The health system measures put into place in France to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - Financial support has been provided to the healthcare system: EUR 260 million (0.01% of GDP) for hospitals have been allocated out of unspent reserves in the 2019 budget....
The health system measures put into place in Ghana to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * March 28: Cost of fund transfers decreased for mobile money in order to encourage the use of mobile money rather than cash for hygiene reasons (sending up to GHS100 for free...
The health system measures put into place in Germany to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - As part of the 3 June recovery package, further support to health authorities in the technical and digital upgrading of equipment and strengthening their possibilities...
The health system measures put into place in Greece to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: EUR 200 m for health system, EUR 75 for hiring 2000 health workers in addition to 950 doctors and nurses already hired. Funding to contract private hospitals and laboratories to...
The health system measures put into place in Guinea to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *Preparation of a National Emergency and Response Plan, with the support of international development partners, with the following key measures: strengthening surveillance at...
The health system measures put into place in Guatemala to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * June 15: Focus on stepping up healthcare resources (0.2% of GDP). A facility for coronavirus patients (financed through a US$1 million grant from the Central American Bank...
The health system measures put into place in Guinea Bissau to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *March 21: The Central Bank for West African States (BCEAO) has introduced measures to promote the use of electronic payments. *March 20: The Government has created a...
Recently, P4H began organizing a series of webinars on health financing in the context of the new COVID-19 pandemic. The 5th P4H webinar took place on 19 June 2020, which also initiated the first attempt to organize a webinar in Russian. The event presented health...
Community of Practice COVID-19 Health Financing Resiliency Program (HFRP) During the Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF), we will launch a Community of Practice (CoP)*, providing an opportunity for participants to extend discussions and exchange of ideas beyond the...
You can find here detailed information on the Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF) & the Community of Practice COVID-19 Health Financing Resiliency Program (HFRP). The Forum will take place virtually for the first time since the series began in 2016. This...
By Ms. Tsolmongerel Tsilaajav; Dr. Inke Mathauer and Dr. Valeria de Oliveira Cruz Thus far, most countries of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) COVID-19 confirmed cases have occured in clusters. [1] Many governments in the region have relied by and large on...
The Vietnamese government made a rapid move to introduce social protection measures as a response to the COVID‐19 crisis, among others wage subsidies for formal sector workers, cash transfers for poor and near poor households, current social assistance beneficiaries,...
This note outlines the importance of Social protection to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and highlights specific social protection responses relevant to the context of Viet Nam. It aims at assisting national constituents in their efforts to limit the...
Social Protection in the COVID-19 Era: What can the evidence tell us? Wednesday June 24, 2020 | 11AM – 12.30PM | Live Stream SPEAKERS - Rema Hanna, Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Evidence for Policy...
