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5 Dec 23
Investment programme to ‘prevent millions’ of climate-related deaths.
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14 Jun 23
The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
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19 Jun 20
Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its most vulnerable citizens, with the first phase financed by a loan from the World Bank.
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26 Mar 20
The impact of COVID-19 and the oil price plunge in the Middle East and the Caucasus and Central Asia has been substantial and could intensify, says Jihad Azour.
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30 Sep 19
Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
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5 Jun 19
Inadequate management is denying Europeans the full benefits of the EU’s cross-border healthcare directive, EU auditors have said.
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24 May 19
A global call for progress towards achieving universal health coverage has been made by the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
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4 Apr 19
The lack of basic water facilities in one in four medical centres poses grave risks to the health of more than two billion people globally.
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13 Nov 18
Healthcare was a big driver in the outcome of the recent US mid-term elections. But could the Democrats' vision of a truly reformed healthcare system ever become a reality? Simone Rensch finds out.
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19 Oct 18
International donors are working together to boost private investment to health services in Africa.
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4 Jun 18
The Asian Development Bank has awarded loans worth $195m to help Papua New Guinea deliver affordable and high-quality health services.
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25 May 18
The Asian Development Bank and the government of Laos have signed a $30m grant to improve the health sector and its financial management.
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22 May 18
Donald Trump has accused the UK of “freeloading” because the NHS is able to secure better prices for US drugs than the fragmented insurance-based system in the States. Consultant Neil Clothier...
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17 Apr 18
The African Development Bank is to lend $20m to a private healthcare company in Nigeria to help improve hospital and other specialist health facilities in Lagos State.
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1 Feb 18
India's finance minister has unveiled the “world’s largest healthcare programme” in a surprise move as part of the last budget before the election next year.
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19 Feb 16
The government of Liberia and US international development agency USAID have signed a financing agreement worth almost $60m to support maternal, neonatal and child health care services in the country...
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9 Feb 16
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
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9 Feb 16
The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
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7 Jan 16
The Mexican healthcare system faces some “daunting challenges”, doesn’t represent value for money and needs system-wide reform, the OECD has said.
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16 Dec 15
Increased capital spending in Indonesia could spur higher growth in the country in 2016, the World Bank has said.
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2 Dec 15
Reforms to pension systems within OECD countries risk creating poverty amongst future pensioners, the OECD has warned.
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1 Dec 15
This World AIDS Day offers a unique opportunity to African governments. Just a 1% increase to health budgets could bring enormous benefits.
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23 Nov 15
UK chancellor George Osborne and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have set up a £1bn fund to tackle malaria and other infectious diseases.
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25 Sep 15
Advanced economies need to take urgent action to reform their health systems in order to address “unsustainable” costs, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
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25 Sep 15
“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
5 Dec 23Investment programme to ‘prevent millions’ of climate-related deaths.
14 Jun 23The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
19 Jun 20Egypt is pushing forward with plans to create a universal health insurance system to support its most vulnerable citizens, with the first phase financed by a loan from the World Bank.
26 Mar 20The impact of COVID-19 and the oil price plunge in the Middle East and the Caucasus and Central Asia has been substantial and could intensify, says Jihad Azour.
30 Sep 19Health and education spending “will be key” to unlocking the productive potential of Sri Lanka, according to the World Bank.
5 Jun 19Inadequate management is denying Europeans the full benefits of the EU’s cross-border healthcare directive, EU auditors have said.
24 May 19A global call for progress towards achieving universal health coverage has been made by the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
4 Apr 19The lack of basic water facilities in one in four medical centres poses grave risks to the health of more than two billion people globally.
13 Nov 18Healthcare was a big driver in the outcome of the recent US mid-term elections. But could the Democrats' vision of a truly reformed healthcare system ever become a reality? Simone Rensch finds out.
19 Oct 18International donors are working together to boost private investment to health services in Africa.
4 Jun 18The Asian Development Bank has awarded loans worth $195m to help Papua New Guinea deliver affordable and high-quality health services.
25 May 18The Asian Development Bank and the government of Laos have signed a $30m grant to improve the health sector and its financial management.
22 May 18Donald Trump has accused the UK of “freeloading” because the NHS is able to secure better prices for US drugs than the fragmented insurance-based system in the States. Consultant Neil Clothier...
17 Apr 18The African Development Bank is to lend $20m to a private healthcare company in Nigeria to help improve hospital and other specialist health facilities in Lagos State.
1 Feb 18India's finance minister has unveiled the “world’s largest healthcare programme” in a surprise move as part of the last budget before the election next year.
19 Feb 16The government of Liberia and US international development agency USAID have signed a financing agreement worth almost $60m to support maternal, neonatal and child health care services in the country...
9 Feb 16World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has stressed that more inclusive governance is vital not only to reducing poverty and promoting prosperity, but also tackling problems like violent extremism and...
9 Feb 16The European Union is to support the delivery of public services and encourage better public financial management in Liberia with financing agreements totalling $64m.
16 Dec 15Increased capital spending in Indonesia could spur higher growth in the country in 2016, the World Bank has said.
2 Dec 15Reforms to pension systems within OECD countries risk creating poverty amongst future pensioners, the OECD has warned.
1 Dec 15This World AIDS Day offers a unique opportunity to African governments. Just a 1% increase to health budgets could bring enormous benefits.
23 Nov 15UK chancellor George Osborne and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have set up a £1bn fund to tackle malaria and other infectious diseases.
25 Sep 15Advanced economies need to take urgent action to reform their health systems in order to address “unsustainable” costs, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
25 Sep 15“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
