DOCUMENT | 15 Oct 2021
Study of health financing mechanisms in Burundi
Burundi
959 results
DOCUMENT | 15 Oct 2021
Final report on innovative financing mechanisms for the Social Protection Support Fund in Burundi
Burundi
POST | 15 Oct 2021
Progressing towards CSU in the era of COVID-19 in French-speaking Africa: what are the major challenges?
Kéfilath Bello, Fadhi Dkhimi, Y-LingChi, Jean-Paul Dossou, HélèneBarroy On May 20, 2021, WHO, P4H, the Center for Global Development, the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and Collectivity have organized a webinar entitled...
NEWS | 15 Oct 2021
2021 Jordan state budget focusses on health sector, social protection
Jordan
The Jordan Ministry of Finance has estimated JD 9.93 billion in public spending this year as it focuses on not shrinking spending capabilities despite the grave challenges posed by the Pandemic. The main axes of the budget are maintaining health sector expenditures...
DOCUMENT | 12 Oct 2021
Prospects for sustainable health financing in Tanzania: Baseline report
Tanzania, United Republic of
A high proportion of Tanzania’s total health spending comes from foreign donors and households’ out-of- pocket (OOP) spending, rather than from sustainable sources such as government tax-based revenue or health insurance. Over reliance on OOP can expose households to...
DOCUMENT | 12 Oct 2021
Universal health coverage (UHC) in low-Income countries: Tanzania’s efforts to overcome barriers to equitable health service access
Tanzania, United Republic of
The Government of Tanzania has implemented a number of health sector reforms that promote UHC in the last two decades. This case study focuses primarily on the initiatives that foster UHC with a specific pro-poor lens. Tanzania’s efforts that can potentially benefit...
NEWS | 12 Oct 2021
Household health expenditure rises by 52% last four years
Mozambique
The recent Household Budget Survey 2019-20 published end of September shows a relevant 52% increase in household health expenditures. However, expenditure level continues to be low, passing from 90 Mzn (1,5€) in the last report of 2014-15 to 139 Mzn (1,8€) per...
NEWS | 12 Oct 2021
Publication of the ACT-Accelerator Strategic Review
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Strategic Review: An independent report prepared by Dalberg, was published on Friday, 8th October 2021. This report was commissioned by the World Health Organization, on behalf of the ACT-Accelerator partners and as host...
NEWS | 09 Oct 2021
Philippines passed the national budget for 2022 with increase allocation to health
Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved the final reading of the proposed PHP5.024-trillion for the 2022 budget, which is 11.5 percent higher than this year's PHP4.506 trillion. The budget proposal is developed based on three main pillars strategy:...
DOCUMENT | 08 Oct 2021
Namibia: FY2021/22 budget statement- Boosting resilience and recovery
Namibia
The Minister of Finance budget speech in March 2021 highlights importance for domestic financing for COVID-19. In his speech, the Minister highlights that the budget allocates resources to the three main domains which are essential for the pathway to the next level of...
NEWS | 05 Oct 2021
Brunei provides interim measures to assist the private sector affected by COVID-19
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei provides 7 interim measures to support private sectors affected by the COVID pandemic, starting from the 1st August 2021 to 31st December 2021 as follows: First: Defer the contributions of the Employees Trust Fund (Tabung Amanah Pekerja:...
NEWS | 05 Oct 2021
Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Instructions for effective care
Côte d’Ivoire
To date in Côte d'Ivoire, 3,165,273 people have been enrolled by the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie, 3,048,485 people have been registered and 2,959,759 cards have been produced. The figures also show that 2,066,800 of the 2,959,759 cards produced were...
NEWS | 05 Oct 2021
NIger: World Bank injects funds into maternal and child health
Niger
Niger's healthcare system is facing major difficulties. Despite the progress made in recent years, the country still has a high mortality rate among children under five (77 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2020), while stunted growth continues to have a...
NEWS | 05 Oct 2021
Mulitisectoral collaborration in addressing priority health issues in Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan prioritizes the mass screening program for cervical, breast, and gastric cancer as national issues and plans to achieve 100 percent coverage. Early detection through the screening program could save lives as well as cost of treatment. To achieve the mass...
NEWS | 04 Oct 2021
Burkina Faso-public spending: A workshop brings together stakeholders in Manga
Burkina Faso
(...) More than ever, we need to be rigorous in spending public money. Despite our limited resources, with sound management we are able to achieve our (...) This statement was made by Pr Charlemagne Ouédraogo, Minister of Health, at the end of a meeting...