REGLEMENT N°07/2009/CM/UEMOA PORTANT REGLEMENTATION DE LA MUTUALITE SOCIALE AU SEIN DE L'UEMOA
DOCUMENT | 04 Jan 2022
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DOCUMENT | 03 Jan 2022
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Abuja declaration: Honouring the pledge
The 2001 Abuja declaration is a pledge by the African Union member states to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets each year to improving their healthcare systems. However, for the countries in the SADC, fulfilling this pledge has been a challenge. Having...
NEWS | 15 Dec 2021
BURUNDI: TFP-Government collaborative process
Burundi
The implementation of public health programs and policies in Burundi is supported by development partners, and this support represents the country's primary source of health funding. This collaboration slackened with the difficult socio-political situation of 2015. In...
NEWS | 02 Dec 2021
CSU au TCHAD: Promulgation of law n°026 creating the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAS)
Chad
On 31/12/2020, the Chadian National Assembly unanimously adopted the law creating the National Health Insurance Fund. This law was promulgated on the same day by the Head of State, the Marshal of Chad, Idriss Déby ITNO. Passage and promulgation of the...
NEWS | 12 Nov 2021
Burkina Faso-tobacco consumption: ACONTA sounds the alarm
Burkina Faso
Afrique contre le tabac (ACONTA) launched the report on the tobacco industry's interference index in Burkina Faso. It was on Monday, October 25, 2021 in Ouagadougou, in the presence of several institutions partners in the fight against this public health phenomenon,...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Rwanda: Health financing strategic plan (2018-2024)
Rwanda
This document complements the 2018-2024 Health sector strategic plan, focussing on health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) by improving effective service coverage by...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (2018-2024)
Rwanda
The Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (HSSP IV) is the guiding document outlining national strategic directions to improve health standards of Rwandans between 2018-2024. Its content reflects a comprehensive analysis of the Rwanda’s health sector progress and...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
New documents available on Rwanda country page
Rwanda
Three new documents have been posted on the document section of the Rwanda page. They include two government documents which are the fourth heath sector strategic plan and the health financing strategy as well as one peer reviewed article on the financial...
NEWS | 24 Oct 2021
Malawi : Stakeholders call for taxes to support health services
Malawi
In June, 2021 stakeholders in the health sector engaged the parliamentary committee on health to lobby for more funding to the sector to ensure that health facilities are equipped with adequate drugs and other medical items, personnel and infrastructure. The Malawi...
NEWS | 24 Oct 2021
Gambia: “The 2020 national health insurance bill (NHIB) seeks to fulfil right to health care services” says Minister Samateh
Gambia
In the quest to ensure financial risk protection and equal access to health services and hence achieve universal health coverage, the Gambia government initiated the introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2020. The minister of health Dr. Ahmad...
DOCUMENT | 09 Oct 2021
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage (UHC): a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya
Kenya
In light of the centrality of UHC in driving current health policy in Kenya, this paper examines the value interests that influence agenda setting in the country’s health financing space. Given the plurality of Kenya’s health policy levers, the authors aimed to...
NEWS | 09 Oct 2021
Kenyan president launches benchmark universal health coverage (UHC) pilot, to become nationwide by 2022
Kenya
On the 13th of Dec, 2018 the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta announced the launch of a UHC plan, positioning Kenya as a leader in achieving quality and affordable healthcare in the African continent. The first pilot phase was planned to cover four...
NEWS | 05 Oct 2021
Côte d’Ivoire-Cancer: 20 billion to facilitate patient care
Côte d’Ivoire
(...) over the next 5 years, 20 billion Fcfa will be invested " to provide access to treatment for cancer patients. The Ivorian Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Pierre Dimba, at the launch of the 2021 edition of Octobre...
DOCUMENT | 01 Oct 2021
Enhancing the competitiveness of the health sector in Jordan
Jordan
The paper aims to identify and elaborate on the main challenges facing the private sector’s participation in the Health Sector in Jordan, in wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. It entails an exploration of the structure, governance and finance of the Kingdom’s Healthcare...
NEWS | 27 Sep 2021
NIGER-ENABEL: Contribution to the national CMU strategy
Niger
As part of the definition of the health component of the Niger-Belgium 2022-2026 cooperation program, a workshop was held from September 08 to 10, 2021, which clarified ENABEL's support for the national Universal Health Coverage strategy as part of the implementation...