The COVID-19 crisis offers Burkina Faso the chance to land on a more coherent approach to health financing. All sights are trained on the health system right now because of the COVID-19 crisis, and within the COVID-19 response lies Burkina Faso’s best chance at...
This is a joint blog written on behalf of the UHC 2030 Core Team, as well as the partners engaged in the Sustainable Health Financing Accelerator (SHFA) The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, reshaping the global health landscape and sparking an economic...
You will find in the related document the COVID-19 situation report (June 12th 2020) for WHO Africa Region produced by the TIBA COVID-19 Pandemic Response Unit.
Here are some of the measures taken by the Argentinian Government against COVID-19: The Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) 297/2020 establishes social, preventive and mandatory isolation until June 28, 2020 for all people in the country. The DNU 260/2020 extends...
With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Bhutan on March 5th 2020, the containment and prevention of the virus became the government´s priority. The Ministry of Finance in keeping of the Public Finance (Amendment) Act 2012 and of the Disaster Management...
Taking account the measures announced in Belgium, as of 15 April 2020, the stimulus is estimated at EUR 55.1 billion or 11.4% of GDP (excluding the impact of deferrals of taxes and social contributions). The majority of these measures (EUR 51.8 billion) were to...
Le montant total des financements du Plan de riposte du COVID-19 est désormais connu. Pour faire face à l’épidémie, le gouvernement a besoin de 177 900 426 041 francs CFA (USD 306 million). Le montant a été dévoilé ce mardi, 7 avril 2020 par la ministre de la Santé,...
Brazil’s government on Monday announced emergency measures to inject nearly 150 billion Reais (USD 30 billion) into the economy to soften the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fiscal boost represents a rapid turnaround for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes who, as...
WHO/EURO, EC and the European Observatory launched COVID 19 policy responses in European countries. This monitoring platform covers the issues relating to preventing transmission, ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity, providing health...
La crisis de COVID-19 está impactando toda forma de acción gubernamental, incluyendo políticas y procesos en torno a la gestión de las finanzas públicas (en adelante, GFP). En este blog, presentamos nuestro mejor entendimiento de las lecciones de GFP derivadas de la...
The Zambian government has announced a release of 2.64 billion-kwacha (0.75 percent of GDP) to clear arrears and pay contractors. The government had set up an Epidemic Preparedness Fund amounting to 57 million kwacha (0.02% of GDP) and had approved a COVID-19...
Cabinet members in Botswana have agreed to donate 10% of their salaries towards the country’s COVID-19 relief fund, government announced on Tuesday. According to Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, members have pledged 10% of their salaries to the relief fund for a...
