The Thai cabinet has approved 209 billion baht for the Universal Coverage Scheme in the fiscal year 2023, which increases by 4.12% from the previous year. The newly added services are mainly related to COVID-19, such as expenses for RT-PCR tests, antigen test...
The Egyptian healthcare system has multiple stakeholders, including a wide range of public and private healthcare providers and several financing agents. This study sheds light on the healthcare system’s financing mechanisms and the flow of funds in Egypt. It also...
Egypt has a strong commitment to universal health care (UHC). Article 18 of the Egyptian Constitution says that the State shall establish a comprehensive health insurance system covering all diseases for all Egyptians. This PowerPoint (2016) presentation by the...
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In October, 2021 Moderna announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to make up to 110 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available to the AU. The company in a statement said it was preparing to deliver the first 15 million doses in the fourth quarter...
The newly-appointed Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Mr Alikhan Smailov held a meeting on improving the efficiency of the healthcare system. The head of government criticized lack of coordination and effectiveness in management of public health expenditure by the Social...
The government of Liberia received about 2.5 million USD to strengthen the delivery of routine health services in health facilities and communities during COVID-19 and improving cold chain management from the Japanese government. The project, strengthening routine...
BPJS Kesehatan is a social security agency which manages the JKN – National Health Insurance of Indonesia. During the pandemic, BPJS Kesehatan is responsible for verifying COVID-19 claims for all Indonesian people. There were 2.3 million of COVID-19 treatment claims...
In New Zealand, health reform is one of the main focuses of the Government. COVID-19 showed how critical a prepared health system is to protect New Zealanders and support their wellbeing. The budget will make significant investments including establishments of...
PhilHealth will receive nearly PHP80 billion in subsidies under the proposed PHP5.02-trillion 2022 national budget. The amount of subsidy for PhilHealth in 2022 is greater than the budget provided in 2021. This will increase health insurance coverage for the...
The government of South Africa, in May 2021 committed an extra R4 billion to procure (over 260 million USD) COVID-19 vaccines and extend a special distress grant to thousands of people hit by the pandemic. The news was presented in a special appropriation bill tabled...
Egypt approved raising allocations to the healthcare sector by EGP260 million (16.54 million USD) in current fiscal year 2020/2021 to increase hospitals' capacity of intensive care beds to 1,000 and introduce further 500 ventilators. There is a growth in public...
Matthias Yeanay, executive director of the IREDD, Liberia, has asked the government to appropriate a special budget for health facilities towards the coronavirus fight. IREDD collected data and assessed whether public health facilities across the country were...
Over five million Egyptian citizens have been registered for the country's Universal Health Insurance System in the governorates of the first phase, the cabinet's Information and Decision Support Centre said Saturday. The figures announced are around 85 percent...
The USAID and its implementing partners were actively involved with WHO and MOHSS throughout the process of discussion on ACT-A and deciding the priorities for Namibia. UNICEF was keen to participate in the Essential health service package work. UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and...
