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Estimating health plan costs with the OneHealth tool, Cambodia
Cambodia

"The article describes how the health ministry used the OneHealth tool to inform development and prioritasation of the strategy and its targets, how much it will cost to implement the plan, and if there are sufficient financial resources available to cover costs"

Kazakhstan aims to finance PHC by up to 60% of all health care costs
Kazakhstan aims to finance PHC by up to 60% of all health care costs
Kazakhstan

At the round table meeting conducted to discuss the collaboration between WHO Country Office in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Healthcare and the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aizhan Esmagambetova reminded that Kazakhstan aims to reach the...

Parliament Members discussed steps to improve the health insurance system
Parliament Members discussed steps to improve the health insurance system
Kazakhstan

The Committee for Social and Cultural Development of the Lower Chamber of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on mandatory social health insurance attended by the Members of the Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Health...

Russia is investing funds to attract health workers to rural areas
Russia is investing funds to attract health workers to rural areas
Russian Federation

Russian Ministry of Healthcare has allocated additional funding to the state programs named "Rural Doctor" and "Rural Physician Assitant to attract health care personnel to work in rural areas and small towns. The key change in a recently adopted policy was the...

Iran: Health Spending Has Increased Sixfold in Past Eight Years
Iran: Health Spending Has Increased Sixfold in Past Eight Years
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

According to senior Iranian budget officials, government spending in the healthcare sector has increased by six times in just eight years to over 6 billion USD. Hamid Pour Asghari, deputy head of the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) of Iran, said that projected...

Jordan’s lower house passes 2022 budget bill: Key takeaways for health
Jordan’s lower house passes 2022 budget bill: Key takeaways for health
Jordan

Jordan’s lower house on Monday passed the 2022 draft laws for the state budget and for this year’s budgets of independent public institutions after marathon deliberations that took place for seven days. Healthcare allocations are increased in the budget law by JD 177...

An assessment on Universal Health Coverage in Fiji is now available
An assessment on Universal Health Coverage in Fiji is now available
Papua New Guinea

Health services at public facilities in Fiji were and still are largely free and readily available for the population with limited user fees charged for certain specialized medical procedures. It even offers waivers for said fees to poorer patients. This assessment...

Health Financing System Assessment in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

The document provides an analysis of the economic, demographic, and disease burden context, the health system structure, human resources for health and health expenditure in the country. It includes detailed information and analysis of the health expenditure trends,...

Singapore’s COVID-19 treatment subsidies to be scaled back in July
Singapore’s COVID-19 treatment subsidies to be scaled back in July
Singapore

Due to a progressively return to normal, from July 1, Singapore will scale back the government subsidies for COVID-19 treatment and return to previous health financing schemes: Government Subsidies, MediSave, MediShield Life and MediFund (S+3Ms). The subsidized...

Bangladesh’s health budget will be increased 13% for fiscal year 2022-23
Bangladesh’s health budget will be increased 13% for fiscal year 2022-23
Bangladesh

To ensure healthcare access during the pandemic and strengthen the vaccination system, Tk 36,863 crore (USD 3,966 million) will be funded to the health sector for fiscal year 2022-23. The allocation of the health budget will be increased approximately 13 percent from...

Malaysia will allocate the largest expenditures to health in Budget 2023
Malaysia will allocate the largest expenditures to health in Budget 2023
Malaysia

The Ministry of Health will continue to receive the largest budget allocation in Budget 2023. This reflects the government priorities on universal access to quality healthcare and prevention of non-communicable diseases. In addition, the budget will be funded to...