{"id":987706124,"date":"2024-07-04T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&#038;p=987706124"},"modified":"2024-07-04T11:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:00:56","slug":"cmu-citizens-still-dissatisfied","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/cmu-citizens-still-dissatisfied\/","title":{"rendered":"CMU: citizens still dissatisfied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;! !! NE PAS MODIFIER ! !!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!! &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; SUMMARY &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. Summary should be in bold and 250-300 characters. The counter at the bottom can help.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||20px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the past five years, Ivorians have had access to universal health coverage. The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene is working hard to ensure that enrolment is effective throughout the country. Despite this, people still need to be convinced by the health services on offer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT OF THE NEWS &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE THE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initiative launched in 2019 is still struggling to satisfy all Ivorians. Enrolment centers are located as close as possible to the population &#8211; some are even mobile &#8211; but the care offered to CMU cardholders is open to criticism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>&#8220;There are so many pharmacies where it doesn&#8217;t work. Even at the hospital, we&#8217;re told it doesn&#8217;t work. So we don&#8217;t know what this card is worth&#8221;.  <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>&#8220;When we went to the pharmacy and I presented the voucher, the pharmacy told me &#8216;no, it&#8217;s reserved for civil servants. And that it won&#8217;t work for us, the individuals&#8221;.  <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the efforts of the Ministry of Health and its partners, these complaints are becoming increasingly common. Universal health coverage in <a href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/countries\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#8217;<\/a> Ivoire is supposed to cover 70% of the population&#8217;s healthcare expenses for $1.65 a month. Despite the criticism, the Ivorian authorities are optimistic. They want to make universal health coverage the country&#8217;s basic insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re currently considering the possibility of making this card usable in private establishments. And in the end, we&#8217;ll have a single health coverage platform in our country, meaning that if you&#8217;re privately insured, you&#8217;ll be on the same platform as universal health coverage, which will be the basic insurance. The other insurances will only be complementary, as in the big countries we all know&#8221;,<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>explains Pierre Dimba, Minister of Health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five years after its launch, 13 million people are listed in the CMU database, representing 40% of the Ivorian population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past five years, Ivorians have had access to universal health coverage. The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene is working hard to ensure that enrolment is effective throughout the country. Despite this, people still need to be convinced by the health services on offer. 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