Based on the recommendations of the joint P4H scoping mission (See below), a P4H follow-up mission in Benin consults with key national stakeholders to: determine the amount of progress that has been made on RAMU; monitor with P4H members the implementation of the...
Le 19 décembre 2011, le Président de la République lance officiellement le RAMU et promet de faire de la couverture universelle en santé une réalité pour ses concitoyens. 2011_12_19_WHO_Benin-Lancement_RAMU
A joint P4H scoping mission comprised of WHO, World Bank, France, Switzerland, USAID, Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) and the P4H Coordination Desk takes place from 5 to 11 February 2011. The mission notes that among Benin’s strengths in moving towards Universal...
Following comments from the various players involved on the first progress report on UHIP, the intersectoral technical committee is preparing a second progress report on UHIP, approved by the Benin government. This document, along with the draft law on UHIP and...
Benin's Ministry of Health calls on the P4H network for support in implementing UHIP. More specifically, the network is asked to give its opinion on the architecture, technical and financial feasibility and proposed roadmap for implementing UHIP. Recommendations,...
From September 12 to 14, 2013, a national workshop was held in Ouagadougou on the implementation of AMU and social mutuals. The objectives were to produce a synthesis of regional and sectoral consultations, to reach a national consensus on the main strategic and...
The Comité Technique Interministériel RAMU (CTI-RAMU) draws up its "First progress report on RAMU", the future universal health insurance scheme, and shares it with several development partners and the P4H network coordination office....
The MFPTSS is preparing and submitting a draft bill on social mutuality, which is still to be discussed by the Council of Ministers over the coming months. 2014_02_05_Gouv_Burkina-Avant_projet_loi_mutualite_sociale
Burkina chose to carry out two diagnoses simultaneously: one based on documentation and another based on interviews (this one). The idea behind this consultancy was also to find the time to raise awareness of healthcare financing and its major challenges.
For the Cadre Stratégique de Dialogue (CSD), the Ministry of Social Action releases a first version of the 2013 annual performance report for the social protection sector. 2014_03_05_Gouv_Burkina-Projet_rapport_performances_CSD-PPS_version16fev2014 And technical and...
A meeting between ST-AMU, the EU Delegation and WHO is being held as part of the preparations for the 11th EDF (2014-2020). 2014_04_02_AB-Compte_rendu_rencontre_UE-OMS-ST_AMU
The "nutrition and health" sectoral framework of the SCADD (Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development) has long recommended the development of a national health financing strategy. A scoping workshop will be held from February 16 to 18 in Koudougou,...
In March 2013, in the Council of Ministers, the government decided to speed up the implementation of AMU by linking it with social mutuals. 2014_05_29_MFPTSS_Burkina-Cadre_Strategique_Developpement_Mutuelles_Sociales_final
The healthcare fee exemption for under 5 has been regularly discussed in the last years. The end of the financial support from ECHO to pilot projects implemented with INGO support has once again brought the issue in the MOH agenda. The link with the SHI perspective...
Minutes of the SNFS n°1 June 2015 editorial workshop A dozen technicians met for the first time for a week. They sketched out the architecture of the SNFS. They also put forward a series of questions for debate before being translated into measures (mini-reforms)....
