The financial burden from health expenditure is a serious cause of concern for low-and middle-income countries as they tend to push households into poverty or deepen their existing poverty. In India, where out-of-pocket expenditures are high, poor and daily wage...
One of the most ambitious health care reforms in history, Ayushman Bharat, was rolled out in 2018 in India. It is expected to provide health insurance coverage to 100 million below poverty line families in a country where two-thirds of all health expenditures are out...
This is a major step towards improving the living and working conditions of journalists in the private press. "We felt it was important to subscribe to INAM health insurance for our union members, because today we work in a precarious situation. Almost all journalists...
In the commune of Ross Béthio, several children of migrants returning to the Saint-Louis region received their membership cards for the commune's Mutuelle de Santé. The operation is on the initiative of the leaders of the Jeunesse Espoir organization, as...
Victory for the million pygmies after the vote on a bill enshrining positive discrimination in favor of marginalized indigenous peoples . This is the culmination of a long struggle by the Congolese civil society organization Dynamique des groupes des peuples...
The project "Mitigating Covid-19 impacts on vulnerable populations, ensuring national progress to achieve SDGs in Vietnam" will be co-implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of...
At the beginning of 2021, the Bangladesh government began the rollout of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan, with the first vaccinations taking place in the capital at the end of January. Over the next month, more than three million Bangladeshis received their first...
Furthering the agenda of labour empowerment, India consolidated 29 central labour laws into four codes - The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and the Code on Wages,...
On March 30, the "Antoinette-Sassou- N'Guesso" sickle cell disease national reference center adopted its budget for the 2021 financial year, with revenue and expenditure totalling 663,325,000 CFA francs, during the 4th ordinary session of the management committee...
In order to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030 in West and Central Africa, several First Ladies of Africa are committed to mobilizing more resources and strengthening their support for the fight against this scourge at the high-level round table on the theme of "A...
The government of India has enacted the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020 for providing social security to all unorganized workers including domestic workers. Ministry of Labour &...
On February 16, the Ivorian Minister of Health unveiled the new measures that will be implemented, following the end of the generalized free health care scheme that has been in place in the country for the past 10 months. To this end, Thérèse N'DRI YOMAN invited...
The Togolese government has announced that in 2021, the initiative will cost Togo more than 07 billion CFA francs. A clear commitment to improving physical conditions for pregnant women and newborns. The implementation of the "Santé maternelle et néonatale Muskoka"...
During his regional tour, the Director General of the Universal Health Coverage Agency expressed his satisfaction with the results achieved in Kaolack, during the year 2020. "We have paid up to one billion 67 million CFA francs, of which 345 million correspond to...
This paper reviews existing health financing policy recommendations to considers whether, and if so how, these need revising given the challenging context of Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations (FCAS). The paper aims to inform policy i.e. the decisions and...
