Turkey's health expenditure posted a year-on-year rise of 21.7% to reach 201.3 billion Turkish liras ($35.44 billion) in 2019. Health expenditure per capita reached 2,434 Turkish liras ($428.5) with an increase of 19.9% while out of pocket health expenditures...
Egypt’s health sector budget in 2021/2022 is 16.2% higher than year before
The health sector in 2021/2022 is expected to have a budget 16.27 percent higher than that of the year before, highlighting Egypt’s keenness on improving health conditions for patients and staff. In the new financial year, the budget allocated for health will be...
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($64 million) in extra funding for its health services. The country had allocated 125...
Burkina Faso: 19,000 billion CFA francs for strong, sustainable and inclusive growth!
The National Economic and Social Development Plan (PNDES-II) is part of the drive to make the population more secure, modernize the optimal conditions for improving the well-being of the Burkinabe people, and improve the business climate throughout the country. Its...
Health is second largest in 2022 budget in Malaysia
In Malaysia, the government has allocated RM32.4bil to the Health Ministry, which is the second largest allocation. The additional budget has been allocated as follows: RM4bil has been allocated for COVID-19 management, including the national vaccination program....
Workshop to consolidate and validate the analysis of the health financing and social protection situation in Burundi, 10-12 Nov 21 in Gitéga
From November 10 to 12, 2021, some forty national players involved in health financing and social protection in Burundi met in the political capital Gitéga. The work was divided into two sequences. First, consolidation of data and analysis of strengths and weaknesses...
How Far is Estonia from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare...
How Far is Lithuania from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare systems of...
How Far is Latvia from Universal Health Coverage? A research paper
A reseach publication by Polish authors Marzena Tambor, Jacek Klich, and Alicja Domagała titled "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?" explores how healthcare...
Country-based study on evidence on financial protection in Moldova
Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in the Republic of Moldova (2020) A report by WHO with the above title has been published under authorship of By Iuliana Garam, Mariana Zadnipru, Valeriu Doronin, Andrei Matei, Ilaria...
Budget preparation dialogue: publication to help enhance budgetary space for health in Ukraine in 2021
WHO has published a report titled "Budgetary space for health in Ukraine. Policy document to support budget preparation dialogue for 2021". This report describes how Ukraine was kick-starting dialogue on increasing funding for health care; a challenging task in...
Ministry of Healthcare and the Ministry of Labor of Russia presented a pilot model to increase salaries of health care workers
The Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, together with the Ministry of Labor of Russia, developed the parameters of the Health Sector Remuneration System (HSRS) for medical workers of public health care organizations as part of a pilot project launched in 7 regions. The...