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NEWS | 29 Jul 2021
New blog on Implementing UHC in the Philippines: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Philippines
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NEWS | 28 Jul 2021
Burkina Faso: FCFA 16.38 billion for health infrastructure for internally displaced persons
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has obtained financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement a project to strengthen primary healthcare in order to improve health and nutrition. At an estimated cost of FCFA 16.38 billion, the IDB contributed FCFA 15.37 billion. This sum...
DOCUMENT | 22 Jul 2021
The right choice: Achieving universal health coverage in Malawi
Malawi
In Malawi primary healthcare services are provided for free at point of use in all government facilities and selected Christian Association of Malawi facilities through service level agreements). In practice, however, around 70% of the services provided at tertiary...
DOCUMENT | 21 Jul 2021
Financing Ethiopia’s Primary Care to 2035: A Model Projecting Resource Mobilization and Costs
Ethiopia
This paper presents the results of modeling to project Ethiopia’s future resources to finance primary health care and compare them with the likely costs of providing primary care according to current government plans. The paper explores different scenarios related to...
NEWS | 17 Jul 2021
Thailand plans to use public funds to cover cost of home care for COVID patients
Thailand
National Health Security Office, Thailand will cover costs of home care for asymptomatic or mild-symptom COVID-19 patients, aiming to reduce crowd in the hospitals, especially in Bangkok and metropolitan area. Home care includes online consulting with physicians,...
NEWS | 17 Jul 2021
Indonesia increases public funding for hospitals in critical condition due to Covid-19
Indonesia
Indonesia increases healthcare budget to 193.93 trillion rupiah ($13.39 billion) for coronavirus treatment, testing, tracing, drugs, vaccines and protective gear. In addition, telemedicine service has been introduced to non-critical patients, aiming to reduce pressure...
DOCUMENT | 16 Jul 2021
Cost of Implementing Minimum Service Standards for Health in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...
NEWS | 16 Jul 2021
Accelerating broad and equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
In an effort to accelerate fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Bank is providing additional financing to the Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project in the form of a grant totaling $207 million to finance vaccine acquisition and deployment...
NEWS | 16 Jul 2021
New report on implementing minimum service standards now available in documents section
Indonesia
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...
NEWS | 17 Jun 2021
Telemedicine services save lives at grassroots-level hospitals
Vietnam
https://vietnamnews.vn/society/975259/telemedicine-services-save-lives-at-grassroots-level-hospitals.html
NEWS | 12 Jun 2021
Let’s Talk Primary Health Care on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET
Kazakhstan
WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care is organizing the 6th talk show “Let’s Talk Primary Health Care” on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET. This webinar series is a monthly event with an overarching purpose to connect country task forces on...
NEWS | 12 Jun 2021
The Philippines will release a New Benefit Package for Covid-19 Patients under Home Quarantine
Philippines
The Department of Health and the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (commonly known as PhilHealth) has formulated a new home care benefit package for Covid 19 patients that will include "cost mechanisms", among others. The "holistic" home care...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Ensuring equitable population coverage in the Philippines: Immediate eligibility to Philhealth benefits (2021)
Philippines
People should be at the center of UHC, so population coverage should be prioritized, especially for the most disadvantaged groups. The Philippines’ UHC law mandates that all Filipinos be given immediate access to the country’s national health insurance benefits...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Health financing in the Philippines (2020)
Philippines
ThinkWell’s Philippine UHC Law Series presents an overview of the country’s health system and the ongoing implementation of the UHC Law. This third brief in the series focuses on health financing in the Philippines, summarizes the current situation, identifies...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Certification of the primary care provider in the Philippines (September 2020)
Philippines
The Philippine UHC Law aims to prioritize primary care, mandating that each citizen must be empaneled to a primary care provider within a health care provider network (HCPN). To ensure the quality of health care services, health professional training curricula will be...