (BKC), aiming to reduce the impacts of COVID-19, starting from September 6. BKC provides to 4.4 million households that include 1.1 million single senior citizens and 4.5 million...
Malaysia’s government seeks $11 billion more in Covid fund
Malaysia’s government plans to increase funds for Covid-19 support measures and raise the country’s statutory debt ceiling. The government considers adding 45 billion Malaysian ringgit ($10.8 billion) to the Covid-19 fund in order to support businesses...
Philippines provides cash aid to COVID-infected employees
In the Philippines, workers who had been infected with COVID-19 can now apply for financial support to the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) through a courier service. This benefit covers both sickness and death due to COVID-19. The COVID-19 has been...
Smaller firms receives COVID wage subsidy in New Zealand
New Zealand paid over $876 million for the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme so far to support more than a quarter of the country's employees affected by COVID-19. Of the 781,364 jobs are covered under the scheme, 14 percent were for self-employed workers....
Senegal: a resilient health insurance model in times of Covid-19
In recent years, Senegal has embarked on several strategies to finance healthcare, with the risk of a certain fragmentation. Visit strategic plan for the development of universal health coverage 2013-2017 aims to cover at least 75% ...
Azerbaijan explores the possibility of vaccinating children against COVID-19
As Central Asian countries, including Azerbaijan, are exploring the possibility of vaccinating children under 18 against COVID-19, news in Azerbaijan cited Hande Harmanci, Head of World Health Organization (WHO) office in Azerbaijan, informing the public that the WHO...