P4H/SFHA NIGER: focal point takes office
Jean-François Caremel has been P4H/SFHA's Focal Person in Niger since August 21. SFHA members helped to define its role with the Niger Ministry of Health and to recruit its staff at the WHO country office. Trained as an economist and political scientist, since 2011 he...
NIGER-ENABEL: Contribution to the national CMU strategy
As part of the definition of the health component of the Niger-Belgium 2022-2026 cooperation program, a workshop was held from September 08 to 10, 2021, which clarified ENABEL's support for the national Universal Health Coverage strategy as part of the implementation...
NIGER: Creation of the Institut National d’Assistance Médicale (INAM)
Extract from the Council of Ministers held this Wednesday, September 23, 2021 under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Niger, SEM Mohamed BAZOUM. The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft decree creating a social public establishment called the...
Niger: CSU National Strategy adopted
On Friday July 23, the Council of Ministers adopted the draft decree adopting the National Strategy for University Health Coverage (SNCSU 2021-2030). The overall aim of the strategy covered by this draft decree is to improve physical and financial accessibility to...
Niger: Explanatory memorandum on the CMU law
Niger's Minister of Health gave an explanatory statement on the draft law on CMU at a Cabinet meeting held at last Monday under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. At the end of the meeting, all the ministers were sensitive to the importance of...
Niger: Important cabinet meeting on INAM
A government meeting will be held on Monday June 28, chaired by the Prime Minister, at which the Minister of Health will present..: - the decree creating INAM; - the draft law on CMU in Niger, establishing INAM as the body responsible for managing the Medical...
Niger: First framing of the INAM care basket – February 2021
Initial scoping of the basket of care guaranteed by the future national structure for managing free healthcare (INAM), February 2021. This report proposes an initial framework for the guaranteed basket of care provided by the Institut National de l'Assistance Médicale...
Niger: Validation and alignment of the national CSU strategy
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the workshop for consistency, consolidation and validation of the national strategy for universal health coverage (UHC) opened in the meeting room of the NGO LIBO in Liboré. The meeting, which lasted four (4) days, was organized by the DEP of...
Niger: Restitution of the I3S project and presentation of INAM
A number of players were in conclave on May 19, 2021 at Centre International des Conférences Mahatma Gandhi in Niamey. For this reason, they took part in the restitution workshop of the Initiative Solidarité Santé Sahel (I3S) project, followed by the...
NIGER: Scoping meeting on health financing
A scoping meeting on health financing in Niger brought together experts working on the issue on a virtual platform. Below is a summary of the main points from the June 3 meeting: A presentation of the steps involved in setting up the National Health Insurance...
Niger: Towards the revision of the law on private healthcare practice
In front of the National Assembly for his general policy statement, the Head of the Government of Niger declared that the Government intends to make efforts to improve access to and quality of healthcare services and care, in particular through the...
Niger: I3S project feedback meeting and INAM presentation
As part of the CSU operationalization process, the Research and Programming Department, in partnership with AFD, is organizing a workshop to review the I3S project, which is drawing to a close, and to present the INAM project. Around the INAM project, AFD is...
Validation of the results of the health accounts in Niger, fiscal year 2019
In February 2021, Niger organized the national virtual workshop to validate the results of its twelfth health accounts report dedicated to fiscal year 2019. The main results from the health accounts are summarized below: - National healthcare spending has risen over...
Validation of the results of the health accounts in Niger, fiscal year 2019
In February 2021, Niger organized the national virtual workshop to validate the results of its twelfth health accounts report dedicated to fiscal year 2019. The main results from the health accounts are summarized below: - National healthcare spending has risen over...
Firm commitments to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030
In order to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030 in West and Central Africa, several First Ladies of Africa are committed to mobilizing more resources and strengthening their support for the fight against this scourge at the high-level round table on the...