DOCUMENT | 24 Mar 2021
Resolution of the Vietnamese Government on purchase and use of Covid-19 vaccines
Vietnam
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NEWS | 24 Mar 2021
Government of Vietnam takes primary responsibility for financing Covid-19 vaccination from State Budget
Vietnam
https://p4h.world/index.php/en/node/10617 The Prime Minister Decision No.21 stipulates the State Budget shall ensure the funding of the Covid-19 vaccination, following the principle of decentralization of State budget.
NEWS | 23 Mar 2021
Budget 2020-21: Record health and aged care investment under Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic plan
Australia
The (Australian) Government is delivering a record $115.5 billion in 2020–21 and $467 billion over the forward estimates to deliver the essential health services Australians need under the Long Term National Health Plan. (The) Government has committed more...
NEWS | 23 Mar 2021
Health getting mere 1% of 2021 national budget for infrastructure – Recto
Philippines
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday scored the “biggest factory defect” in the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, citing how health infrastructure would be getting only a “microscopic” 1 percent share of total spending for government...
NEWS | 23 Mar 2021
Japan enacts law to make coronavirus vaccines free to residents
Japan
Japan's parliament enacted a law Wednesday to cover the costs for residents to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to secure coronavirus vaccines for all the roughly 126 million residents of the country in the first half...
NEWS | 23 Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Healthcare measures welcomed but fall short
Malaysia
Some RM31.9 billion was allocated for the healthcare sector in (the) 2021 (Budget for Malaysia) compared with RM30.6 billion in 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to persist for a number of years, an additional RM1 billion has been allocated to stem the...
NEWS | 19 Mar 2021
All Sri Lankans will be vaccinated free of charge; first batch should arrive within three months: chief epidemiologist
Sri Lanka
'Sri Lanka will likely receive the first batch of a government-approved COVID-19 vaccine within the next three months and plans are underway to vaccinate all citizens free of charge, Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said. The Pfizer-BionTech vaccine...
NEWS | 18 Mar 2021
ADB approves first loan under its COVID-19 vaccine access facility to the Philippines
Philippines
The Asian Development Bank is providing the Philippines a $400 million loan for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. This is the first loan the bank is providing under its $9 billion Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility announced in...
NEWS | 18 Mar 2021
Sri Lanka receives Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines under COVAX Facility
Sri Lanka
'Sri Lanka on Sunday received the first batch of 264,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines provided under the World Health Organisation's COVAX facility, an official said. COVAX is the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines...
NEWS | 16 Mar 2021
Sustainable Financing for New Vaccines in Indonesia: Challenges and Strategies
Indonesia
‘The issue of sustainable financing for new vaccines is particularly pertinent as Indonesia transitions away from extensive Gavi support towards a self-financing immunization system. As the current immunization system transitions, practical solutions must be found and...
NEWS | 15 Mar 2021
Nepal focuses on health spending to fight COVID-19 in annual budget
Nepal
The Parliament of Nepal saw a substantial increase in the share of budget expenditure on health in FY 2021, significant compared to other South Asian countries. The country saw increased spending in health infrastructure to primarily combat the onslaught of the Corona...
NEWS | 15 Mar 2021
Covid-19 and Nepal’s Health Financing: Insights and recommendations based on local government response during full lockdown
Nepal
The public healthcare system in Nepal is a shared responsibility between the federal, local and provincial governments with the latter usually at the forefront of handling outbreaks such as COVID-19 on ground. The financing for their operations was mixed as well where...
NEWS | 14 Mar 2021
The Philippines seeks $700-M ADB, AIIB loans for vaccine rollout
Philippines
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend the Philippines a combined $700 million (about P33.9 billion) by March to buy vaccines and inoculate Filipinos against the COVID-19 disease. Documents of the Beijing-based...
NEWS | 13 Mar 2021
Urgency to transform fragmented health system (UHC Act and Covid-19)
Philippines
The Philippines has seen relatively more challenges due to the Covid-19 Pandemic than perhaps its other South-east Asian counterparts. Despite the crafting of the historic Universal Health Care (UHC) Law over two years ago, the Pandemic has exposed several gaps in...
NEWS | 12 Mar 2021
Securing Singapore’s Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
Singapore
Singapore’s Multi Ministry Taskforce (MTF) along with the World Health Organization and the country’s Heath Sciences Authority (HSA) has made procurement of vaccines along with quality checks their foremost agenda. This includes signed Advance Purchase Agreements with...