COVID19 Update

• COVID-19 information:The state of emergency in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been abolished and deconfinement measures have been gradually introduced. Both entitiescontinueto provide regular updates on the number of COVID-19 cases and the measures introduced by the Governments to mitigate the economic and health crisis caused by the pandemic. The FBIH’s official platform is https://covid-19.ba/, whereas all the latest information on COVID-19 in the RS can be accessed on koronavirususrpskoj.com
• Assessment of the health system:The expenditure on healthcare in BiH was 9,2 % of its GDP in 2017. BiH is split into one district and 2 entities, one of which has ten separate cantons, and each has its own health fund. Over the past few years, BiH has recognised the need to improve its health sector, and supported by external financing and advice, it worked on restructuring and strengthening its primary health care as well as enhancing its policy making process through the implementation of a system for monitoring and evaluating health sector performance