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,...
The MFPTSS presents its strategic framework for the development of social mutuals – May 2014
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
Meeting between the Ministry of Health and the PTFs on payment exemptions for children under 5 years of age
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...
First workshop of the National Financing Strategy Drafting Committee
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)....
Second SNFS-CU Editorial Board workshop held
The second SNFS-CU editorial workshop was held from August 31 to September 3, 2015. It was attended by around ten people, technicians from the Ministry of Health, ST AMU, MEF (DGB) and PTFs (DUE, World Bank and WHO). Within this framework, the issues identified in the...
Brief on RAMU-BF: fundamental assumptions
The WHO/P4H focal point shares a "non-paper" from ST AMU. The result of lengthy work by the ST-AMU (the structure of the Ministry of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Security in charge of the AMU dossier), the brief shared here is a document that summarizes the...
Support for Ministry of Health health products in 2 Districts: participation in the transition from a mechanism to a system
The Ministry of Health has decided to play its part in everyone's effort to ensure the continuity of the targeted payment exemption pilots that could be taken over by AMU. Reminder: since 2007, pilot payment exemption schemes for children under the age of 5 have been...
A draft 0 of the SNFS is drawn up by the Editorial Committee.
At the end of its third workshop, the SNFS Editorial Committee drew up a "draft 0". Following the refinement of certain questions and the circulation of draft 0 to the members of the Thematic Commission "Health Financing", the Drafting Committee met a fourth time in...
Preparing for the implementation of free-of-charge measures
Preparations for the implementation of free access measures in Burkina Faso are carried out transparently. Here we share technical documents and an update from the PTF Santé meeting. - Tools and procedures developed by the Ministry of Health: EDC training - Risk...
Report of the workshop on recent payment exemption measures
FREE BILAN WORKSHOP REPORT DEC 2016 VF Where we see the skills and transparency efforts of Burkina's Ministry of Health, as well as a certain level of mastery of the devices. The issues of illicit practices and drug availability remain challenges.
Meeting report: “Conference-debate on the PNDS 2011-2020 within the framework of the PNDES”.
The meeting was reported as a milestone in the reform of Burkina's healthcare system, probably the only one of its kind in the sub-region, and an expression of national ownership of healthcare policy guidelines and practices. main doc conf debate January ...
Draft 2 of the national financing strategy has been finalized by the Drafting Committee.
A first version of the national health financing strategy (draft 1) was presented to a wide audience on February 1, 2017. Numerous comments and proposals were made to amend and restructure the document. As a result, the Editorial Committee has continued its work, and...
Creation of a national technical group on CSU (GTN-CSU)
Following the lessons learned from the first joint French-speaking training session on CSU in Daka, the Minister of Public Health decided to set up a GTN-CSU to support the government's strategic thinking in this priority area.
Workshop to launch the development of a national health financing strategy
The workshop organized as part of the deployment of the GFF initiative took place on February 18 and 19, 2016 in Yaoundé. The agenda, presentations, group work outlines and summary of results are available below. 2016_02_18_Agenda_Atelier_SNFS_2016-2027...
Legislation passed establishing a national health insurance scheme – February 2011
Law No 2011-03 calling for the establishment of a national health insurance scheme, the Institut National d'Assurance Maladie (INAM), targeting civil servants and their dependants is passed. The Togolese government commits to expanding coverage to other categories of...