This report gives an account of free healthcare in Niger (or exemption from payment for healthcare services). It does not go into detail about free travel for pregnant women and children under 5, which is the subject of another report, but describes all the other free...
Niger's Ministry of Health has commissioned a WHO study "to determine the benefits of free health care and other insurance mechanisms with a view to setting up Universal Health Coverage in Niger". The ToR for the study stipulates that it will be carried out by a...
EVALUATION OF THE NIGER-UNICEF 2014-2018 COOPERATION PROGRAM AS PART OF THE FREE HEALTHCARE POLICY IN NIGER
To inform decision making about premium collection to expand social health protection in Cambodia, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project undertook a case study of a CBHI scheme to assess the cost of premium...
On September 19, 2019, starting at 10 a.m., a working meeting was held in the conference room of the Ministry of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Protection on the financing of Universal Health Coverage (CSU) in Burkina Faso. This meeting is the first in a series...
On September 19, 2019, starting at 10 a.m., a working meeting was held in the conference room of the Ministry of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Protection on the financing of Universal Health Coverage (CSU) in Burkina Faso. This meeting is the first in a series...
The Phnom Penh Post, 1 Oct 2019: " The government and the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation are disseminating the National Strategic Plan for the Elderly 2017-2023 to promote and improve the wellbeing of Cambodia’s senior citizens. Ministry...
Phnom Penh Post, 17 Sep 2019: " Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ambitious roadmap to extend social security benefits to migrant workers was endorsed at the 3rd Ministerial Conference on Labour Cooperation in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CLMTV) in Siem Reap...
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The Phnom Penh Post, 24 July 2019: "Cambodia on Tuesday requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to consider providing aid – especially to the elderly, people with disabilities and orphaned children. In the meantime, the bank is studying the country’s social welfare...
Khmer Times, 2 July 2019: " Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said 18,725 pregnant women from poor families have received financial support after the government started distributing funds for its health care scheme in June. According to the ministry, the terms of...
Extreme poverty, premature mortality, and ill-health are increasingly concentrated in fragile and conflict settings. There are different reasons for fragility, but they are often characterized by deficits in key government capacities, with clear implications for...
Le Monde, May 23, 2019: "Decent jobs and social cohesion". Every tourist who has visited the temples of Angkor knows the character: the tuk-tuk driver, a motorized scooter that doubles as a cab, is an integral part of the Cambodian picture postcard. What foreign...
