DOCUMENT | 28 Apr 2023
TCHAD : RAPPORT DES COMPTES DE SANTE-2018
Chad
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NEWS | 28 Apr 2023
The road to Universal Health Coverage in Egypt: New expectations and hopes
Egypt
This article originally featured in International Health Policies, discusses Egypt’s healthcare system, the universal health insurance law (2017) that exhibited Egypt’s political will to work towards universal health coverage, and the implementation of the law in the...
NEWS | 24 Mar 2023
Burkina Faso-AMU : l’immatriculation des fonctionnaires effective d’ici juin 2023
Burkina Faso
En vue de rendre effective l’assurance maladie universelle au Burkina Faso, l’Assemblée législative de transition a soumis le sujet à débat ce vendredi 3 mars 2023, à Ouagadougou. Le ministre d’État en charge de la fonction publique a annoncé des mesures prises pour...
NEWS | 02 Oct 2022
Health insurance legislation changes presented at Azerbaijani-Turkish Medical Business Forum
Azerbaijan
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...
NEWS | 30 Sep 2022
Who should pay patients for medical errors? Kazakhstan is adopting a law on malpractice insurance
Kazakhstan
For the first time in history, Kazakhstan is adopting a law on medical malpractice insurance. The Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azhar Giniyat, presented the draft law to the lower chamber of Parliament - Mazhilis. This law was developed...
NEWS | 19 Sep 2022
Bahrain to launch compulsory health insurance: Supreme Council of Health signs agreement
Bahrain
Bahrain will bring in compulsory health insurance for expatriates later this year and citizens from 2023. The net result will be a fall in outbound medical tourism. The Supreme Council of Health and Aon Bahrain* have signed an agreement on the...
NEWS | 19 Sep 2022
Egypt: Increasing financing of the health system in the past 8 years
Egypt
Egypt's comprehensive universal health insurance law (2018) has been accompanied by a number of decisive steps by the country's government to make it effective. It was followed by the launch of a package of health reforms to expedite the provision of service to the...
NEWS | 13 Sep 2022
Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary inaugurates National Health Insurance Fund’s board of directors
Kenya
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the Kenyan government is committed to expanding health service coverage with a focus on quality as well as reduction of healthcare costs. Speaking in Malindi while inaugurating board of directors of the, National Health...
DOCUMENT | 12 Sep 2022
Strategic health purchasing in Nigeria: Exploring the evidence on health system and service delivery improvements
Nigeria
Global commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) has led to increasing attention on health purchasing. Purchasing is one of the key health financing functions that provides the critical link between resources mobilized for health and the effective...
NEWS | 12 Sep 2022
An update on the national health insurance scheme in Uganda
Uganda
The government of Uganda is in process of implementing the national health insurance scheme (NHIS)with the goal of improving financial risk protection and attaining universal health coverage. In this article see the questions to and the responses from the chief...
DOCUMENT | 15 Aug 2022
Examining healthcare purchasing arrangements for strategic purchasing in Nigeria: a case study of the Imo state healthcare system
Nigeria
Purchasing is a critical function of health financing which links resources mobilized in the health sector to effective delivery of quality healthcare services. Strategic purchasing therefore can help a country improve financial risk protection for the vulnerable...
NEWS | 15 Aug 2022
South Africa’s new National Health Insurance is set to be implemented in stages says the health minister
South Africa
The Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla recently participated in a written parliamentary Q&A where he said that the South Africa’s new National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is set to be introduced in several stages and not all at once. The minister said, It is...
NEWS | 04 Aug 2022
By changing the Tax Code, Turkmenistan raised excise duty on tobacco by 25%
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has raised excise rates on tobacco products, as well as on other manufactured tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes. Changes to the excise rates were made in accordance with the Law of Turkmenistan “On Making Addenda and Amendments to the Tax Code of...
DOCUMENT | 01 Aug 2022
Prakas on Determination of Contribution Rate and Formality of Contribution Payment on Health Care
Cambodia
"This Prakas determines the contribution rate and formality of contribution payment on Health Care for Persons Defined by the Previsions of the Labour Law"
DOCUMENT | 29 Jul 2022
The Ministry implements the first civil health insurance
Jordan
The Civilian Insurance Programme (CIP) is a semi-autonomous fund managed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) providing 42% of Jordanians with formal health insurance. The CIP covers all civil servants and their dependents for care at MOH facilities, RMS facilities,...