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NEWS | 06 Aug 2021
Health ministry given extra funding for Covid-19 fight
Vietnam
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NEWS | 04 Aug 2021
Mali:Malian parliament earmarks FCFA 32 billion for Covid-19
Mali
These funds, approved by the CNT, will supplement the budget deficits earmarked for the fight against Covid in Mali. According to Minister of Health 6.647 billion CFA francs have been injected by Mali's development partners in the fight against the...
NEWS | 04 Aug 2021
CONGO: 6.5 billion FCFA for the Covid19 response
Congo
This project is part of the implementation of free healthcare for pregnant women and children, and fee waivers for the poorest households. The two parliamentary chambers of the Republic of Congo adopted on July 27 in Brazzaville, the bill authorizing ratification of...
DOCUMENT | 03 Aug 2021
Review of health financing in Namibia
Namibia
Key factors to consider in the development of approaches to UHC include expanding coverage of the population in terms of access to and quality of health service; equitable distribution of services; the types of services to be provided in the benefits package1; and the...
NEWS | 03 Aug 2021
Review of health financing in Namibia
Namibia
Key factors to consider in the development of approaches to UHC include expanding coverage of the population in terms of access to and quality of health service; equitable distribution of services; the types of services to be provided in the benefits package1; and the...
DOCUMENT | 30 Jul 2021
Zimbabwe 2017 health financing strategy
Zimbabwe
The 2017 Zimbabwe national health financing strategy outlines specific reform initiatives around financing arrangements in the health sector that are necessary for achieving goals and objectives that have been set for the health system. In this document, goals and...
DOCUMENT | 30 Jul 2021
Exploring health insurance services in Sudan from the perspectives of insurers
Sudan
A range of health insurance options including Social Health Insurance exist in Sudan. Social Health Insurance is compulsory for the formal sector, although voluntary for the informal sector and small companies (≤10 employees). Private health insurance companies...
DOCUMENT | 30 Jul 2021
Achieving sustainable health financing in Zambia: prospects and advocacy opportunities for domestic resource mobilization
Zambia
Zambia has demonstrated significant commitment to increasing domestic expenditure on health to ensure sustainable health sector financing. From 2003 to 2014, government health expenditure increased from US$67 million to US$514 million. However, beginning in 2013, the...
NEWS | 30 Jul 2021
Sudan to benefit from a US100 million grant to boost COVID-19 Response
Sudan
The Government of Sudan signed a grant agreement of US$100 million to boost the country’s COVID-19 response and expand vaccination coverage in the country. This is the first grant from the International Development Association (IDA) following the arrears...
NEWS | 30 Jul 2021
Indonesia will increase social and health spending in response to COVID-19
Indonesia
Indonesia will increase social assistance and healthcare spending in response to a rise of COVID-19 cases and to soften the economic recession due to tougher restrictions. 126.79 trillion rupiah (US$8.72 billion) of social assistance will be provided to...
NEWS | 29 Jul 2021
Zimbabwe gets $13.7 million to strengthen health system and boost anti-COVID-19 efforts
Zimbabwe
The government of Zimbabwe has received a grant of US$13.7 million to finance the COVID-19 response in the country. The funds are expected to provide an immediate lifeline for targeted frontline responders and health personnel and boost the country’s Global Health...
NEWS | 28 Jul 2021
Africa Covid19: CFAF 9.5 billion and CFAF 3 billion to be raised to ensure 10% vaccine coverage
According to the World Bank, in addition to the $9.5 billion needed to purchase enough vaccine to ensure sufficient protection against COVID-19, a further $3 billion will be required to finance vaccination operations. Thanks to the COVAX Mechanism, some...
NEWS | 28 Jul 2021
SENEGAL FONDS FORCE COVID-19: 773.2 billion mobilized, of which 740 paid out
Senegal
General François Ndiaye, Chairman of the "Force Covid-19" Fund Operations Monitoring Committee, presented the final report on the Committee's activities. As a result, "the Economic and Social Resilience Program (Pres), the State's instrument for intervening in the...
NEWS | 26 Jul 2021
Indicator systems for monitoring and evaluation of the operation of Vietnam’s social security industry
Vietnam
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9912&CateID=198
DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021
Why shouldn’t the response to the COVID-19 pandemic be pitted against the CSU?
Madagascar
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be coherent and long-term. The risk is of taking a truncated approach, focusing only on short-term needs and interests, and pitting health safety and CSU against each other. Responding adequately to pandemics is a key...