P4H Mission – August 2009
The P4H mission included an assessment of the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), in particular the part it can play in helping to achieve universal coverage and social health protection (SHP), its links to health reform and the broader social protection...
The law on the introduction of compulsory health insurance is promulgated – June 2009
Law No 09-015 calling for the establishment of a national mandatory health insurance scheme is passed on 26th of June 2009. It envisions covering all Mali citizens for their needed health services.
P4H partners sign MoU – June 2009
WHO, ILO, AFD and GIZ country representatives sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In signing the MoU, the P4H network’s goal is to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in its efforts to ensure equitable access to quality health care for all people of...
UHC/SHP part of national health policy – June 2009
The concept of social health protection (SHP) and the role of the Ministry of Health (MoH) as steward in the transition towards universal health coverage have been included in the national health policy 2010-2020. Agreement has also been reached on the development of...
Stakeholder group for Social Health Protection – April 2009
The Chair of the Parliament Social Policy Standing Committee establishes a national technical working group to oversee Social Health Insurance (SHI) reform efforts. The group comprises members from the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor, Ministry of Health, Ministry...
First contact with P4H – February 2009
Providing for Health (P4H) support has been initiated following an invitation by the Government of the Republic of Uganda to a sensitization workshop in Feb 2009 for different stakeholders including Parliament to discuss the principles of social health insurance (SHI)...
Ministerial Study Tour to Paris, Berlin and London – January 2009
France, Germany, the UK and the World Bank, together with the government of Kenya organised a ministerial study tour on health financing to Paris, Berlin and London from 21 - 31 January 2009. Under the umbrella of P4H, the study tour aimed at: llustrating how...
Adoption of the National Strategy for the Extension of Health Risk Coverage – August 2008
Senegal adopts its first national strategy to extend health risk coverage. It rests on 3 pillars: improving free access initiatives reform of the compulsory health insurance system the development of state-subsidized mutual health insurance schemes
Support to social dialogue -/05/2008
Consensus-building is becoming an increasingly important issue in the reform of the social health insurance scheme in Mongolia. Therefore, with support of the ILO-WHO-GTZ consortium, and ADB, the government organizes a national social dialogue conference for social...
Adoption of the Mozambique law on social protection
The Government of Mozambique enacts a new law to establish a social protection framework in the country. 2007_02_07_Gov_Mozambique-Law_on_social_protection
National Social Protection Policy Statement – April 2002
The government of Mali adopts its national social protection policy. Among the objectives for extending social protection in the health sector are the introduction of compulsory health insurance (AMO) and the creation of a medical assistance fund for the indigent....