National Health Security Office, Thailand will cover costs of home care for asymptomatic or mild-symptom COVID-19 patients, aiming to reduce crowd in the hospitals, especially in Bangkok and metropolitan area. Home care includes online consulting with physicians,...
Indonesia increases healthcare budget to 193.93 trillion rupiah ($13.39 billion) for coronavirus treatment, testing, tracing, drugs, vaccines and protective gear. In addition, telemedicine service has been introduced to non-critical patients, aiming to reduce pressure...
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...
In an effort to accelerate fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Bank is providing additional financing to the Ethiopia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project in the form of a grant totaling $207 million to finance vaccine acquisition and deployment...
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...
WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care is organizing the 6th talk show “Let’s Talk Primary Health Care” on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET. This webinar series is a monthly event with an overarching purpose to connect country task forces on...
The Department of Health and the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (commonly known as PhilHealth) has formulated a new home care benefit package for Covid 19 patients that will include "cost mechanisms", among others. The "holistic" home care...
People should be at the center of UHC, so population coverage should be prioritized, especially for the most disadvantaged groups. The Philippines’ UHC law mandates that all Filipinos be given immediate access to the country’s national health insurance benefits...
ThinkWell’s Philippine UHC Law Series presents an overview of the country’s health system and the ongoing implementation of the UHC Law. This third brief in the series focuses on health financing in the Philippines, summarizes the current situation, identifies...
The Philippine UHC Law aims to prioritize primary care, mandating that each citizen must be empaneled to a primary care provider within a health care provider network (HCPN). To ensure the quality of health care services, health professional training curricula will be...
The SP4PHC project is launching a series of briefs to describe health system reforms taking place under the UHC Law, emphasizing the impact these reforms have on health financing and PHC. The series will also include narratives from our field experience in Antique and...
The use of modern contraception in the Philippines is increasing steadily but is still very low compared to regional peers. Increased modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) is a key target of the Philippine government. Private providers, especially private...
With support from the World Bank, the Global Financing Facility, and the Government of Japan, Kenya is implementing the Transforming Health Systems for Universal Care Project (THS-UCP) to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH)...
In late 2018, the Government of Kenya launched the Afya Care Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot program in four counties in Kenya. Under the initiative, county governments discontinued all user fees at secondary public hospitals and, in return, received commodities...
The SP4PHC project team in Kenya undertook a rapid review of EduAfya, a scheme launched by the Government of Kenya to provide health insurance coverage to public secondary school students. This brief assesses how the program is working, drawing on implementation...
