According to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan carried out all activities in the fight against the pandemic through domestic financial resources. "The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose serious challenges to the world. Our...
According to WHO/Europe, the Small Countries Initiative (SCI) took the floor during the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (RC71) in a side event dedicated to sharing lessons learned on COVID-19. Protection from emergencies, universal health...
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his annual address to the people of Kazakhstan has traditionally devoted his speach to social protection and human capital development, as well as education and health sectors. Among new ideas, he mentioned: "Total...
After an external review by the Accounts Chamber that oversees the appropriate use of budgetary funds across government agencies, the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia (MoH) and the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund (MHIF) identified specific measures to increase...
Belarus is changing its Constitution. In March, the President of Belarus signed a decree on the creation of a Constitutional Commission of 36 people, which gave a start to practical work on changing the basic law of the country. Now, as of November 28, 2011, Head...
The Health Vision 2050 document lays out the Omani vision for its health system to be in future. It consists of, among other things, a chapter on sustainable health system financing that focuses on improving equity and ensuring financial protection for all. The...
Budget realization shows the actual spending and allocation of the budget. Indonesia government emphasizes the necessity to speed up of budget realization at the regional level to raise the household consumption as well as to recover the economy from the COVID-19...
Perinatal depression could occur during and after pregnancy leading to long-term effects on mental and physical well-being of mothers. Mental health and child wellbeing has been prioritized in New Zealand. As a results, expansion of maternal mental health services...
Oman's Annual Health Report 2020 highlights the main services provided by the health sector in 2020 along with health & vital indicators and the sustainable development goals indicators. The report contains a brief for the most important Ministry of Health studies...
Two research articles and one policy document have been recently uploaded to the Oman country page documents section. The articles give insight on the Omani healthcare system, access to free primary health care and its goal of universal health coverage. The policy...
This article provides an assessment of the cost of the public health care sector in Oman. Costs are increasing steadily as the country has a universal health care system continues to expand free primary health care to Omanis and subsidized care for the foreign...
On Thursday November 25, 2021, the Conseil national du Patronat du Mali (CNPM) hosted the opening ceremony of the 23rd ordinary session of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM). In his opening speech, the Chairman of the Caisse's...
This journal article gives insight into Lebanon’s healthcare response to the COVID 19 pandemic with limited financial resources and an increasingly private and urban health sector. It suggests that 80% of the health care budget in Lebanon is spent on acute care in...
This publication looks into government spending on social protection over the period between 2017 and 2020. In an effort to understand how social protection spending and financing is structured in Lebanon and who are its main beneficiaries, this budget spending review...
The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia has commenced a multi-stakeholder Health Sector Review for the period 2009 to 2021 with the overall objective to assess progress in attainment of targets, implementation of strategies and document contextual...
