A coordination meeting to set up CAPSU is held in Dakar on August 16, 2013.
NEWS | 02 Mar 2023
Coordination meeting to set up the Caisse Autonome de Protection Sociale Universelle (CAPSU) – August 2013
Senegal
NEWS | 02 Mar 2023
ILO Methodological Tools
Short description This section of the ILO Social Protection Platform includes the Social Security Inquiry Manual; a manual on the European System of Integrated Social protection Statistics; an interpretive guide of the OECD Social Expenditure Data Base; a methodology...
NEWS | 23 Feb 2023
Nairobi county to expand health insurance coverage to over 200,000 vulnerable households in partnership with NHIF
Kenya
The Nairobi county plans to launch a health insurance scheme for underprivileged households in the city, starting with 232,000 households. This initiative aims to provide access to healthcare for vulnerable residents and will be implemented in partnerships with the...
DOCUMENT | 31 Jan 2023
The importance of wage loss in the financial burden of illness: Longitudinal evidence from India
India
Abstract Background A key aim of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is to protect individuals and households against the financial risk of illness, and large-scale health insurance expansions are a central focus of the UHC agenda. Importantly, however, health insurance...
NEWS | 23 Jan 2023
National Health Insurance Fund reassures Kenyans that Linda Mama Program is ongoing
Kenya
Over 6 million Kenyan mothers have benefitted since 2017 Linda Mama Program launch The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has assured Kenyans that the government-funded Linda Mama program whose aim is to reduce maternal and child mortality and alleviate the...
POST | 30 Dec 2022
Designing and implementing social protection for people with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
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NEWS | 08 Dec 2022
First balance of Copago Cero in Chile: More than US$6 million in savings for all beneficiaries
Chile
The implementation of the Zero Copayment for beneficiaries of Chile's National Health Fund (FONASA) resulted in significant financial savings for individuals and their families. The 168,045 people who were treated in a public hospital stopped paying a total of around...
DOCUMENT | 14 Nov 2022
Strategy for building resilient health systems and recovery in post-pandemic COVID-19 to sustain and protect public health gains.
Strategy for building resilient health systems and recovery in post-pandemic COVID-19 to sustain and protect public health gains.
DOCUMENT | 07 Nov 2022
Evaluation of RAMED implementation in Mali
Mali
In its drive towards universal health coverage, the Republic of Mali has set up a system of protection against the risk of illness, comprising three mechanisms: Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO), the Medical Assistance Scheme (RAMED) and mutual health insurance. In...
DOCUMENT | 13 Oct 2022
Chile abolishes copayments in step towards UHC
Chile
The Government of Chile has extended free medical care to everyone in the public health system, establishing the “zero copayment” as one of the key steps to move towards a universal health-care system. However, some other broader...
NEWS | 13 Oct 2022
Registration is now available for free health care for migrants living in Bolivia
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
The Ministry of Health and Sports, through the Unified Health System, enabled the registration to this system for foreign migrants living in Bolivia, which grants them the benefit of free care in the first, second and third level health centers of the public sector...
NEWS | 12 Oct 2022
Designing social protection for people with disabilities: Lessons from Australia and Singapore
Australia
Our regional expert, Esabelle Yam Lo Yan, Australian National University, shares her views about social protection for people with disabilities, highlighting lessons from Australia and Singapore. The Asia and Pacific region is home to 690 million persons with...
NEWS | 04 Oct 2022
Côte d’Ivoire: 149 million CFA francs for women’s mental health
Côte d’Ivoire
The French Development Innovation Fund (FID) has awarded FCFA 149,171,776 million to Bluemind Foundation's "Heal by Hair" program to help improve the mental health and well-being of African women. The program aims to train 200 hairdresser ambassadors for the "Heal by...
NEWS | 30 Sep 2022
A pandemic triad: HIV, COVID-19 and debt in low- and middle-income countries
This article assesses the impact of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics and debt dynamics on health, HIV and pandemic preparedness and response-related financing in developing countries. Using a novel dataset, the study does a cross-national systematic analysis of all data...
NEWS | 30 Sep 2022
Public pressure on mandatory health insurance made the leaders give a press-conference
Kazakhstan
The growing pressure and criticism from health care providers on the alleged lack of funds at the Social Health Insurance Fund before the calendar year (same as budget year) made the leadership speak out about the status of the health insurance. A press conference was...