Australian Government COVID-19 disaster payments
Australia provides the COVID-19 Disaster Payment divided into three different rates based on the number of hours of work lost by an eligible recipient and whether or not they are receiving an income support payment: $200 per week for those in receipt of an...
Webinar Series 1: Health Financing for UHC in India
Please click here to Register and joint us on Wednesday August 18! P4H, in collaboration with Access Health International and India Health Systems Collaborative, India, is organising a webinar series on Health Financing in India. The first webinar on Health...
Sharing experiences from the “One plan – One budget – One report” initiative
Oromia State Health Bureau recently shared experiences and lessons learned from the "One plan – One budget – One report" initiative with a delegation from the Central African Republic. The initiative was introduced to guide the harmonization and...
Bangladesh borrows $940M for COVID-19
Bangladesh borrows $940 M from external loan to finance vaccine purchase, aiming to enhance COVID-19 vaccine coverage. This loan will be used for purchasing 44.7M coronavirus vaccine doses which could vaccinate more than 20 million people. The...
New article on evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia now available in documents section
Universal health coverage (UHC) improves the equity of the health system. With UHC, the poor and vulnerable populations could access quality and essential health care without financial barriers or the risk of catastrophic health expenditure. To close equity gaps,...
Singapore provides support package to help workers and business
Due to heightened alert for COVID-19, Singapore government implements tightened safe management measures and at the same time, the government will offer a support package to reduce the impact on workers and businesses. This support will...
New article on does tax-based health financing offer protection from financial catastrophe? Findings from a household economic impact survey of ischemic heart disease in Malaysia now available on documents section
Universal health coverage (UHC) protects the households from falling into poverty due to catastrophic health spending. Malaysia, an upper middle-income country, has achieved UHC through tax-based financing model similar to the Sweden model. This study measures the...
Philippines provides special risk allowance for public and private health workers
Philippines has released the Special Allotment Release Order and the Notice of Cash Allocation amounting to P9.02-billion to the Department of Health to cover the payment of the Special Risk Allowances (SRA) of public and private health workers. The...
Australia approves new additional budget for mental health and suicide prevention
Australia approves $2.3 billion to mental health and suicide prevention over the next four years. $156.8 million from the federal government is funded to three months of follow-up care for people discharged from hospital after a suicide attempt. $22...
Thai private health insurance now covers for homecare treatment
The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) announced that Covid-19 patients in home and community isolation programmes are eligible for reimbursements from the private insurance companies. Moreover, following this announcement, the insurance companies will be...
Maximizing convenience in payment of medical expenses covered by health insurance amid Covid-19
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9945&CateID=198
Health ministry given extra funding for Covid-19 fight
https://en.vneconomy.vn/health-ministry-given-extra-funding-for-covid-19-fight.htm
Health funding, farming reform, later retirement for women: Israel’s new budget
From banking reform to stipends for elderly, and from kashrut changes to Tel Aviv subway, here’s what you need to know about the budget, which needs Knesset approval by November 4. Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz reportedly secured a NIS 2 billion ($619 million)...
How to improve equity in UHC in Bangladesh
Document available on the Bangladesh country page on targeting the poor to enhance uptake of services and contribute to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Sustainable Development Goals’ UHC target implies that every person should have access to quality health care...
Sudan to benefit from a US100 million grant to boost COVID-19 Response
The Government of Sudan signed a grant agreement of US$100 million to boost the country’s COVID-19 response and expand vaccination coverage in the country. This is the first grant from the International Development Association (IDA) following the arrears...