The International Conference on Social Protection in Health (PSS) came to a close in Niamey on Friday May 13. Following four days of work and exchanges, the participating countries published a note of commitments to facilitate access to healthcare services for the most vulnerable, through innovative approaches to resource mobilization and the promotion of good governance based on accountability to users.
Closing the proceedings in Niamey, the Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs, Mr. Idi Illiasou Mainassara, noted that in choosing to bring together experts, civil society players and politicians from several countries, the organizers of the International Conference on Social Protection in Health “have opted for an approach based on complementarity and synergy between all the structures involved in drawing up and implementing national social protection policies in our various countries”. He explained that PSS is necessary to achieve universal health coverage.
For Minister Idi Illiasou Mainassara, the lessons learned from these four (4) days of reflection and the personal experiences of the participating countries “should enable Niger to build a common vision in its march towards Universal Health Coverage and the reduction of inequalities”. He asked the organizers, led by Enabel, to support his ministry and that of Employment and Social Protection in drawing up a roadmap “for the implementation of social protection in health, as a means for the country to move towards universal health coverage.
