Qatar Healthcare Services Law No. 22 of 2021 effective as of 4 May 2022
In Qatar, the Healthcare Services Law No. 22 of 2021 (the Insurance Law) has become effective as of 4 May 2022. The Insurance Law is of material significance to companies established in the State of Qatar seeing that it introduces a mandatory health...
Government says new taxes are needed to fund South Africa’s coming National Health Insurance
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Deputy Director General Nicholas Crisp presented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill to the Parliament the first week of June, 2022. In his speech he indicated that the government will ultimately need to collect...
Singapore’s COVID-19 treatment subsidies to be scaled back in July
Due to a progressively return to normal, from July 1, Singapore will scale back the government subsidies for COVID-19 treatment and return to previous health financing schemes: Government Subsidies, MediSave, MediShield Life and MediFund (S+3Ms). The subsidized...
Bangladesh’s health budget will be increased 13% for fiscal year 2022-23
To ensure healthcare access during the pandemic and strengthen the vaccination system, Tk 36,863 crore (USD 3,966 million) will be funded to the health sector for fiscal year 2022-23. The allocation of the health budget will be increased approximately 13 percent from...
It takes two to tango: enabling public facilities to participate in purchasing arrangements in Kenya
A promising start: Isiolo’s initial experience with Kenya’s free maternity policyOur story begins in 2013, when Kenya introduced a free maternity policy abolishing user charges for deliveries at all government health facilities. The Ministry of Health (MOH) started...
WEBINAR – Expanding Financial Protection to Underserved and Socially Excluded Populations
Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of population groups; social factors, such as education, employment status, income level, gender, and ethnicity influence an individual’s health.[1] Addressing health inequities is important...
Health system performance assessment: new framework for policy analysis
The World Health Organization, UHC2030, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and the UHC Partnership cordially invite you to the launch of the book ‘Health system performance assessment: a framework for policy analysis’ which introduces a new...
Malaysia will allocate the largest expenditures to health in Budget 2023
The Ministry of Health will continue to receive the largest budget allocation in Budget 2023. This reflects the government priorities on universal access to quality healthcare and prevention of non-communicable diseases. In addition, the budget will be funded to...
Bhutan has allocated 12 percent of the total budget to health for the next financial year
A total of USD 134 million has been allocated to the health sector for the financial year 2022-2023, which accounted for 12.9 percent of the total government budget. The budget has been earmarked for Covid-19 related expenditures such as COVID-19 containment measures,...
Expansion of public health insurance will become more inclusive for Jordanians
A Cabinet decision to amend the Civil Health Insurance Bylaw was announced this week by Minister of Health Feras Al-Hawari that will allow the inclusion of new beneficiaries in the public health insurance system. The amendments will allow an unmarried son or...
Kazakhstan expanded screening programs for children in an effort to invest into prevention
Vyacheslav Dudnik, Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan spoke at the Open Doors Event held by the Corporate Fund "University Medical Center" in capital city Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the International Children's Day on June 1. “The greatest happiness of parents is...
Russian Minister of Health spoke at the BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting
The 12th BRICS (which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Health Ministers' Meeting was hosted online on May 10 by China, the rotating chair of the BRICS this year. Ma Xiaowei, Minister of China's National Health Commission (NHC), attended...
A new document has been added to the Zambia country page
The Zambia 2018 National Health Insurance Act has been added to the country's document section. The Act provides guidance on the implementation and management of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Zambia. The full document can be found on the link below
Workshop held to strengthen the basic health care financial system in Ethiopia
A workshop on Primary Health Care Finance, under the theme "Putting people first through investing in PHC", was held focusing on the recently published Lancet Global Health Commission report. The workshop was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, the...
Beyond the pandemic: strengthening Somalia’s health system
The Somalia government is leading reforms in strengthening its health system to effectively deliver health care services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main reforms that the government is considering is the introduction of the Essential Package of Health...