WHO/P4H regional health financing policy advisor arrives – November 2012
An international adviser on health financing policy is deployed to Ouagadougou, as part of the WHO contribution to the P4H joint support plans in Benin, Burkina and Mali. Based in the WHO-IST Intercountry Support Team, the WHO adviser will build national capacity in...
The government of Burkina Faso adopts its national social protection policy – September 24, 2012
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Request for P4H network support in setting up AMU
During his visit to Geneva for the International Labour Conference June 2013, Mr. Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Security of Burkina Faso submitted an advocacy document to the P4H network coordination office based at WHO in Geneva. This report takes...
Dissemination of the state of health financing in Burkina Faso – 2013/09/24
The WHO is carrying out a review of Burkina Faso's health financing system, based on a literature review. See below.
Transmission of a joint opinion from health TFPs on exemption from payment for care for under-5s
The WHO representation in Burkina Faso sends the Minister of Health a joint letter from all the health PTFs concerning the strategy of exemption from payment for care for children under 5. 2013_12_13_OMS_Burkina-Lettre_PTF_sur_exemption_paiement_moins5ans...
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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