Bangladesh borrows $940 M from external loan to finance vaccine purchase, aiming to enhance COVID-19 vaccine coverage. This loan will be used for purchasing 44.7M coronavirus vaccine doses which could vaccinate more than 20 million people. The...
Universal health coverage (UHC) protects the households from falling into poverty due to catastrophic health spending. Malaysia, an upper middle-income country, has achieved UHC through tax-based financing model similar to the Sweden model. This study measures the...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
