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NEWS | 26 Jul 2021
Indicator systems for monitoring and evaluation of the operation of Vietnam’s social security industry
Vietnam
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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...
DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021
Willingness to pay for health insurance in the informal sector of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
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...
NEWS | 23 Jul 2021
Sierra Leone gets a US$50 Million to Address the Continuing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sierra Leone
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....
NEWS | 23 Jul 2021
Sierra Leone receives additional support for access and effective COVID-19 vaccines deployment
Sierra Leone
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...
NEWS | 23 Jul 2021
Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative: Financing implications
Sierra Leone
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...
DOCUMENT | 22 Jul 2021
Spending for health in Malawi: Current trends and strategies to improve efficiency and equity in health financing
Malawi
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...
DOCUMENT | 22 Jul 2021
The right choice: Achieving universal health coverage in Malawi
Malawi
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...
NEWS | 22 Jul 2021
Malawi adds an additional $30 million for COVID-19 Vaccine rollout
Malawi
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...
NEWS | 22 Jul 2021
Civil Society petitions Malawi government on $40m for COVID-19 vaccines
Malawi
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...
NEWS | 22 Jul 2021
Thai cabinet approves 42-billion-baht for business affected by COVID
Thailand
Thai cabinet has approved a 42-billion-baht package of financial assistance for people and businesses affected by the government's partial Covid-19 lockdown, currently implemented in Bangkok and nine other provinces to contain the coronavirus outbreak. For more...
NEWS | 22 Jul 2021
Public sector reforms gather momentum and Malawi introduces revenue generation in health facilities
Malawi
The Malawi health sector is predominantly donor funded (about 58% of the total health expenditure). To ensure reliable and sustainable financing of the health sector, the government of Malawi has embarked on a number of reforms through innovative health financing. One...
NEWS | 17 Jul 2021
Malaysia announces massive COVID-19 aid package as Thailand tightens restrictions
Malaysia
Malaysia announced a public spending 150 billion ringgit ($36.2 billion) for aid and stimulus package to battle the COVID-19 outbreaks. Moreover, Malaysia plans to allocate another 1 billion ringgit ($241 million) to ramp up its inoculation program,...
NEWS | 16 Jul 2021
Accelerating broad and equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
In an effort to accelerate fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Bank is providing additional financing to the Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project in the form of a grant totaling $207 million to finance vaccine acquisition and deployment...
NEWS | 15 Jul 2021
Zambia gets additional financial support of $24 Million to procure and equitably distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
Zambia
The government of Zambia has been approved to get additional financing of $24 million to acquire and equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Of the total amount, $14 million is credit provided by the International Development Association (IDA), and $10 million is...