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...
Senegal examines catastrophic healthcare spending between 2014 and 2019
Senegal organized 48 hours of exchanges with the aim of drawing up the Terms of Reference for a study on catastrophic healthcare expenditure over the period 2014-2019. January 13 and 14 were decisive for the experts invited to these exchanges. Around...
Сенегал рассматривает катастрофические расходы на здравоохранение в период с 2014 по 2019 год
Сенегал организовал 48-часовые дискуссии с целью разработки технического задания для исследования катастрофических расходов на здравоохранение в период 2014-2019 гг. 13 и 14 января стали решающими для экспертов, приглашенных на эти дискуссии. Вокруг...
Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase – Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget
"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new healthcare scheme--the Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana--with a Rs 64,180-crore ($8.7 billion) outlay. The Centre's allocation to the health ministry for 2020-21 was Rs 67,112 crore ($9.18...
Budget 2021: Allocation to Healthcare more than doubles after Pandemic
"India will more than double its spending on healthcare in the next fiscal year as it aims to boost the sector crippled by the coronavirus pandemic". Read more...
Equity Budgeting Tool_Evaluating the place of Gender in Health budget planning
An EBT analysis was performed in 2019 in order to assess to what extent Gender is considered in the different stages of budget planning at the Ministry of Health. This report focuses on the analysis of budgetary equity in Cameroon. It is an application of...
Decrease in the budget allocated to the Ministry of Health in 2021
The budget allocated to the Ministry of Health will increase from 213.651 billion Fcfa to 197.121 billion Fcfa in 2021, of which 84.197 billion will be dedicated to operational activities and 112.924 billion to public budget investment. The preferred...
Disminución del presupuesto asignado al Ministerio de Sanidad en 2021
El presupuesto asignado al Ministerio de Sanidad pasará de 213.651 millones de FCFA a 197.121 millones de FCFA en 2021, de los cuales 84.197 millones se dedicarán a actividades operativas y 112.924 millones a inversiones del presupuesto público. Los...
N$72.8 billion budget for 2020/21 financial year announced
The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi on Wednesday tabled the national budget for the financial year 2020/21 totalling N$72.8 billion from N$66.5 billion budgeted in the 2019/20 financial year. Shiimi in a budget statement said the single-year budget reflects the...
Health financing policy : a guide for decision-makers, WHO/EURO
This paper elaborates an approach to health financing policy that countries can adapt to their own national context. This entails: (1) specification of a set of health finance policy objectives, grounded in the core values espoused by WHO; (2) a conceptual framework...
Universal health coverage and COVID-19 preparedness and response in Asia and the Pacific
Authors: Soonman KWON and Eunkyoung KIM Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted all aspects of our global society and economies and progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), further worsening structural fragilities and deepening inequalities (1)....