Tashkent hosted the fifth meeting of the Ministers of Health of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states chaired by Uzbekistan. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Bekhzod Musaev and the SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming addressed the participants with a...
The organization of a business forum in healthcare was discussed by the Ministers of Health of Azerbaijan and Turkey among other cooperation activities in health care, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health reported. The Minister of Health of...
First Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Marat Shoranov participated in the Fifth Meeting of Health Ministers of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Speaking at the meeting, Marat Shoranov noted that the principle of universal access to...
On June 29, 2022, public hearings were held on proposed prices for the services provided by the single payor -- the Social Health Insurance Fund. Public hearings are required to approve the prices of services provided by a state monopoly entity, such as the...
The Committee for Social and Cultural Development of the Lower Chamber of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on mandatory social health insurance attended by the Members of the Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Health...
This workshop aims to disseminate the main findings of a comprehensive assessment of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Health Insurance scheme and to improve understanding and share a common vision on the extension of social health protection coverage in...
On the occasion of the launching of the L4UHC programme in Cambodia, the French Embassy hosted a cocktail reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of France on the 31st of May. The first in-country workshop has taken place on the 30th and 31st of May. 21...
In March 2021, Parliament passed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill mandating all Ugandans aged 18- years and above to contribute to access health services. However, president, Yoweri Museveni is yet to give an approval of the Bill. The speaker of parliament...
In this paper, the authors provide a contextual and political-economic analysis of health financing reforms in Uganda and in particular dispelling the fears and misconceptions related to introduction of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The path to health...
The World Health Organization, UHC2030, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and the UHC Partnership cordially invite you to the launch of the book ‘Health system performance assessment: a framework for policy analysis’ which introduces a new...
The 2021 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) day's theme was ‘Leaving no one’s health behind: Investing in health systems for all.’ This theme is relevant for countries worldwide, including Somalia, particularly after the secondary impacts of the COVID-19...
