Forgone healthcare and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments in Bangladesh
The health financing system in Bangladesh is underfunded, forcing the households to incur OOPE to avail health care services. As a result, around 16% households incurred financial catastrophe in 2011, 5% non-poor households became poor, and 7% of Bangladeshi...
Catastrophic health spending among older adults in India
Deprivation among the aged population and its implication on households is a global concern due to the unprecedented rise in the geriatric population. Old age is a period of many vulnerabilities, falling health, retirement from the workforce, no/reduced income,...
Health care utilization and expenditure inequities in India: Benefit incidence analysis
Health systems often pick up inequity in the distribution of health benefits due to competing demand and supply factors by various actors. Health care in India is provided by a vast network of public, private-for-profit, charitable and NGO facilities. Typically,...
Update of the strategic performance framework in Cameroon
After 08 years of implementation program based budgeting, the Ministry of Health has deemed it necessary to ensure consistency between the performance indicators of the program budget and those monitored by the Ministry of Health through DHIS2 at national level. ...
The Ministry of Health in Cameroon has added a program under Program Based Budgeting
The Ministry of Health in Cameroon has increased the number of programs under Program Based Budgeting mechanism from 4 programs to 5 programs. The five programs under Program Based Budgeting mechanisms are: P1) Health promotion and nutrition, (P2) Disease prevention,...
Ministry of Finance consultation with the Ministry of Health to facilitate the execution of expenditures in Cameroon
Bottlenecks related to the execution of health expenditures are often related to the public financial management rules and procedures put in place. These procedures are sometimes incompatible and creates hurdles for the Ministry of Health to react quickly to a health...
A committee has been established in Cameroon to facilitate the execution of emergency expenses like COVID-19
A committee chaired by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health was set up in Cameroon to monitor the execution of expenses related to emergency situations like COVID-19, the African Cup of Nations. The monitoring committee ensures that the priority health...
Revitalisation of budget implementation review conferences organised in Cameroon
As a part of the ongoing reforms to modernize the Public Financial Management in Cameroon, the Ministry of Finance organized a conference on the execution of the State budget for the financial year 2021. The objective was to examine the problems that pose bottlenecks...
Creation of a special account for COVID-19 expenditures in Cameroon
In the fight against COVID-19, Cameroon refocussed the state budget in the year 2020. A special account called "Special National Solidarity Fund for the fight against the Coronavirus and its economic and social repercussions" was created under the yearly budget law as...
Public Financial Management Reforms to improve program budgets in health sector of Cameroon
The Ministry of Health in 2019 developed a transition table between the program budget and the strategic axes of National Health Development Plan to ensure that heath sector resources are oriented on priority activities and facilitate the monitoring of key indicators....
Belarus monitors health workers’ salary growth after cancelling COVID-related payments
From July 1, Belarus canceled COVID-19 related allowances (additional payments) for doctors and nurses working with COVID-19 positive patients, but introduced new permanent bonuses, which are tied to a percentage of the salary, depending on the complexity and...
Estonia to more than double mental health funding to €7 million in 2023
As reported by ERR News, mental health in Estonia is to receive an additional €4.7 million in funding next year, more than doubling the amount of money allocated in Estonia's 2023 state budget to a total of €7 million in public funding for mental health services. The...
Health insurance legislation changes presented at Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum
Capital of Baku is hosting the "Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum and Exhibition", which is jointly organized by the Ministries of Health of Turkey and Azerbaijan. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Health of Azerbaijan Teymur Musayev noted that...
The impacts of donor transitions on health systems in middle-income countries: a scoping review
As countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status, many face losses in development assistance for health and must ‘transition’ to greater domestic funding for health. When handled properly, donor transitions in middle income countries can present...
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
This article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, the study does a cross-national systematic analysis of all data...