Private sector companies in Indonesia began inoculating employees against COVID-19 with a paid-for vaccine plan aimed at boosting productivity and accelerating the government’s free, nationwide vaccination drive. Registered private companies are allowed to...
Public and private sectors collective response to combat COVID-19 in Malaysia
The resurgence of COVID-19 cases has overwhelmed the public healthcare system and overloaded the healthcare resources. Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia has adopted an Emergency Ordinance (EO) to instruct private hospitals to receive both COVID-19 and...
Leveraging private sector primary care providers to increase access to family planning in the Philippines (September 2019)
The use of modern contraception in the Philippines is increasing steadily but is still very low compared to regional peers. Increased modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) is a key target of the Philippine government. Private providers, especially private...
Federal budget 2021: Health reforms could save Aussies millions
Key private health reforms revealed in the budget, which includes closing a loophole that dissuades people earning more than $90,000 a year from taking out private health insurance, slashing the cost of medical devices and reviewing tax rebates, could dramatically cut...
Description of GGT Financement in Côte d’Ivoire
Prospects for GTT Financement in Côte d'Ivoire
Functioning and outlook of the Health Financing TWG and Côte d’Ivoire
Friday, May 14, 2021 saw the latest meeting of Health TFPs in Côte d'Ivoire with the following agenda. The Financing TWG was described (see ppt). 1.Main theme: Review of 2020 and Outlook for 2021 - GSS Technical Secretariat (10 minutes) - GTT - Health...
Функционирование и перспективы ТРГ по финансированию здравоохранения и Кот-д’Ивуара
В пятницу 14 мая 2021 года состоялось последнее заседание ТФП по здравоохранению в Кот-д'Ивуаре со следующей повесткой дня. Было рассказано о работе ТРГ по финансированию (см. ppt). 1.Основная тема: Итоги 2020 года и перспективы на 2021 год - Технический...
The National Health Security Office accelerates payments to the healthcare sector amid rising COVID 19 Cases
The Covid 19 outbreak continues to strain healthcare providers physically and financially and extra work always comes with extra costs. The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is trying to adjust its financial reimbursement system to better cope with the...
Public-Private Sector partnership in Philippines leads to immunization programme success
On April 30, The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized a Vaccine Summit that discussed the need to prepare for the next pandemic, particularly in the areas of vaccine security and...
Financial accessibility issues to COVID treatments noted in Bangladesh
A recent study conducted by the Health Economics Unit of the Bangladesh Ministry of Health highlights cost differences between treatments of COVID patients in public versus private facilities. For example, while the average cost of ICU treatment in the public sector...
MUGEF-CI: the State of Côte d’Ivoire called upon to pay its share of contributions
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mutuelle générale des fonctionnaires et agents de l'Etat de Côte d'Ivoire (MUGEF-CI), Kouamé Mesmin Comoé, calls on on Wednesday April 14, 2021, the State to pay the employer's share. "The employer's share amounts to...
Public–private partnerships for universal health coverage? The future of “free health” in Sri Lanka
With less than 5% spending ion health, the Sri Lankan Government runs public hospitals that offer ‘free’ healthcare on a walk-in basis with no extra cost. While this is an achievement of no ordinary means and has impressive geographical reach even though...
Workshop to present the results of the study: “Economie politique de la CSU au Burkina Faso: points de vue des parties prenantes et priorités de recherche”.
Recherche pour la Santé et Développement (RESADE) in collaboration with Queen Margaret University (Great Britain) conducted a study to analyze the place and challenges of using political economy analysis in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies and practices, as...
Семинар, посвященный представлению результатов исследования: “Политическая экономика CSU в Буркина-Фасо: точки зрения партий и приоритеты исследований”.
Компания Recherche pour la Santé et Développement (RESADE) в сотрудничестве с Университетом Королевы Маргарет (Великобритания) провела исследование с целью анализа места и проблем использования политэкономического анализа в политике и практике универсального...
Workshop to present the results of the study: “Economie politique de la CSU au Burkina Faso: points de vue des parties prenantes et priorités de recherche”.
Recherche pour la Santé et Développement (RESADE) in collaboration with Queen Margaret University (Great Britain) conducted a study to analyze the place and challenges of using political economy analysis in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) policies and practices, as...