Ensuring universal health coverage (UHC) is a priority under Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3). To address the intersection between poverty and health and remove cost barriers, the government of Ghana established the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). To...
Health is central to the development of any country. Most countries including Nigeria have committed to provide access to quality health care without the financial burden to its population to ensure health for all. However, major obstacles still persist among them...
Papua New Guinea’s PNG) new health plan should receive more attention. The plan is well-rounded and very realistic in terms of what it hopes to accomplish, but it is also “home-grown” instead of being drafted by international experts. National health planning is an...
Fighting maternal and infant mortality through effective and sustainable free malaria care: Concept note for Swiss TPH's proposed pilot project.
A workshop on the feasibility and sustainability of a financing mechanism for free malaria care in Cameroon was held from July 19 to 22, 2022 in Kribi, Cameroon. The workshop had three objectives, broken down into the following expected results :...
On April 15, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of a 400-bed multidisciplinary hospital in the city of Turkmenbashi, located in the western part of the country in Balkan velayat (the name of the region). The new...
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the opening ceremony of two new hospitals - the Multidisciplinary and Cancer Hospitals, built in the administrative center of the northern region of the country - the city of Dashoguz on Friday. The opening...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Turkmenistan on Wednesday handed over another batch of test systems for PCR diagnostics of COVID-19 to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan. According to a UNDP press release, the consignment was...
Turkmenistan received medical supplies worth more than $969,000 US dollars this week to as part of fight with COVID-19. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) funded the purchase of and handed over medical goods worth more than 969 thousand US dollars to the...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) donated medical equipment for intensive care units to the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, as announced by UNDP this Monday. The batch was donated as part of the “COVID-19 response in...
Gender budgeting involves incorporating gender equality considerations into a country’s budget process and reallocating budgetary resources to facilitate gender mainstreaming in all areas or sectors. Authors concluded that the state budget programs of Georgia do not...
A new tuberculosis (TB) hospital worth 11 million euros will be built in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan, the city of Kulyab, the press center of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan reports. The construction of a hospital in Kulyab is...
As part of the Foili Khair charity program, mobile clinics were delivered from Saudi Arabia to Tajikistan. New mobile medical clinics donated by Saudi Arabia were sent to the south of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population...
In this article, the authors critically examined the financial potential of informal sector entities, assessing their ability to prepay for health care and influence decisions regarding the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) financing approaches in Kenya. Data were...
This paper explores financial risk associated with access to healthcare services in Liberia. It also proposes a method to complement the standard financial risk protection measures in the WHO/World Bank global monitoring framework for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)....
