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Belgian reform package targets excessive medical fees
Belgian reform package targets excessive medical fees
Belgium

Belgium’s summer agreement reforms healthcare by limiting excessive doctor surcharges, ensuring fair billing and equal reimbursements, curbing pharmaceutical overspending, and promoting sustainable care while preserving provider autonomy. This marks a historic step...

The Future of Health Financing in Africa: The Role of Health Taxes

Health taxes on products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks are a highly effective yet underused tool in Africa for reducing disease and premature death, while simultaneously generating domestic revenue. These taxes can help governments save lives, lessen...

Tobacco tax in EU budget: What if Europe goes smoke-free?
Tobacco tax in EU budget: What if Europe goes smoke-free?
France

The EU plans a 15% levy on member states’ tobacco tax revenues, channeling €11.2B a year into its budget. Dramatic new tax hikes aim to curb smoking and expand funds, with measures factoring in declining tobacco use and anticipated cuts to healthcare costs.The...

Sweden rejects EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax
Sweden rejects EU plan to fund budget with tobacco tax
Sweden

The EU is weighing major tobacco tax hikes and new levies for its 2028–2034 budget, but Sweden and others oppose high taxes on nicotine pouches, citing harm reduction. Critics warn pouches may lead to youth addiction and note limited research.A recent proposal from...

President of the DRC affirms that health is a budgetary priority
President of the DRC affirms that health is a budgetary priority
Congo (Democratic Republic of)

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on provincial leaders to devote at least 15% of their annual budgets to the health sector. Health is a collective responsibility and a crucial objective for the future of the nation, a right for all, not a...

INSLA applauds Ghana Cabinet for approving Mahama Care Fund Bill
INSLA applauds Ghana Cabinet for approving Mahama Care Fund Bill
Ghana

The Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA) has commended Ghana’s government for approving the National Medical Trust Fund Bill, which aims to provide sustainable financing for the treatment, management, and prevention of noncommunicable diseases while...

Innovative health financing in Congo: a tax on harmful products
Innovative health financing in Congo: a tax on harmful products
Congo (Democratic Republic of)

The private sector at DRC is involved in discussions on an innovative financing mechanism, a specific tax earmarked for health promotion. The revenue from this tax on harmful products is intended to feed the Health Promotion Fund on a permanent basis. On June 11,...

Botswana commissions health financing study amid aid cuts
Botswana commissions health financing study amid aid cuts
Botswana

Botswana has launched a comprehensive health financing study to track healthcare and HIV and AIDS funding and improve resource allocation and policy planning amid declining international donor support. The findings are expected to guide sustainable financing...