Following the submission of the report by the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life, the French President announced the creation of a ten-year palliative care strategy and a bill on the end of life. The latter should include the possibility of administering a lethal...
In accordance with the law, the French government asked the CNLE (Conseil national des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale) to issue an opinion appended to the annual report on supplementary health insurance. This year, the Board welcomes the...
Every year, the Social Security Department (DSS) produces a report on complementary health insurance (C2S). In accordance with the law, the National Council for Policies to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion (CNLE) is asked by the Government to issue an opinion on...
Following the submission of the report by the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life in April 2023, the President of the Republic announced the creation of a ten-year palliative care strategy and a bill on the end of life. The expert report, published after six...
Health equity fund (HEF) is a social health protection scheme aimed at enabling access to essential health care among the poor for free of charge in public health facilities in Cambodia. The guidelines describe the standard benefit packages and provider payments for...
After a slowdown in growth linked to COVID-19 in 2020, Niger's economic recovery was hit by a series of climatic and security shocks in 2021 that deteriorated many economic and social indicators.Unlike most countries in the region, Niger showed a certain resilience in...
The article published in BMJ Global Health explores the risks climate change poses to women children and adolescents, particularly in the most affected regions, and suggests ways to bridge health and climate finance to protect these groups. Women, children, and...
Members of the Permanent Secretariat for Social Protection held a working session with a World Bank delegation on Thursday, April 04, 2024 in Ouagadougou. During the meeting, the Burkinabe government unveiled its main priorities in the field of social security....
To achieve the goal of zero cases of HIV/AIDS by 2030 and to work towards good universal health coverage, the Ivorian Minister in charge of Health, mobilized kings and traditional chiefs on Thursday April 04, 2024, during a meeting in the Ivorian capital.The Minister...
Togo benefits from grants from the 7th funding round of the Global Fund (GC7) to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and Covid 19 (C19RM), for the period 2024-2026. The announcement was made on Wednesday February 28 in Lomé, at a workshop launched by the Prime Minister,...
Health insurance expansion positively impacts maternal and reproductive health service utilisation but lacks evidence for postnatal care, contraception access, and financial protection in low- and lower-middle-income countriesAmidst efforts to achieve universal health...
In Ouagadougou, the Minister of Health presided over the closing ceremony of the first ordinary session of the Comité d'orientation et de suivi de la gratuité des soins et du financement de la santé. The technicians spent two days examining the efficiency of free...
The study aims to assess whether the presence of older adults and of a head of household who is a beneficiary of the Comprehensive Health Care Program in households in Argentina are associated with a higher probability of incurring catastrophic health care expenses....
Co-payment is required for visits to general practitioners and for collecting prescriptions. This study aims to investigate the impact of user co-payments on access to health care, with a focus on inequities for indigenous Māori populations in New Zealand. Findings...
The case study focuses on health equity to identify promising approaches and strategies drawn from Senegal's experience to ensure more equitable financial protection, particularly for underserved and socially excluded populations.The aim of this case study in Senegal...
