On April 15, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of a 400-bed multidisciplinary hospital in the city of Turkmenbashi, located in the western part of the country in Balkan velayat (the name of the region). The new health...
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of two new hospitals - the Multidisciplinary and Cancer Hospitals, built in the administrative center of the northern region of the country - the city of Dashoguz on Friday. The opening...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Turkmenistan on Wednesday handed over another batch of test systems for PCR diagnostics of COVID-19 to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. According to a UNDP press release, the consignment was...
Turkmenistan received medical supplies worth more than $969,000 US dollars this week to as part of fight with COVID-19. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) funded the purchase of and handed over medical goods worth more than 969 thousand US dollars to the...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) donated medical equipment for intensive care units to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, as announced by UNDP this Monday. The batch was donated as part of the “COVID-19 response in...
Climate change is a big concern for Fiji. It has a direct impact on these island states because of their geographic location. Therefore, the government saw it fit to address climate change as a health concern and developed this plan as a response. The document was...
Papua New Guinea faces many challenges to their rural healthcare system, especially important considering most of the population lives in rural areas. To address these deficiencies, the government created a 10-year National Health Plan. Regarding health financing,...
A new tuberculosis (TB) hospital worth 11 million euros will be built in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan, the city of Kulyab, the press center of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan reports. The construction of a hospital in Kulyab is...
As part of the Foili Khair charity program, mobile clinics were delivered from Saudi Arabia to Tajikistan. New mobile medical clinics donated by Saudi Arabia were sent to the south of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population reports. ...
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person conducted a meeting with technical staff of the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team to deliberate the relevance of the guidance note as well as work around COVID-19 and health financing. The guidance note was...
The ACT-A Health System Connector – Process Guidance for National Budgetary Dialogue was introduced by the P4H Coordination Desk in a (virtual) meeting with the P4H Ethiopia Country Focal Person (CFP). The P4H Coordination Desk explained the importance as well as the...
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person discussed the guidance note for national budgetary dialogue with the Partnership and Cooperation Directorate (PCD), Ministry of Health, Ethiopia. Discussions were also conducted on the ongoing work financing for...
As countries implement health financing reforms to advance towards universal health coverage (UHC) goals, it becomes increasingly useful to track their health financing progress. This was highlighted by a recent workshop convened by the World Health Organization on...
In efforts to better finance human resources, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic increased doctors' salaries starting April 1, 2022. The Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic explained how the salaries of doctors have increased since April 1. Official...
The projection of levels and composition of financial resources for healthcare expenditure (HCE) and relevant trends can provide a basis for future health financing reforms. This study projects Iran’s HCEs by the sources of funds- government health expenditure, social...
