The Jordanian National Social Protection Strategy articulates the Government’s commitment to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and provide a social protection floor in the context of the Kingdom’s vision for a state that has social justice, equity, and...
Niger: FBR strategic plan enrichment workshop
On March 8 and 9, 2021, a workshop to enrich the strategic plan for results-based financing (RBF) and free healthcare in the health sector is being held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Niamey. The meeting will be attended by the technical and financial partners of the...
$663mln spent to combat COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
Bahrain spent an estimated BD250 million on healthcare measures related to the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the last two years. It includes the amount for treatment, testing, facemasks, gloves and vaccines among others. The country is working towards achieving the...
What the 620 million UAD increase in the Israeli budget will contribute to
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz received his requested boost of two billion shekels ($621 million) for the Health Ministry budget, amounting to a total of 45 billion shekels ($13.9 billion) next year. The budget increase will not bring Israel’s health system...
Brunei’s health budget in the financial year 2022/23 has increased by 1.2%
Brunei’s Legislative Council members have approved BND 391,937,883 for the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the financial year 2022/2023. The allocated budget has increased by 1.2% from the previous year. The budget theme for MOH in the financial year 2022/2023...
WEBINAR #1 on social health care reforms and health care financing in the CIS
March 16, 2022 - 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Central European Time We invite you to share knowledge and regional perspectives on reforms in social protection of health care and health financing in CIS countries . Our speakers will share lessons learned,...
WEBINAR #1 on Social Health Protection and Health Financing Reforms in the CIS
Join us as at we exchange knowledge and regional perspectives of Social health protection and health financing reforms in Commonwealth of Independent States. Our panelists will exchange lessons learned, key achievements, and progress made toward social health...
Chad: Restitution des travaux de confection des Comptes Nationaux de Santé de l’année 2018, N’Djaména 01.02.2022
A meeting to present the final report on Chad's national health accounts was held with the Minister of Public Health and National Solidarity on 01.02.2022. The National Health Accounts for the year were drawn up by the technical departments of the Ministry of Public...
Advancing universal health coverage in the COVID-19 era: an assessment of public health services technical efficiency and applied cost allocation in Cambodia
"This study assesses Cambodia’s public health services technical efficiency, unit costs, and utilization rates to quantify the extent to which current health financing can accommodate the expansion of social health protection coverage."
Accessible and affordable COVID-19 self-test kits in Thailand
To ensure affordable and accessibility of the COVID-19 testing, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) board has decided to introduce an option by which health units can purchase the self-test kits and claim the cost from the NHSO. They can request 55 baht per...
Follow-up to the 5th WHO Montreux Collaborative meeting
Following up to the 5th WHO Montreux Collaborative meeting, a meeting report which provides an overview of the agenda, speakers, and detailed summaries of the technical sessions including the Q&A discussions was recently published. The draft meeting...
Niger: Aligning budget support for health – Identifying indicators
Kazakhstan is centralizing procurement of medical equipment to save costs
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Kazakhstan is preparing the Program for medical equipment, where funding sources will be defined for each equipment type and public health care providers who are supposed to get the equipment with...
Supporting Country Progress Towards Better Health Budget Execution – The LHSS-JLN Health Budget Execution Learning Exchange
Public budgets continue to make up the vast majority of government funding for health, making them a cornerstone of financing for universal health coverage (UHC). Even for countries that have contribution-based insurance systems, government budgetary support...
Viet Nam’s COVID-19 fight costs over US$$3.2 billion
https://en.baochinhphu.vn/vgp-news-viet-nams-covid-19-fight-costs-over-us32-billion-111220107094251985.htm