Singapore offers healthcare coverage to its entire population through Medisave, a personal savings account and MediShield Life, a low-cost medical insurance to help Singaporeans pay for large hospitalisation bills. To ensure continued healthcare...
In the last decade, the increasing cost of care and consequent impoverishment of those seeking medical treatment added momentum to the debate on ‘Right to Health’ by demanding universal health coverage (UHC) to build societal resilience to the devastating impacts of...
Health investment in areas like workforce, digital and infrastructure is critical to delivering better health outcomes and is also part of the solution to manage the economic recovery, both for productivity and job creation. PwC Australia recommends investment in...
In order to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030 in West and Central Africa, several First Ladies of Africa are committed to mobilizing more resources and strengthening their support for the fight against this scourge at the high-level round table on the theme of "A...
The havoc that COVID-19 wreaked on Bangladesh is typical of the effect it had on South Asian countries in general in that it exposed the acute lack of investment- financial, infrastructural and in terms of human resources in the public healthcare system. Considering...
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The Minister of Health, Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo, has officially launched the process of drawing up the new National Health Development Plan (PNDS-2021-2030). A new ten-year plan in which the alignment of technical and financial partners is one of the key objectives....
The Burkinabe Prime Minister's general policy statement was presented to the elected representatives of the Fourth Republic. It focused on four (4) main themes: : 1-consolidate peace, security, social cohesion and promote national reconciliation; 2- deepen...
WHO Representative in Oman, Dr Jean Jabbour, meets with HM Consul General and Deputy Head of Mission- British Embassy Muscat, Mr James Goldman, to discuss potential areas of collaboration and joint support to health system strengthening initiatives in the Sultanate.
Historically, public financial management (PFM) has been overlooked in academic and policy discussions on the availability of domestic resources. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that shows the impact of PFM processes on the quality and volume of...
Please join us next Wednesday 16 December from 14:30-15:30 CET for the launch of the Health Financing Progress Matrix 2.0 (HFPM). I would also like to convey my sincere wishes that this is the last event that WHO’s health financing team will organize as part of the...
On 16th November 2020, the Geneva Health Forum held a session titled "Extending social health protection, promoting equity”. Details of the session: https://dev.ghf2020.org/session-2-5.php You can see also the link of the video; https://youtu.be/HHemhvmh2X0 ...
Myanmar's State Counsellor mentioned UHC in her New Year's Speech. See page 6 in attached link. https://www.facebook.com/state.counsellor/posts/2170201099780761 The unofficial translation would be - "....... Universal Health Coverage is a promise we...
From December 08 to 09, 2020, was held in the Maurice Yaméogo meeting room of Excellence Hôtel in Koudougou, a workshop to reflect on the motivations for joining social mutuals in Burkina Faso. This workshop, co-organized by the Direction Générale de la Protection...
