"This is a joint blog post, written on behalf of the CSU2030 core team as well as partners engaged in the Sustainable Health Financing Accelerator." The COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, reshaping the global health landscape and triggering an economic crisis deeper...
Social Protection in the COVID-19 Era: What can the evidence tell us? Wednesday June 24, 2020 | 11AM – 12.30PM | Live Stream SPEAKERS - Rema Hanna, Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Evidence for Policy Design; Co-Director,...
Chad adopted its contingency plan for preparedness and response to the coronavirus disease epidemic (COVID-19) in March 2020. The aim of the plan is to prevent the introduction and transmission of the disease, to provide adequate care for sick people and thus reduce...
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The COVID-19 crisis offers Burkina Faso the chance to land on a more coherent approach to health financing. All sights are trained on the health system right now because of the COVID-19 crisis, and within the COVID-19 response lies Burkina Faso’s best chance at...
This is a joint blog written on behalf of the UHC 2030 Core Team, as well as the partners engaged in the Sustainable Health Financing Accelerator (SHFA) The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, reshaping the global health landscape and sparking an economic...
You will find in the related document the COVID-19 situation report (June 12th 2020) for WHO Africa Region produced by the TIBA COVID-19 Pandemic Response Unit.
With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Bhutan on March 5th 2020, the containment and prevention of the virus became the government´s priority. The Ministry of Finance in keeping of the Public Finance (Amendment) Act 2012 and of the Disaster Management...
Taking account the measures announced in Belgium, as of 15 April 2020, the stimulus is estimated at EUR 55.1 billion or 11.4% of GDP (excluding the impact of deferrals of taxes and social contributions). The majority of these measures (EUR 51.8 billion) were to...
Le montant total des financements du Plan de riposte du COVID-19 est désormais connu. Pour faire face à l’épidémie, le gouvernement a besoin de 177 900 426 041 francs CFA (USD 306 million). Le montant a été dévoilé ce mardi, 7 avril 2020 par la ministre de la Santé,...
Brazil’s government on Monday announced emergency measures to inject nearly 150 billion Reais (USD 30 billion) into the economy to soften the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fiscal boost represents a rapid turnaround for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes who, as...
The Zambian government has announced a release of 2.64 billion-kwacha (0.75 percent of GDP) to clear arrears and pay contractors. The government had set up an Epidemic Preparedness Fund amounting to 57 million kwacha (0.02% of GDP) and had approved a COVID-19...
