"In Guinea, development aid is the second-largest source of funding for the health sector, covering almost a third of total health expenditure. The statement is from Dr Mohamed Lamine Yansané, representing the Guinean Minister of Health at a workshop to validate...
A look at the Philippine health sector during and after Covid-19
The health system in the Philippines has two major defining public health safeguards- the Philippine Health Security Corporation known as PhilHealth and the Universal Health Care Law passed in February 2019 that now extends PhilHealth to all Filipinos. While...
Health getting mere 1% of 2021 national budget for infrastructure – Recto
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday scored the “biggest factory defect” in the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, citing how health infrastructure would be getting only a “microscopic” 1 percent share of total spending for government...
Budget 2021: Healthcare measures welcomed but fall short
Some RM31.9 billion was allocated for the healthcare sector in (the) 2021 (Budget for Malaysia) compared with RM30.6 billion in 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to persist for a number of years, an additional RM1 billion has been allocated to stem the...
Free healthcare for pregnant women will cost 7 billion in 2021
The Togolese government has announced that in 2021, the initiative will cost Togo more than 07 billion CFA francs. A clear commitment to improving physical conditions for pregnant women and newborns. The implementation of the "Santé maternelle et néonatale Muskoka"...
Sustainable Financing for New Vaccines in Indonesia: Challenges and Strategies
‘The issue of sustainable financing for new vaccines is particularly pertinent as Indonesia transitions away from extensive Gavi support towards a self-financing immunization system. As the current immunization system transitions, practical solutions must be found and...
Health Financing in Digital Health in Australia: 2021
The Pandemic has forced governments to rethink their systems of healthcare delivery and digital has been one way to go to ensure maximum coverage with minimum physical interaction. For a developed economy like Australia, financing research and development of digital...
Nepal focuses on health spending to fight COVID-19 in annual budget
The Parliament of Nepal saw a substantial increase in the share of budget expenditure on health in FY 2021, significant compared to other South Asian countries. The country saw increased spending in health infrastructure to primarily combat the onslaught of the Corona...
Covid-19 and Nepal’s Health Financing: Insights and recommendations based on local government response during full lockdown
The public healthcare system in Nepal is a shared responsibility between the federal, local and provincial governments with the latter usually at the forefront of handling outbreaks such as COVID-19 on ground. The financing for their operations was mixed as well where...
A case for building a stronger health care system in Bangladesh
The havoc that COVID-19 wreaked on Bangladesh is typical of the effect it had on South Asian countries in general in that it exposed the acute lack of investment- financial, infrastructural and in terms of human resources in the public healthcare system. Considering...
Free family planning care and services: 120 billion F CFA injected in 5 years
Coming into force on April 2, 2016, the measure aims to make healthcare for children under 5 and pregnant women, deliveries and caesarean sections, and breast and uterine cancer screening free of charge. In short, the aim of the President of Faso is to reduce the...
More than 134 billion CFA francs injected into Burkina Faso’s healthcare system
The Burkinabe Ministry of Health has officially launched the 2021-2023 Global Fund grants for the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and for Health System Strengthening (HSS) in Burkina Faso. This subsidy is worth more than 134 billion FCFA. Under the...
Comprehensive review of the social protection system and support for the implementation of the SNPS in Senegal
In 2015, Senegal revised its National Social Protection Strategy (SNPS) with the vision of. set up a national social protection system that is inclusive and accessible to all. With this in mind, Senegal intends to gradually build a universal social protection...
SENEGAL: Adoption of a protocol to review strategic purchasing mechanisms
On January 11, a videoconference workshop was held to validate the protocol of the study on the review of existing strategic purchasing mechanisms implemented by the Group. implemented in Senegal. The aim is to validate the said protocol with a view to drawing up...
SENEGAL: Adoption of a protocol to review strategic purchasing mechanisms
On January 11, a videoconference workshop was held to validate the protocol of the study on the review of existing strategic purchasing mechanisms implemented by the Group. implemented in Senegal. The aim is to validate the said protocol with a view to drawing up...