The Infection Control Support Fund for Healthcare Workers at Hospitals Responding to COVID-19 will be temporarily included in the hospital’s fee covered by the National Health Insurance to improve the working conditions of healthcare workers at hospitals dedicated to...
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Following the announcement of major structural reform of the New Zealand health system in April, the health allocation budget 2021 has been announced. An extra $200 million over four years to Pharmac for more medicines, treatments, and personal medical...
As part of its commitment to improving long-term health outcomes for women and girls under the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030, Australia’s Ministry of Health is earmarking $353.9 million over the next four years as part of the 2021-22 budget. This will...
The Australian government recently announced that it is extending AU$114 million (approximately $88 million) more funds under the 2021-22 Budget for the provision of telehealth services until end-2021. The extension of the Medicare-funded telehealth...
Sri Lanka’s public health spending as a share of GDP, at around 1.5 per cent, is low by international standards. This is compounded by inefficiencies in fund administration and allocation. A related problem is the lack of a proper system to forecast financial...
Written by Hélène Barroy, Federica Margini, Triin Habicht, Tomas Roubal, Peter Cowley and Joseph Kutzin As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out globally, the number one question for many low-and-middle income countries is how much it is going to cost to procure...
Elaborar una nota de orientación metodológica para auditar la plantilla y la nómina de las instituciones sanitarias. Los participantes en la reunión intercambiaron puntos de vista con el fin de alcanzar los siguientes objetivos específicos : hacer...
Draw up a methodological guideline for auditing staffing levels and payroll in healthcare establishments. Participants at the meeting exchanged ideas with the aim of achieving the following specific objectives : take stock of staffing levels in both...
In 2015 the Bangladesh government began to levy a 1 percent Health Development Surcharge (HDS) for all tobacco products, an amount of over BDT 600 Cr (~$71M) per year. The funds collected were intended to support key government programs including tobacco...
The Cabinet has approved a THB3.75-billion fund for National Health Security Office (NHSO) health units to combat the Covid-19 emergency as part of the government’s THB1-trillion package to fight the pandemic. It will cover the cost of Covid-19 services in hospitals...
Nepal has largely been dependent on its neighbours India and China for its supply of COVID-19 vaccines both purchased and received as donations as the two countries’ attempt to use vaccine diplomacy to strengthen their influence on the small Himalayan...
The 2020 Report analyses global health spending for 190 countries from 2000 to 2018 and provides insights as to the health spending trajectory from the MDG era to the SDG era prior to the crisis of 2020. The report shows that global spending on health continually rose...
To meet this challenge of inclusion, Senegal's Agence Nationale de la Couverture Maladie Universelle has deployed an ambitious digital payment platform. Over 200,000 workers will now have access to quality healthcare subsidized by the Senegalese government. While 81%...
To meet this challenge of inclusion, Senegal's Agence Nationale de la Couverture Maladie Universelle has deployed an ambitious digital payment platform. Over 200,000 workers will now have access to quality healthcare subsidized by the Senegalese government. While 81%...
