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...
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Household health expenditure rises by 52% last four years
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...
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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...
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Philippines passed the national budget for 2022 with increase allocation to health
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:...
Namibia: FY2021/22 budget statement- Boosting resilience and recovery
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...
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Brunei provides interim measures to assist the private sector affected by COVID-19
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:...
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Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Instructions for effective care
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...
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NIger: World Bank injects funds into maternal and child health
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...
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Mulitisectoral collaborration in addressing priority health issues in 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...
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Burkina Faso-public spending: A workshop brings together stakeholders in Manga
(...) 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...
Enhancing the competitiveness of the health sector in Jordan
The paper aims to identify and elaborate on the main challenges facing the private sector’s participation in the Health Sector in Jordan, in wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. It entails an exploration of the structure, governance and finance of the Kingdom’s Healthcare...
Health Financing Policies in Jordan: The Allocation of Public Expenditures in Global Context | Rawabdeh | Makara Journal of Health Research
This research article provides a comprehensive analysis of nearly eight years of data on public health expenditure, the national health strategy and other health policies which influence the provision of equitable healthcare in Jordan. It looks at providing access to...
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BURKINA-Hemodialysis: an annual government subsidy of 300 million CFA francs
The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Régional de Ouahigouya (in the Nord region) now has an operational hemodialysis unit. The inauguration of the infrastructure was followed by the launch of the unit's activities on Saturday September 11, 2021, in the presence of the...
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BURKINA: Government continues to invest in community healthcare
In line with the regulations of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the government has initiated a far-reaching reform of public finance management, with the introduction of the program budget. With the adoption by Parliament in 2017 of a budget...
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Financing nursing care more than doubled in Estonia in 2021
According to materials prepared by Triin Habicht, a renown health economist from Estonia (WHO consultant) and her colleague Kaija Kasekamp (University of Tartu), the Estonian Insurance Fund started financing nursing services in assisted living facilities since 2020...