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....