{"id":987719041,"date":"2024-09-12T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T08:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&#038;p=987719041"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T09:56:51","slug":"universal-health-coverage-in-benin-a-political-commitment-significant-progress","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/universal-health-coverage-in-benin-a-political-commitment-significant-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal health coverage in Benin: a clear political commitment"},"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;!!! 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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; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Beninese government is continuing its efforts to make access to essential health services a reality for all citizens. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT OF THE NEWS &#8211; BLOCK 1 &#8211; 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.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1em||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since April 2016, the Beninese authorities have been committed to making health <em><strong>&#8220;an essential dimension of the population&#8217;s well-being and a key factor in its productivity&#8221;.<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\nThe Government has thus undertaken far-reaching reforms aimed at reorganizing the health system and guaranteeing populations broad coverage of better-quality healthcare. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/countries\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>&#8216;s Minister of Health, management and leadership in the health system had to be strengthened, with the creation of several bodies, notably the National Council for Primary Health Care and the National Council for Hospital Medicine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to these bodies, there is the Agence b\u00e9ninoise du m\u00e9dicament et des autres produits de sant\u00e9, the Agence nationale de contr\u00f4le de qualit\u00e9 des produits de sant\u00e9 et de l&#8217;eau, and the Agence des infrastructures sanitaires, des \u00e9quipements et de la maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT OF THE NEWS &#8211; BLOCK 2 &#8211; 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.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In favor of the CSU, the government has also taken into account the issue of cleaning up the private practice of medical and paramedical professions.<br \/>\nThis has led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gouv.bj\/article\/2673\/qualite-soins-sante-securite-patients-republique-benin-spsm-baisse-garde\/\">closure of over 1,300 illegal health establishments<\/a> nationwide. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the financial side, reassures the Minister in charge of social affairs, the government has made substantial resources available for the implementation of the generalization process of the<a href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/insurance-program-for-human-capital-reinforcement-arch-benin\/\">Insurance for the reinforcement of human capital<\/a> (Arch): more than ten billion F CFA have been injected into the project since its implementation in favor of vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beninese government is continuing its efforts to make access to essential health services a reality for all citizens. 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