This WHO report is part of series of country-based reviews that monitor financial protection in European health systems by assessing the impact of out-of-pocket payments on household living standards. Financial protection is central to universalhealth coverage and a...
Technical appendix to the policy brief ‘Mortality of women and children, coverage of essential maternal and child health services and out-of-pocket payments in rural Guinea-Bissau during PIMI III’: Report delivered to the Delegation of the European Union...
The National Strategic Plan aims to accelerate and amplify the national response to the dynamics of the epidemic through a set of strategies and interventions. These actions should contribute to breaking the STI/HIV transmission chain and ensuring universal access to...
Based on the orientations of the PNS 2024-2034 (vision, values, guiding principles and reforms), and developed through an inclusive participatory process involving all stakeholders in national health action, the PNDS 2024-2028 is the first step in this renewed...
The article "Making Social Protection a Reality for People with TB: A Perspective on New Global Guidance," published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, examines the critical role of social protection in addressing the social and economic...
The document consists of four parts and several appendices. The first part introduces the definitions, dimensions and conceptual framework of social protection(chapter 1), outlines the main elements of the national context in relation to the issue at hand(chapter 2)...
The PNDS 2022-2030 Performance Framework is built around four (04) programs: Program 1: Accelerating the reduction of maternal, neonatal and infant/child mortality Program 2: Strengthening disease control Program 3: Health security and public health emergency...
The 2022-2030 national health development plan will be deployed in an economic context of major constraints linked to the country's state of underdevelopment, but also of promising opportunities and prospects for economic growth and a better distribution of national...
This study investigates the financial burden of out-of-pocket costs for patients with both HIV and hypertension (HTN) in urban and peri-urban Uganda. Through a survey of 94 patients from 10 clinics in Wakiso and Kampala districts, researchers assessed the direct,...
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced an increase in public healthcare subsidies across range of services for Singaporean residents, beginning from October 1. This increase will benefit approximately 1.1 million residents.As reported by Daphne Yow in CNA, the MOH...
Policies as of 1 July 2022. Updated via a country survey and desk review.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and multilateral development banks have launched a €1.5 billion platform to strengthen primary healthcare in low- and middle-income countries, starting with investment plans in 15 nations.In partnership, WHO and multilateral...
This document was produced by the World Bank and external contributors with the following objectives (i) measure the impact of DDS on extreme poverty in Guinea ; (ii) compare this impact with that of other categories of household expenditure; and (iii) assess the...
The Niger authorities have decided to reduce the cost of health services in public health centers by 50%, according to a communiqué issued at the end of a council of ministers held on August 22, 2024.The weekly meeting of the executive ruled on patient care in Niger's...
In the Republic of Guinea, the regulatory context for social mutuality is governed by Decree Du/1994/090 of October 1994, which remains insufficient to achieve the objectives set. The State's limited resources to cover the needs of all citizens in terms of access to...
