After 08 years of implementation program based budgeting, the Ministry of Health has deemed it necessary to ensure consistency between the performance indicators of the program budget and those monitored by the Ministry of Health through DHIS2 at national level. ...
The Ministry of Health in Cameroon has added a program under Program Based Budgeting
The Ministry of Health in Cameroon has increased the number of programs under Program Based Budgeting mechanism from 4 programs to 5 programs. The five programs under Program Based Budgeting mechanisms are: P1) Health promotion and nutrition, (P2) Disease prevention,...
Ministry of Finance consultation with the Ministry of Health to facilitate the execution of expenditures in Cameroon
Bottlenecks related to the execution of health expenditures are often related to the public financial management rules and procedures put in place. These procedures are sometimes incompatible and creates hurdles for the Ministry of Health to react quickly to a health...
Creation of a special account for COVID-19 expenditures in Cameroon
In the fight against COVID-19, Cameroon refocussed the state budget in the year 2020. A special account called "Special National Solidarity Fund for the fight against the Coronavirus and its economic and social repercussions" was created under the yearly budget law as...
Revitalisation of budget implementation review conferences organised in Cameroon
As a part of the ongoing reforms to modernize the Public Financial Management in Cameroon, the Ministry of Finance organized a conference on the execution of the State budget for the financial year 2021. The objective was to examine the problems that pose bottlenecks...
Public Financial Management Reforms to improve program budgets in health sector of Cameroon
The Ministry of Health in 2019 developed a transition table between the program budget and the strategic axes of National Health Development Plan to ensure that heath sector resources are oriented on priority activities and facilitate the monitoring of key indicators....

Belarus monitors health workers’ salary growth after cancelling COVID-related payments
From July 1, Belarus canceled COVID-19 related allowances (additional payments) for doctors and nurses working with COVID-19 positive patients, but introduced new permanent bonuses, which are tied to a percentage of the salary, depending on the complexity and...

Côte d’Ivoire-Covid19: a CFAF 59 billion response
A decree ratifying a loan of around 59 billion FCFA signed in July between the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to finance the Covid-19 strategic preparedness and response project was adopted by the Council of Ministers at the...
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
This article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, the study does a cross-national systematic analysis of all data...

Who should pay patients for medical errors? Kazakhstan is adopting a law on malpractice insurance
For the first time in history, Kazakhstan is adopting a law on medical malpractice insurance. The Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azhar Giniyat, presented the draft law to the lower chamber of Parliament - Mazhilis. This law was developed...
Islamic development bank invests 122 mln USD to cancer care in Uzbekistan
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the implementation of the second stage of the project to modernize oncological hospitals with the help from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in 2022-2026. The cost of the project is about $122 million, including: the...

Egypt: Increasing financing of the health system in the past 8 years
Egypt's comprehensive universal health insurance law (2018) has been accompanied by a number of decisive steps by the country's government to make it effective. It was followed by the launch of a package of health reforms to expedite the provision of service to the...
Zimbabwe health sector expenditure review 2022
The Zimbabwe 2022 public expenditure review (PER) for health examines the recent evolution of public health expenditures in Zimbabwe and assesses opportunities for improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. PER is important as it helps to uncover gaps in...

A new document has been posted on Zimbabwe country page
Zimbabwe just finalised conduced an expenditure review for health and its report has been posted on its country page. The report is about 131 pages long and outlines the progress that the country has made in improving efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in...
Burundi: Strategic options for universal health coverage in Burundi
From September 05 to 09, 2022, GT-CSU members met in workshops to discuss the following agenda: 1) Revision and improvement of the health financing strategy document 2) Identify and analyze the different possible scenarios for Burundi to move towards CSU, and analyze...