Review of financing and monetary response measures in light of COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan
Adequate health financing is essential to manage the burden on the health system. Policy responses on payment for health services by Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19 were reviewed by the European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. The review of COVID-19 response...
Country-based study on evidence on financial protection in Georgia, 2021
A new review titled “Can people afford to pay for health care?” was developed by the WHO Barcelona Office for health financing and published in 2021. Authored by Ketevan Goginashvili, Mamuka Nadareishvili and Triin Habicht, this publication is part of a series...
The Gambia receives US$ 30 million grant to strengthen health care delivery in the face of COVID-19
The Gambia received a $30 million grant from the international development association (IDA) to improve the quality and utilization of essential health services amidst COVID-19. The essential health services strengthening project will provide...
Rwanda receives $109.4 million to support war on COVID-19
Rwanda received $109.4 million funding to support war against COVID-19 in April, 2020. The money was approved on thursday, April 2, 2020 and was disbursed through the rapid credit facility (RCF). The funds are meant to support Rwanda’s efforts in...
Malawi : Stakeholders call for taxes to support health services
In June, 2021 stakeholders in the health sector engaged the parliamentary committee on health to lobby for more funding to the sector to ensure that health facilities are equipped with adequate drugs and other medical items, personnel and infrastructure. The Malawi...
Malawi: Donors want increased domestic health financing
Following the health sector strategic plan II (HSSP II) joint annual review meeting which attracted all stakeholders in the health sector, development partners in Malawi asked government to increase its budget allocation to achieve universal healthcare coverage (UHC)....
Gambia: “The 2020 national health insurance bill (NHIB) seeks to fulfil right to health care services” says Minister Samateh
In the quest to ensure financial risk protection and equal access to health services and hence achieve universal health coverage, the Gambia government initiated the introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2020. The minister of health Dr. Ahmad...
Ethiopia first country to pilot the latest version of the WHO’s Health Financing Progress Matrix
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), developed by WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance & Financing, assesses country health financing systems against a set of evidence-based benchmarks. The WHO developed and released version 2 of the HFPM in late...
5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing
Meeting background: Since 2014 WHO has convened the Montreux Collaborative bi-annual meeting bringing together experts and partners to discuss the critical relationship between fiscal space, public financial management (PFM) and health financing towards advancing...
Universal Health Coverage: Case Study of Israel’s managed care model
Israel has a long-standing commitment to universal health coverage through government and non-governmental organizations. The country’s National Health Insurance System (NHIS) covers all permanent residents, accounting for 98% of its resident population. Even...
New Israel health financing/social health protection documents available
We are pleased to draw your attention to four new reports and journal papers on our Israel country page. Three peer-reviewed papers discuss Israel’s public-private partnership in delivering health care services in the presence of the National Health Insurance Law...
Funding boost supports ongoing Māori COVID-19 response in New Zealand
New Zealand government raised a budget of $38 million to support Māori Health providers, aiming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and boost the vaccination rates of the Māori population. Out of the total budget, $17 million will be funded to support the providers...
COVID-19 response gets funding boost in Canberra, Australia
In Canberra, Australia, the ACT government allocates approximately $90 million of the 2021-22 ACT budget to support public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic and foster the vaccine rollout. In addition, another $22.5 million will be funded for the vaccine...
Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 assistance
The government of Sierra Leone gets additional US$1 million for urgent COVID-19 response. The funds will support the government in implementing its national vaccine deployment plan and ensuring that all vaccines made available to the country through the COVAX...
Healthcare benefits cover more COVID 19 care in Thailand
In Thailand, 198.89 billion baht has been approved for National Health Security Fund to operate the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) in the 2022 fiscal year, excluding 140.55 billion baht earmarked separately for staff’s payroll. The 2022 budget will be rearranged to...