DOCUMENT | 22 May 2020
Strategic Purchasing and Involvement of Private Sector in COVID-19
India
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POST | 22 May 2020
Combating with COVID-19: the Russia Case
Russian Federation
As of May 12, Russia has the second-highest number of confirmed cases with COVID-19 after the United States. Nevertheless, death rate remains relatively low. According to the latest data 290,000 confirmed cases were registered, more than 70,000 patients recovered and...
NEWS | 22 May 2020
3rd P4H Webinar on COVID-19 and Health Financing – Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response in South-East Asia and Western Pacific
Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke Mathauer HQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley, WPRO-WHO Objectives Share...
NEWS | 20 May 2020
The day after tomorrow: 3rd P4H Webinar on COVID-19 and Heath Financing – Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response in South-East Asia and Western Pacific
WHO SEARO-WPRO Bi-regional Webinar Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke MathauerHQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley,...
NEWS | 18 May 2020
Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response
Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke MathauerHQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley, WPRO-WHO Moderation: Valeria de...
NEWS | 14 May 2020
COVID-19: LESSONS FROM SOUTH KOREA
Korea, Republic of
The world has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. South Korea experienced a surge of patients in mid-February largely due to a mass infection in a big church in the south-east region. Korea responded swiftly to the epidemic and has managed to slow the...
POST | 13 May 2020
Coherent health financing for the COVID-19 response: a perspective from the Philippines
Philippines
MAKING PURCHASING FIT FOR PURPOSE In the Philippines, the COVID-19 response has called for rapid adaptation of purchasing arrangements. In early 2019, the Philippines passed a Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that envisions the national health insurance agency...
DOCUMENT | 04 May 2020
Q & A Session China and South Korea COVID 19 Health Financing P4H Global Webinar April 2020
DOCUMENT | 30 Apr 2020
Prof. Soonman Kwon – COVID-19 Lessons from South Korea
Korea, Republic of
POST | 30 Apr 2020
How to purchase health services during a pandemic? Purchasing priorities to support the response to COVID-19
As countries around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, their attention is focused on organizing and reconfiguring health care delivery, e.g., testing measures, home care, and increases in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity, to meet the changing needs of...
POST | 28 Apr 2020
Prioridades para el financiamiento de salud en la respuesta al COVID-19
Actualmente, todos los países del mundo se encuentran afectados por la pandemia de COVID-19. La necesidad de actuar es urgente, pero la respuesta debe ser coherente. Sería de poca ayuda si la urgencia del momento conduce al caos en la forma en que los países y la...
POST | 24 Apr 2020
How to budget for COVID-19 response? A quick scan of the budgetary mechanisms in the most affected developed countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic requires sufficient public funding to ensure a comprehensive response. The reprioritization of public spending to protect the economy and strengthen the health system's response requires timely action by government leaders and a favorable...
POST | 08 Apr 2020
Priorities for health financing systems in response to COVID-19
To date, every country in the world has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Action is urgently needed, but the response must be coherent. It will do no good if the urgency of the moment leads to chaos in the response of both countries and the international...
POST | 06 Apr 2020
Priority health financing challenges to combat COVID-19
On April 02, 2020, the Health Financing Team of WHO shared views on Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19 that reflected collective effort and thinking of WHO's health financing experts working in WHO's Headquarters and Regional Offices. This...
NEWS | 06 Apr 2020
Priority health financing challenges to combat COVID-19
On April 02, 2020, the Health Financing Team of WHO shared views on Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19 that reflected collective effort and thinking of WHO's health financing experts working in WHO's Headquarters and Regional Offices. This...