Dorothée Kindé Gazard, outgoing Minister of Health, was a driving force behind the development of Benin’s national health financing strategy for universal health coverage (SNFS-CU). After the final consultations (April 2015, cf. intranet) and before her departure from the government in June 2015, she signed the finalized document that concludes 2 and a half years of work. We are sharing here the latest available version, which may have been modified in the preface and summary, but is faithful to the official version in the body of the text. It will be posted shortly. SNFS-CU before signing