Effective member coverage to be reached by 2025
For the year 2025, which has just begun, there are several challenges for the health system in the Dominican Republic, in order to achieve effective health coverage of the population affiliated to the Family Health Insurance. Among others, it will be necessary to...
World Bank support for a better health system in the Dominican Republic
The US$190 million project seeks to strengthen the public health system and strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance.In order to benefit the Dominican Republic's poor and vulnerable populations, who are the main beneficiaries of...
Ministry of Public Health presents National Health Plan 2022-2032 for the Dominican Republic
The National Health Plan 2022-2032 seeks to characterize a joint vision between social security and other entities that make up the health system in the Dominican Republic. It proposes to provide health insurance to the 278 municipalities, which are the main actors of...
US$100 million for Dominican Republic’s COVID-19 Response
This financing will help the country’s efforts to limit the adverse impacts of COVID-19 addressing immediate health risks and socio-economic effects. These include measures to support the most vulnerable population, and reduce the financial burden on households...
The Dominican Bar Association called on the National Social Security Council to provide coverage to independent professionals.
Article 60 of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic establishes that everyone has the right to social security, and Article 61 speaks specifically about the right to health. Law 87-01 of 2001 creates the National Social Security System in the Dominican Republic....
New documents available on the Dominican Republic website
New documents available on the Dominican Republic country page / Nuevos documentos disponibles en la página país de la República Dominicana Dominican Republic UHC Study | P4H Network Expanding Social Health Protection for Migrant Women in the Dominican Republic | P4H...
March on international health day; highlights universal right to health in Dominican Republic
On International Health Day, the Ministry of Women of the Dominican Republic organized a demonstration with the support of the Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic highlighted the right to universal and equitable access to health care....