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...
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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...
Sierra Leone has a population of 6.6 million, and around 90% of the labour force in the country works in the informal sector, mostly subsistence or other small-scale agriculture. The extremely low gross domestic product per capita fuels the permanent fiscal deficit of...
The Government’s quick and decisive actions to contain COVID-19 prevented a larger outbreak and saved lives, yet they also came at an economic cost. Containment measures disrupted the transport of goods within the country, with a heavy impact on the services sector....
Sierra Leone received an additional US$8.5 million grant to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The funds will provide upfront financing to help purchase and deploy coronavirus vaccines, and to strengthen relevant health systems necessary for...
In 2010 the Government of Sierra Leone established the Free Health Care Initiative removing user fees (on drugs and consultations) for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five. The major objective of the scheme, as far as health financing was...
Although remarkable progress has been made in improving health outcomes over the past decade, Malawi still faces challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic could reverse the gains in the health sector in Malawi. Due to the pandemic, there has been a reduction in the use of...
In Malawi primary healthcare services are provided for free at point of use in all government facilities and selected Christian Association of Malawi facilities through service level agreements). In practice, however, around 70% of the services provided at tertiary...
The government of Malawi received an additional $30million to support the acquisition and deployment of safe, affordable and effective COVID-19 vaccines. This is an additional financing for the existing Malawi’s COVID-19 emergency response and health...
A petition by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) was delivered to the Malawi government through parliament lobbying for a supplementary budget for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, sufficient to reach 11 million individuals. The CSOs led by Aids Healthcare...
