[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Belgium is supporting social health protection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Senegal, by establishing insurance systems that aim to improve healthcare access for informal sector workers even in challenging low-income settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 1 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||1em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Belgium, through its development agency Enabel<\/a>, has significantly contributed to expanding social health protection for the informal sector in low-income countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The OECD\u2019s recent case study<\/a>, “Social health protection for the poor: Belgium\u2019s support in sub-Saharan Africa,”<\/em> sheds light on how Belgium\u2019s efforts have helped establish nationwide social health protection systems in countries like Senegal, Niger, and Mauritania.<\/p>\n In Senegal, Belgium\u2019s collaboration with the government led to the creation of departmental health insurance units, targeting the rural poor, people working in the informal economy, and the indigent population. These initiatives, launched in 2013, covered over 400,000 beneficiaries and achieved impressive results, with health insurance coverage rates soaring from 4% to 80% by 2022. The social health protection system has proven effective, covering 85-95% of healthcare costs and improving access to quality health services by an average of 60%, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n The case study emphasizes that the success of these programs hinges on strong government commitment, a clear and shared vision with development partners, and a robust institutional framework. Belgium’s experience in Senegal demonstrates that with the right support and collaboration, social health protection is feasible even in low-income countries, offering valuable lessons for future initiatives in similar contexts.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Belgium is supporting social health protection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Senegal, by establishing insurance systems that aim to improve healthcare access for informal sector workers even in challenging low-income settings.Belgium, through its development agency Enabel, has significantly contributed to expanding social health protection for the informal sector in low-income countries across sub-Saharan Africa. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987716393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[117,3024],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987715900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987715900"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987715900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987716408,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987715900\/revisions\/987716408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987716393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987715900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987715900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987715900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}