The Social Protection and Health Action Research and Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) Network is going to organize a virtual conference on Bridging the SDGs to optimise health-related social protection from 2-3 December 2020. The main objectives: • To share...
The humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique significantly deteriorated over the last eight months, due to consecutive climatic shocks, insecurity and violence, leading to wide displacements of people, disruption of livelihoods and lack of access...
It's official! Benefits under the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) in Burkina Faso start with the indigent. The tone was set this Friday, September 25, 2020 in the rural commune of Pabré in the presence of administrative authorities and traditional chiefs. As...
The Ghana Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap outlines a strategic commitment to improve healthcare, inspired by global frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals and UHC 2030 Compact. Through extensive stakeholder consultations, priority services have been...
The costing of the Basic Essential Package of Health Services is a currently on-going exercise. It was led by the National Health Plan Implementation Unit (widely known as NIMU) of the Ministry of Health and Sports and supported by the WHO. At the invitation of...
Two major initiatives for the health sector where announced as part of Ayushman Bharat: 1. Health and Wellness Centre Scheme 2. National Health Protection Scheme covering Hospital Care for poor and vulnerable families (Announcement Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 1:31PM by PIB...
In the past, the Government had tried to provide a health insurance cover to selected beneficiaries either at the State level or National level. However, most of these schemes were not able to achieve their intended objectives. Often there were issues with either the...
Within the context of universal health coverage, community participation has been identified as instrumental to facilitate access to health services. Social accountability whereby citizens hold providers and policymakers accountable is one popular approach. This...
Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Cambodia, have undertaken significant reforms in the last decade to strengthen their health care systems to improve equity and accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In this context, health...
https://www.undp.org/content/undp/fr/home/news-centre/news/2020/Temporary_Basic_Income_to_protect_the_worlds_poorest_people_slow_COVID19.html...
Equipping the country with a National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion (PNPPS) is an important and necessary step towards achieving a lasting reduction in poverty, reducing inequalities and promoting the autonomy of Haitians. The National Social Protection...
Healthy DEvelopments currently features an account of the way the Support to Social Protection - Social Health Protection (SP-SHP) project supports Pakistan in enhancing coordination and effectiveness of existing social protection schemes - both at physical service...
