Cyprus
The Ministry of Health of Cyprus is responsible for the organization of the health care system and the provision of state-financed health care services. The Council of Ministers has overall responsibility for the state’s role in the social protection and health care system. Overall, chronic diseases dominate communicable diseases. At the 2013 World Health Assembly, sustainable reform of the health system was the main focus of a bilateral meeting between WHO/Europe and the Ministry.
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Reforms move Cyprus closer to universal health coverage
New WHO analysis shows how access to health care and financial protection deteriorated in Cyprus following health budget cuts and coverage restrictions from 2012 to 2015. Policy responses to the financial and economic crisis exacerbated existing gaps in health coverage, but reforms introduced in 2019 are closing these gaps and addressing other long-standing health system problems.
Publications
Building resilience: a key pillar of Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals – Examples from the WHO Small Countries Initiative
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Data and statistics
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Total health expenditure as % of gross domestic product (GDP), WHO estimates (as of 2011)
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Small countries initiative
WHO established the small countries initiative so that countries in the WHO European Region with a population of less than 1 million people can share their knowledge on implementing Health 2020
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