DOCUMENT | 17 Jun 2020
Health accounts in Niger – 2018
Niger
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NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Notification: Prevention and containment of COVID-19 in Bhutan
Bhutan
With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Bhutan on March 5th 2020, the containment and prevention of the virus became the government´s priority. The Ministry of Finance in keeping of the Public Finance (Amendment) Act 2012 and of the Disaster Management...
NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Measures announced by the Belgium Government against COVID-19
Belgium
Taking account the measures announced in Belgium, as of 15 April 2020, the stimulus is estimated at EUR 55.1 billion or 11.4% of GDP (excluding the impact of deferrals of taxes and social contributions). The majority of these measures (EUR 51.8 billion) were to...
NEWS | 15 Jun 2020
Brazil government to inject USD 30 billion into economy to combat COVID-19
Brazil
Brazil’s government on Monday announced emergency measures to inject nearly 150 billion Reais (USD 30 billion) into the economy to soften the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fiscal boost represents a rapid turnaround for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes who, as...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Reforming public hospital financing in China: progress and challenges
China
In 2019, Chinese researchers described the effects of the financing reforms of public hospitals and suggests steps to further progress towards equitable, efficient, and good quality care by reviewing China's health system financing reform over 10 years. Key messages:...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Organization and financing of public health services in the Republic of Moldova
Republic of Moldova
In 2018, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies produced a report on organization and financing of public health services in Europe. Each country chapter captured the historical background of public health services and the context in which they...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Health financing and integration of urban and rural residents’ basic medical insurance systems in China
China
China is in the process of integrating the new cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) and the urban residents’ basic medical insurance system (URBMI) into the urban and rural residents’ basic medical insurance system (URRBMI). However, how to integrate the financing...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Kyrgyzstan examined transforming national health system towards UHC
Kyrgyzstan
Improving financial protection and access to health care for citizens is the key financing issues in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan celebrated the anniversary of the mandatory health insurance system – the main vehicle of Universal Health...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Challenges on the Path to UHC: The experiences of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
In 2018, World Bank's series of UHC Studies was devoted to Azerbaijan. It is aimed at policy-makers and UHC reform implementers in low- and middle-income countries. Over the last decade, Azerbaijan has been able to increase significantly public resources for...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Policy dialogue to support development of health financing strategy in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan has embarked on a comprehensive health financing reform to ensure equal access to health care, financial protection and equitable distribution of resources. The latest activity in support of the reform was a policy dialogue which brought together over 100...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
The politics of the basic benefit package health reforms in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Health financing reform is a fundamentally political process. Yet, evidence on the interplay between domestic politics, international aid and the technical dimensions of health financing systems, particularly in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, remains...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Armenia – Achievements and Challenges in Improving Health Care Utilization
Armenia
Following the post-Soviet transition period, public spending on health dropped sharply, as did health care use rates. Health care use rates declined in part because formal and informal out-of-pocket expenditures had to compensate for the decrease in public spending....
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Issues of Health Care Financing in Russia
Russian Federation
The paper published on 20 January 2020 analyses three key issues in the reform of public health care funding in the Russian Federation: the lack of funds to cover the state guarantees of free medical care to the population; the lack of coordination between...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
The 2017 reform to improve financial sustainability of national health insurance in Estonia
Estonia
In 2017, the Estonian government addressed the longstanding challenge of financial sustainability of the health system by expanding its revenue base. As a relatively low-spending country on health, Estonia relies predominantly on payroll contributions from the working...
NEWS | 14 Jun 2020
Ukraine: review of health financing reforms 2016-2019.
Ukraine
In 2015, the Government of Ukraine initiated transformative reforms of its health system to improve population health outcomes and ensure financial protection from excessive out-of-pocket payments. This was to be achieved through increasing efficiency, modernizing the...