DOCUMENT | 14 Jun 2022
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NEWS | 13 Jun 2022
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...
NEWS | 13 Jun 2022
Bhutan has allocated 12 percent of the total budget to health for the next financial year
Bhutan
A total of USD 134 million has been allocated to the health sector for the financial year 2022-2023, which accounted for 12.9 percent of the total government budget. The budget has been earmarked for Covid-19 related expenditures such as COVID-19 containment measures,...
NEWS | 06 Jun 2022
Kazakhstan expanded screening programs for children in an effort to invest into prevention
Kazakhstan
Vyacheslav Dudnik, Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan spoke at the Open Doors Event held by the Corporate Fund "University Medical Center" in capital city Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the International Children's Day on June 1. “The greatest happiness of parents is...
DOCUMENT | 01 Jun 2022
Supporting strategic health purchasing: a case study of annual health budgets from General Tax Revenue and Social Health Insurance in Abia State, Nigeria
Nigeria
The recent health financing reforms in Nigeria such as the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) and state-supported Social Health Insurance (SHI) schemes recognize the critical roles of state governments and related agencies in defining, deciding, implementing, and...
NEWS | 31 May 2022
AMU in Burkina Faso: What funding mechanisms are needed for effective implementation?
Burkina Faso
What financing mechanisms are needed to make universal health insurance a reality in Burkina Faso ? The issue was the focus of a public conference held in Ouagadougou. Discussions took place between healthcare professionals and students on a master's degree in...
NEWS | 26 May 2022
Indonesia government to gradually reduce COVID treatment subsidies
Indonesia
Due to the downward trend of COVID-19 cases, the Indonesia government will slowly stop subsidizing the treatment costs of COVID-19 patients. The source of funding for COVID-19 treatment will be shifted from the government to the national health insurance program or...
NEWS | 26 May 2022
Australia has committed for more investment to strengthen the health system
Australia
To provide ongoing social health protection against COVID-19, the Australian government has committed to the Long Term National Health Plan through strategic investments in Australia's health system with the allocation of $132 billion for health in 2022–23. This...
NEWS | 26 May 2022
New Zealand has released health budget 2022
New Zealand
For New Zealand’s health budget 2022, $13.2 billion has been allocated to the health sector over the next four years, aiming to reduce cost pressures and create new services. While $1.8 billion in new spending in the coming year aims to address historic cost...
NEWS | 25 May 2022
The African Union starts the implementation of the Health Financing Tracker
The African Union (AU) has held the Africa Leadership Meeting - Investing in Health (ALM) Initiative in Johannesburg on 23rd May, 2022, with presence of representatives of African countries. The objective of the meeting was to exchange on the exercise of the Health...
POST | 24 May 2022
Re-learning through the pandemic: India’s COVID-19 health financing response
India
Authors: Grace Achungura, Technical Officer (Health Financing for UHC-HCF), WHO Country Office, India Rahul Reddy, Health Systems & Financing Expert, India Mita Choudhury, Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy Jaidev Anand,...
DOCUMENT | 20 May 2022
How China controls the COVID-19 epidemic through public health expenditure and policy
China
This paper aimed to explore how the Chinese government controls the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of public health expenditure and policy. Findings showed that public health expenditure and policy played an important role in the governance and control of the...
NEWS | 20 May 2022
Turkey’s healthcare investment proved its capacity amid outbreak: Presidential Communications Directorate
Turkey
The Turkish government has been investing in the healthcare sector for years to improve its capacity, and these investments have been paying off in the fight against the coronavirus, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said on...
DOCUMENT | 16 May 2022
Financing social protection and accelerating coverage in times of crisis and beyond: options for a people-centred recovery
DOCUMENT | 16 May 2022