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...
On Friday, the Togolese government adopted the Finance Bill for the 2022 financial year at the Council of Ministers. The budget is projected at 1,760 billion CFA francs in resources and expenses, against FCFA 1,521.3 billion for 2021, an increase of 15.7%. This...
The Association des Sociétés d'Assurances de Côte d'Ivoire (ASA-CI) is organizing a conference on health insurance from November 16 to 19. These The symposium will focus on issues relating to third-party payment, with a view to ensuring the development of...
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers, nursery school staffs, and nurses under the new stimulus package. The expected total budget for the stimulus package is greater than 30 trillion yen, aiming to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 through boosting economic...
Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Health published the country’s National Health Plan in 2016 with the objective of adopting modern methods in providing healthcare services to meet the health needs of its citizens starting with primary healthcare promoting optimal...
Background: Over the past decades, many countries in Asia and the Pacific have rapidly expanded social health protection coverage. Despite laudable progress, the effective realization of the human rights to health and social security is not yet a reality for all....
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...
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 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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
