Preparation of the provisional version of the AMU 2014-2016 Project document – January 2014
Burkina Faso's Ministry of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Security is planning to set up a project to begin pilot implementation of the universal health insurance scheme. This document is the provisional version of the project description, currently being studied...
Second meeting of the “financial access to healthcare” TFP group – June 12, 2014
The meeting focused on discussions concerning the implementation of the exemption from payment for care for children under 5 and its future articulation with RAMU-BF. 2014_06_12_Exemption_paiement_presentation_ONG...
Adoption of the RAMU-Burkina Faso bill by the Council of Ministers – April 9, 2014
The Council of Ministers adopts the RAMU-BF bill on April 9, 2014. This bill aims to put in place the legal framework needed to operationalize health insurance in Burkina Faso, extend social protection and promote people's access to healthcare....
Workshop on the UHIP care basket, its cost and financing
PRESENTATION BASKET CHOICE WORKSHOP Summary of the AMU workshop of June 9 and 10, 2015 - AB On June 9 and 10, 2015, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou on the RAMU-BF care basket, its cost and financing. Significant consensus has been reached. All the...
In a transitional period, civil society/05/play an important role (press conference on RAMU law, 20th March 2015)
The law on RAMU has been adopted by the governement& introduced to the National Assembly in September 2014. It was about to be adopted when the people got rid of their president & of all the governement institutions (end of October 2014). The law was once...
TFP meeting on health financing (P4H+)
On Thursday 11th, the WHO organized a specific information and exchange meeting for health PTFs on the subject of health financing (or " access to care "). This meeting is the third of its kind (i.e. of the " healthcare financing " subgroup)...
Council of Ministers adopts bill creating Burkina Faso’s Health Insurance Scheme
The Council of Ministers on July 29, 2015 agreed to forward the bill to the National Transition Council. http://www.ouestaf.com/Conseil-des-ministres-du-Burkina-Faso-du-mercredi-29-juillet-2015-le-communique_a5678.html
Le Projet de loi portant régime d’assurance maladie a été adopté par le CNT
Le Projet de loi portant régime d'assurance maladie a été adopté par le CNT (Assemblée Nationale de Transition). Ici : le Ministre de la Fonction Publique, du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale Santé (1er en partant de la droite), le Ministre de la Santé (second en...
In Burkina Faso, the Council of Ministers has decided to introduce measures to encourage free travel.
Extract from the minutes of the Council of Ministers of March 2, 2016: "In the area of maternal and child health, the Council has decided on the following appropriate measures, which will be implemented from April 02, 2016. These are: free breast and cervical cancer...
HFS aligned with actuarial study recommendations, re-submitted to cabinet. Preparations of the SNHI Bill are ongoing internally by the MOHCDGEC.
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National roadmap for the introduction of UHIP
A decree (March 2016) and a decision (July 2016) from the Ministry of Solidarity and Humanitarian Action set up the administrative mechanism for drawing up the legal provisions of the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU). Ministerial decision of the members of the...
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Madagascar UHC Leadership Group invited together with P4H national partners and the Minister of Health at the residence of the German Ambassador for a working lunch
In February 2017, the Ambassador of Germany - organized by the P4H focal point - invited the Leadership UHC Group for a working lunch with the Minister of Health and the heads of the main P4H partners to foster further the political and inter-sectoral support for UHC....
The Ministry of Public Health in Madagascar launched their UHC program with a promotional information tour to the three districts (Vatomandry, Faratsiho, Manandriana) where the pilot implementation is planned
The Ministry of Public Health together with P4H partners visited the regional and district officials of the three districts that have been selected to pilot the national health insurance agency (on district level). All meetings were well attended and local...
Local P4H group launched and first meeting held in April and/05/2017. The next meeting will take place on 7 June 2017.
The local P4H group started to meet on a regular basis to prepare the comité de pilotage and to coordinate the support of all partners active in Madagascar in UHC and health financing. Partners nominated for the CdP are: France, Germany, WHO, WB, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID....