Iran receives 90 million USD to support COVID 19 response
Iran will reportedly receive $90 million from the World Bank for measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The loan will be utilized only for procuring additional lifesaving, essential medical equipment to strengthen Iran's pandemic response. In May 2020, the World...
Healthcare’s share of national budget in Iran surges twofold
The proposed budget in Iran amounted to about 24.357 quadrillion rials (about $580 billion), with a 20-percent rise from the current year’s budget. The health system accounts for approximately 17 percent of the total public budget. Over 90 percent of the health...
First mission to Kuwait – Debriefing to Ministry of Health Kuwait
Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kuwait has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide support to strengthening its capacity to use health economics and financing tools and approaches to inform the design, planning, implementation, and...
Meet Henrik Axelson, our new P4H CFP working in Kuwait!
Henrik Axelson is an independent consultant based in Cairo and originally from Sweden. He is a health economist and health financing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience of providing technical assistance and policy advice to governments of low and...
Universal health insurance is a feasible, achievable goal
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Documents on health financing mechanisms and social health protection now available
Here’s presenting research studies on strategic purchasing, financial risk protection, universal health coverage, and the feasibility of health insurance through user contribution, in Afghanistan. The studies are in the context of the challenges that the ongoing...
Tajikistan’s Government approved the Strategy for Population Health Protection until 2030
The Strategy for Population Health Protection until 2030 was approved by Decree No. 414 of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on September 30, 2021. This strategy defines direction of reforms in the healthcare system and provides ways for further development...
Tajikistan Aims to Build Stronger Health System, with Support from the World Bank
World Bank reported that the Government of Tajikistan launched the development of an investment plan to boost the health care system, at an event, which was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Protection,...
Singapore’s Integrated Shield Plans have extended coverage periods for hospitalization due to COVID vaccine until the end of 2022
In Singapore, the Integrated Shield Plan (IP) is optional for health coverage provided by private insurance companies. Seven insurers providing IPs have agreed to extend their coverage to hospitalization from COVID-19 vaccine complications till Dec 31, 2022. ...
NHSO pays out B1bn for vaccine side-effect claims
In Thailand, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) is responsible to pay out vaccine compensation to all Thai citizens who have adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccination regardless of their public health insurance scheme entitlements. So far, the NHSO has paid...
Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee was held for benefit packages and policy measures
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) (Minister Kwon Deok-cheol) held the 25th Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee(HIPDC)*, chaired by MOHW 2nd Vice Minister Ryu Geun-hyuk) on November 25, 2021. The KIPDC decided on the benefits package and fee schedule....
The budget of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea for 2022
The total budget of the Ministry of Health and Welfare for 2022 is confirmed at 97.47 trillion won(over US$ 100 Billion), accounting for 16% of the entire government budget. It is an increase of 7.90 trillion won (8.8%) from the 2021 budget (89.57 trillion won). The...
New documents available on the across Africa regional page
Three new documents have been uploaded on the across Africa regional page. All three documents focus on assessing the financing mechanisms that have been put in place in the Southern Africa Development Community and sub-Saharan African countries in...
The state of Lagos, Nigeria, approves 14.4 USD as COVID-19 vaccine cost at the private health facilities.
In October, 2021 the Lagos state government approved the sum of N6000 (14.4 USD) for the administration of vaccines against coronavirus infection at private health facilities in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that the money would allow the private...
Sierra Leone to increase domestic health funding in 2022 by $5.9m as donor funds shrink
The government of Sierra Leone plans to increase domestic funding to the health sector by US$5.9 million in 2022 as the sector will be experiencing massive cuts in the area of budget support by bilateral partners. For the health sector, the country has increased...