In a recent meeting between the Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Azhar Giniyat and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Republic of India Meenakshi Lekhi, the parties discussed cooperation in health care between Kazakhstan and India....
The Council of Health Insurance (Dhaman) announced that the state will no longer bear the treatment costs of COVID-19 patients in the private sector facilities. Dhaman notified this through a circular sent to all the approved healthcare service providers and the...
The Islamic Action Front party (IAF) in Jordan has proposed setting up an independent public institution to run health insurance services nationwide, similar to the Social Security Corporation (SSC). IAF said this is part of the Jordan Vision 2030 is based...
Since this morning in Bobo Dioulasso, the NGO DIAKONIA has been bringing together the stakeholders involved in implementing the UHIP program. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for all players involved in the implementation of AMU (Universal Health...
The International Growth Center (IGC) Sierra Leone has been heavily involved in working with the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information (DPPI) at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in providing technical input into the design of the insurance programme as...
The first 100 stakeholders participating in the delivery of the National Health Insurance Project (Dhamani) have now been onboarded and registered on the Dhamani platform underpinning the implementation of the compulsory health insurance programme in the Sultanate of...
The 5th International Day of Mutuality in Cameroon will take place from April 26 to 28, 2022 under the theme : " Sécurité Sociale: Une Commune, Une Mutuelle". The JIM 2022 celebration will take place at Douala Town Hall, according to the...
The study findings suggest that social service, competition and increased clientele were the common facilitating factors for enrolment in government health schemes. Low & delayed reimbursement, bribe to clear payment, limited services covered, and administrative...
In this article, Prof Stefan Ecks argues that the new Government Financed Health Insurance schemes (GFHIs) in India are part of a neo-liberalization move toward “demand-side” healthcare which is shifting more decision-making responsibilities onto individuals rather...
On March 28, 2022, the Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, as part of a working visit to the Issyk-Kul region, got acquainted with the preparatory work for the launch of a mobile multi-diagnostic complex -- the "health centers on wheels"....
In December 2021, an exchange and dialogue session was held with stakeholders and promoters of mutual health insurance in Burundi, who took the opportunity to share their vision of the role to be played in the future architecture of health and social protection...
"This document presents the findings from an assessment of the co-management of different social health insurance schemes by the Cambodian National Social Security Fund, with a focus on the strategic purchasing of health services from public and private health...
Oman’s public health sector partnered with private healthcare institutions that helped in lessening the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country. Private sector participation increased the country’s hospitalization capacity, handled the overflow of patients from...
The project manager in the health division of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) carried out a mission to evaluate PASST2 activities and prepare a PASST3 in Chad from 31.01 to 12.02.2022. During her stay, she met with those involved in implementing PASST2...
As the government in Egypt continues to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, plans to allow private healthcare companies to sell vaccinations are underway. During a meeting of the House of Representatives Complaints and Suggestions Committee on Monday,...
