StAR assistance overview / Pakistan healthcare corruption / Australia open government

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Overview of Assistance StAR Can Provide to Countries.  The StAR Initiative is a partnership between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Bank Group that supports international efforts to end safe havens for corrupt funds. 

The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2018/02/12/overview-of-the-type-of-assistance-star-can-provide-to-countries


Digitising Pakistan's healthcare system to minimise corruption: Expert.  Digitising the health regulatory departments will help in reducing the chances of financial misappropriations and increasing their revenue for public healthcare expenditures, said Dr Waseem Ahmed, a UK-returned technical specialist in digitisation of management systems, who presented a project 'Emerging Pakistan' aimed at shifting paper work on digital system.

The Nation: https://nation.com.pk/13-Feb-2018/digitising-healthcare-system-to-minimise-corruption-expert


Australia Open Government plan attracting action.  The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has opened consultation on Australia's next Open Government National Action Plan, following the first plan which covered 2016-2018.

PS World News: http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/585/news/open-government-plan-attracting-action

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