New members elected to head CANAM
Mr. Houd BABY is the brand new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mali's National Health Insurance Fund (CANAM). He was elected on November 19 at the 28th ordinary session of the Board of Directors, chaired by the Minister of Health. In her address, the Minister of...
The World Bank praises CANAM’s performance in Mali
The Sector Director for Health, Nutrition and Population for West and Central Africa led a delegation to the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM) in Bamako on November 14. The meeting focused on the performance and prospects of Mali's health portfolio. Moulay...
Proposals to improve access to medicines
The State has tried to boost the generic drug market as a way to contain the increase in out-of-pocket health care costs for Peruvian households.The author refers to research conducted by Videnza Consultores that analyzes four key processes of the health system in...
CCMSA presents its “Charges et Produits 2025” report
On June 25, the Board of Directors of the Caisse centrale de la mutualité sociale agricole (CCMSA) approved the annual report on the Agricultural Scheme's Income and Expenses for 2025. The report is based on a number of studies designed to shed light on the public...
Summary of the Cades 2023 annual report on social issues
Against a backdrop of heightened financial market volatility and rising central bank interest rates, Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) has continued its program of social security issues. Its annual report details the initiatives taken to refinance...
DSS publishes key Social Security figures for 2023
In its annual edition of Key Social Security Figures, the Social Security Department (DSS) presents a panorama of indicators on the financing and performance of the social security system's public service for the year 2023.The report published in June 2024 indicates...
Health needs of internally displaced people remain a neglected global crisis
A Nature article highlights the dire health crisis faced by 68M internally displaced people, urging global action to address disparities in aid, research, and healthcare access compared to refugees. A new article published in Nature highlights the stark disparities in...
P4H Network’s monitoring and evaluation framework developed and piloted by hera
The P4H Network contracted hera to pilot a new Monitoring and Evaluation framework, including the Critical Milestone Timeline tool, to enhance universal health coverage and reduce financial risks. Insights from Chad and Côte d'Ivoire helped refine the framework,...
Senate mission warns of financialization of healthcare provision
A Senate fact-finding mission sought to measure the phenomenon of financialization in the various sectors of healthcare provision. It identified the determinants and assessed the consequences for the organization of healthcare provision in different regions, the...
Health insurance publishes data on healthcare reimbursements over the last twelve months
On September 24, the French National Health Insurance (Assurance maladie) presented the trend in healthcare reimbursements by the general scheme over the last twelve months. The data published show that reimbursements rose by 4.4% over the period. Spending on...
IGF and Igas identify savings levers for medical devices
As part of the scheme to improve the quality of public action, the Inspection générale des Finances (IGF) and the Inspection générale des Affaires sociales (Igas) were commissioned in November 2023 to conduct an expenditure review on medical devices, which accounted...
The Ondam Alert Committee issues its second opinion
Following an initial opinion published in April, the Comité d'alerte has published a second opinion on compliance with the National Health Insurance Expenditure Target (Ondam) for 2024. The Ondam target for 2024 was set at €254.9 billion in the last Social Security...
The CNAM Board examines the health insurance income and expenditure report for 2025
The Board of Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (CNAM) has examined the provisional annual report on projected costs and expenditure for 2025. The report forecasts a health insurance branch deficit of €11.4 billion by the end of 2024. To redress the situation,...
Building an economy for well-being: A seminar with Dr. Ritu Sadana
Dr Ritu Sadana, WHO Head of Ageing and Health, will discuss building an economy centred on well-being at an LSE seminar on 26 November 2024. The event will explore aligning economic, social, and health goals to prioritise people and planet over profits.The London...
ESCom – a successful community-based public-private partnership
30 years of public-private partnership in Côte d'Ivoire, reinforces primary health care in the quest for universal health coverage. This successful model deserves to be better known outside Côte d'Ivoire and French-speaking Africa. In the late 90s, Abidjan began an...