https://p4h.world/index.php/en/node/10617 The Prime Minister Decision No.21 stipulates the State Budget shall ensure the funding of the Covid-19 vaccination, following the principle of decentralization of State budget.
Extension of Ayushman Bharat scheme to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)
Union Home Minister of India, Mr. Amit Shah has announced the extension of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) under the convergence scheme ‘Ayushman CAPF’. The scheme will benefit 10 lakhs CAPF personnel and their families. The beneficiary...
Law amendments on Health-related laws in Mongolia: Strategic purchasing system is at the starting point of the way
In August 2020, The Parliament of Mongolia approved new amendments into the Health insurance law of Mongolia, the Health law of Mongolia, and the Law on Medicine and medical devices of Mongolia. These laws’ amendments are aimed at improving the efficiency of...
Urgency to transform fragmented health system (UHC Act and Covid-19)
The Philippines has seen relatively more challenges due to the Covid-19 Pandemic than perhaps its other South-east Asian counterparts. Despite the crafting of the historic Universal Health Care (UHC) Law over two years ago, the Pandemic has exposed several gaps in...
Budget 2021: S$4.8b of S$11b Covid-19 Resilience Package for public health
The Singapore Government's commitment to safeguarding public health and the future of its citizens especially in the wake of COVID 19 can be seen in the over 40% share of this year’s Budget that goes to the COVID-19 Resilience Package. Mr. Heng Swee Keat, the...
Бесплатное здравоохранение в Бенине: 21 млрд. франков КФА инвестирован за 5 лет
Бенинское правительство хочет заставить замолчать слухи, ложно приписываемые мерам по предоставлению бесплатного медицинского обслуживания. С 2016 года, по словам министра, эта мера направлена на защиту граждан от финансовых барьеров на пути к получению качественной...
Free health care in Benin: 21 billion FCFA invested in 5 years
The Beninese government wants to silence the rumors falsely attributed to the free healthcare measure. Since 2016, this measure aims to preserve, according to the Minister, the individual against financial barriers to access to quality care, especially vulnerable...
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...
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)....
Health Financing Progress Matrix 2.0 – Launch Event December 16th 2020
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is WHO’s standardized assessment of country health financing systems using a set of evidence-informed benchmarks, which are also referred to as desirable attributes. Each attribute represents one...
Global Spending on Health Report – Launch Event 9th December 2020
The report “Global Spending on Health: Weathering the Storm” is based on the newly updated Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). It is the 4th in a series of annual reports on global health spending that WHO has produced since 2017. The report...
Ten years of free, performance-based financing in Burundi – what lessons can be learned?
Ten years of the " Free-Performance-Based Financing " policy in Burundi - what lessons can we learn from it ? Blog published on December 13 2020 by Alexandre Nimubona click here to access content