Decree creating and organizing the National Technical Unit in charge of implementing phase I of Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon.
DOCUMENT | 06 Mar 2025
Decree on Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon
Cameroon
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DOCUMENT | 06 Mar 2025
Institutional Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026 for health in Honduras
Honduras
The strategic health plan for the period 2023-2026 was publicly distributed by the Management Planning and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Health in Honduras in April 2024. The strategic plan provides information on health sector financing and insurance including...
NEWS | 28 Feb 2025
Viet Nam makes notable mark on social, health insurance policy development
Vietnam
On June 29, 2024, the Vietnamese National Assembly passed the Law on Social Insurance, significantly amending the previous law to expand participation, enhance worker benefits, and address implementation challenges. The amended Health Insurance Law aims to improve...
DOCUMENT | 12 Feb 2025
Peru’s Ministry of Health Strategic Plan 2025-2030 approved
Peru
The Strategic Plan 2025-2030 of the Peruvian Ministry of Health was approved in February 2025. It has, among others, institutional strategic objective 4, which is to strengthen the steering, regulatory and supervisory role of the Ministry of Health. Among others, the...
DOCUMENT | 04 Feb 2025
Ministerial Resolution 035-2025/MINSA – approval of the administrative guideline for strategic health resources.
Peru
The ministerial decree signed on January 17, 2025, approves the administrative directive that establishes provisions for the request of strategic health resources and the use of the resources destined for their acquisition and distribution in Peru. These resources are...
DOCUMENT | 30 Jan 2025
Fostering inclusion: Advancing social health protection for persons with disabilities in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam
Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Advancing disability-inclusive social protection is essential for achieving universal access to social health protection, which fosters social inclusion and economic participation for persons with disabilities. A holistic approach is needed to ensure that social...
DOCUMENT | 23 Jan 2025
Supreme Decree No. 001-2025-TR Immediate coverage for pregnant women affiliated to the Social Security Health System.
Peru
On January 14, 2025, the Peruvian Government made official the publication of Supreme Decree Nº 001-2025-TR, eliminating the waiting period for pregnant women. Thus, it establishes that pregnant women affiliated to the EsSalud social security system have immediate...
DOCUMENT | 17 Jan 2025
The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia
Zambia
Governments in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly considering national health insurance schemes (NHIS) to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This article examines the political economy surrounding the establishment of Zambia's NHIS in 2018,...
NEWS | 13 Jan 2025
Iceland’s Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity (“Prosperity Act”)
Iceland
Iceland’s Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity (“Prosperity Act”) seeks to enhance child well-being by ensuring the provision of comprehensive services to children and families early in the policy process. The formal development...
NEWS | 03 Jan 2025
PhilHealth Zero Subsidy: Reflection of Government Neglect
Philippines
The decision to completely cut the government subsidy for PhilHealth has sparked criticism, as the agency faces scrutiny over its significant reserve funds while many Filipinos struggle with rising healthcare costs. With the subsidy elimination, PhilHealth will rely...
NEWS | 29 Dec 2024
Germany begins major reform of its hospital sector
Germany
The German parliament has approved a law to restructure the healthcare system, reducing the number of hospitals, expanding clinics, and streamlining bureaucracy through digitalization. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach described the reform as a "revolution."Germany's...
DOCUMENT | 20 Dec 2024
An Analysis of Laws on Health Insurance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Union's Council of Europe posted the following legal analysis report on its page dedicated to Social Security Coordination and Social Security Reforms: Document title: “An Analysis of Laws on Health Insurance in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Entity, Brcko District...
NEWS | 20 Dec 2024
Austria’s Federal Law will enact “digital before outpatient before inpatient” principle for health financing sustainability
Austria
Federal Law "Vereinbarungsumsetzungsgesetz" (VUG) 2024 introduced changes to 13 laws to reform healthcare and to create the legal framework for the revision of planning. The bill aims to strengthen the private practice sector, expand digital services, support health...
DOCUMENT | 20 Dec 2024
The State program “Health of the people and demographic security” for 2021-2025 of the Republic of Belarus
Belarus
By Resolution No. 28 of the Council of Ministers dated January 19, 2021, the State Program "Public Health and Demographic Security" for 2021-2025 was approved. Its goal is to create conditions for improving the health of the population, covering all stages of life,...
NEWS | 19 Dec 2024
Bulgarian court’s suspension of financial limits on care volume will worsen the budget deficit
Bulgaria
On Friday, 13 September, the Supreme Administrative Court finally suspended all financial limits on treatment for Bulgarian patients. This will increase the budget deficit faced by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) which is now obliged to pay hospitals even if...