Round Table in DRC on the financing of Universal Health Coverage
With the support of the World Bank, the Conseil National de la Couverture Santé Universelle (CNCSU) launched the National Forum on Health Financing and Universal Health Coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.There's a lot you need...
DRC-Gratuity: A step towards health coverage
Free childbirth in Kinshasa is a laudable initiative, as it would promote maternal health, equity and reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates. Is this a step towards the CSU? Patrick Ndjadi Ombombo, an expert in healthcare coverage, asks.For the Health Rights...
Congolese civil society in the fight against Covid19
A civil society mini-dialogue opened on April 27 in Pointe-Noire on the identification of needs for the fight against Covid19. According to the departmental health directorate, this workshop marks the start of the process of drawing up the grant needed to...
DRC: access to healthcare a challenge for the elderly
For Gilbert Tshibangu, a teacher at the Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Kinshasa, this is the first time that an elected President of the DRC has expressed his willingness to offer his people universal health coverage. On the initiative of President Félix...
CONGO ECONOMY/FINANCE LAW 2021: A NEW TAX INSTITUTED ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Congo has instituted Universal Health Insurance Coverage (CAMU) in the 2021 Finance Act. This new tax is one of the new elements instituted in this law, the popularization campaign for which was launched on Monday February 22, 2021 in Brazzaville. Initiated by...
What can be done to achieve universal health coverage in the DRC?
Because of their low incomes, many Congolese citizens are unable to go to hospitals for medical care. Only a minority of Congolese are covered by medical insurance. What are the prerequisites for implementing the government's program to promote universal health...
National Assembly opts for free healthcare for minorities
Victory for the million pygmies after the vote on a bill enshrining positive discrimination in favor of marginalized indigenous peoples . This is the culmination of a long struggle by the Congolese civil society organization Dynamique des groupes des peuples...
Meeting of the GIBS Financing Commission in DRC
The process of developing the national health financing strategy is discussed at the GIBS Financing Commission meeting. See the report below. 2015_11_30_OMS_RDC-Compte_Rendu_Reunion_ComFin_GIBS_25nov 2015_11_25_POINT_PROCESSUS_ELABORATION_PNDS_GIBS
Update on health financing strategy during joint WHO-WB mission
The DEP of the Ministry of Health presents the progress of the process and its reflections on the national health financing strategy during the joint WHO-WB mission. 2015_10_20_MSP_RDC-Reunion_MSP_PTF 2015_10_20_MSP_RDC-Reunion_MSP_PTF_Strategie...
A proposal for a national social protection policy is circulated
See the draft document below and the ToR for the related roundtable scheduled for September 7-11, 2015. 2015_08_31_Gouv_RDC-Politique_nationale_protection_sociale 2015_08_31_TDR_table_ronde_protection_sociale_RDC
Summary of the joint WHO/WB/GIZ mission on CSU and GFF
The mission's main conclusions are as follows: 1/ the 2016-2020 PNDS is the most urgent project for the MSP in the DRC; 2/ the GFF investment framework needs to be improved and 3/ the health financing strategy will need to be supplemented by an implementation plan...
Presentation of the results of WB support for the health care basket and simulations of health financing in the DRC
The presentation of the results took place with the MSP team and the partners of the joint P4H mission. See PPT below. 2015_08_26_BM-Presentation_strategie_financement_support_RDC_final 2015_08_27_BM-Presentation_simulations_financement_sante_RDC
Restitution of the BM support mission to the CSU process
WHO Kinshasa distributes the minutes of the WB short-term support feedback meeting on the following topics i) the CSU bill, ii) health financing strategy, iii) the care basket and iv) budgeting and implementation schedule....
PNPS circulates ToR for recruitment of consultants to support development of national social protection policy
See the ToR below. 2015_05_MTEPS_RDC-TDR_consultants_PNPS
DEP/OMS/BM exchanges on the progress of the CSU project
The DEP is circulating the official minutes of the videoconference held on April 29. Concrete proposals have been formulated for the coming weeks (see below). 2015_05_14_MinSan_RDC-Compte_rendu_VC_29avril