Africa

Africa

Code
AFR
Region type
Official

Improving service quality

Main idea
The Government Sector Insurance Fund (GSIF) supports improving the quality of services, and simplification of procedures to ensure full speed and accuracy required.
 
Primary goal
Improving and developing insurance services to clients in corporeal and incorporeal ways to ensure client satisfaction, meet their needs and provide an integrated insurance scheme that ensures a dignified life and consistent care.
 
Ways to achieve the goal

Implementation of Tertiary Institutions’ Social Health Insurance Programme

Tertiary Institutions 19 Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP) is a programme of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which aimed at ensuring access to quality and affordable healthcare for all students in tertiary institutions nationwide.
 
The key stakeholders involved in this Programme include NHIS, tertiary institutions, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), healthcare facilities, Student Union Government (SUG) and regulatory bodies of tertiary institutions.
 
The Programme, which is compulsory for all stud

Social protection education from an early age

The Malagasy population's unfamiliarity with the social security concept partly explains the low rate of social security coverage (10%). Despite efforts to publicize and raise awareness, the situation remains somewhat static. To remedy this, an education program on the right to social services was implemented in February 2014 through the introduction of Junior Clubs which bring children together. They will act as information vectors through fun and festive activities and will instill a social service culture in their families and society in general.

Implementation of Pupils in Public Primary Schools Social Health Insurance Programme

The Public Primary Pupils Social Health Insurance Programme (PPPSHIP), a recently introduced programme of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), is aimed at eliminating financial barriers for over 24 million children in public primary schools in our quest to attaining the 40 per cent coverage by 2015.
 
The NHIS, States, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are key stakeholders. The Programme is to be funded and managed by the NHIS and participating States in collaboration with appointed private HMOs.