Closing the coverage gap

L’assurance maladie progresse à petits pas en Afrique

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rfi.fr (27.10.2017) Le Rwanda est souvent cité en exemple pour son assurance maladie obligatoire, suivi par d’autres pays, qui restent cependant minoritaires et ont du mal à couvrir l’intégralité de la population. Tour d’horizon, de la Côte d’Ivoire au Ghana, en passant par le Rwanda, le Kenya et le Gabon.

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Africa
Topics
Extension of coverage
Document Type

Ethiopia: Progress Towards Ethiopian Universal Health Coverage - allAfrica.com

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AllAfrica (06.11.2015) The World Health Organization defines universal health coverage (UHC) as a situation in which all people who need health services receive them, without incurring financial hardship. UHC is currently perceived as a crucial component of sustainable development and listed as one of the possible goals of the post-2015 development agenda.

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ethiopia
Topics
Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage
Old_Global Challenges
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How can social protection build resilience? Insights from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda | Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

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Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (nov 2016) In this BRACED working paper we present a synthesis of findings from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda on the role of social protection programmes in contributing to people’s capacity to absorb, anticipate and adapt to climate-related shocks and stresses.

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ethiopia
kenya
uganda
Topics
Extension of coverage
Social assistance
Old_Global Challenges
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Ethiopia Social Protection: Access of the Poor and Vulnerable to Basic Social Services | socialprotection.org

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(United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF).  Ethiopia launched its National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) in 2014. The policy introduces the concept of a ‘sustainable social protection system’. Various strategies and programmes are underway to support the implementation of the NSPP, but often these are still implemented in a fragmented manner. This review has been developed in order to inform NSSP stakeholders about how other countries have moved towards a systematic approach to increase access to basic services by the poorest and promote child protection measures.

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ethiopia
Topics
Extension of coverage
Social assistance
Old_Global Challenges
Document Type

Afrique de l'Ouest: le BIT montre la voie pour atteindre les objectifs de 2030

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azactu.net (23.05.2017) Le bureau international du travail (Bit) a initié un atelier tripartite des mandats de l’OIT et des partenaires au développement en Afrique de l’Ouest et du centre sur la mise en place des socles de protection sociale. C’est dans le but d’aider ces pays de l’Afrique avec un appui surtout technique à atteindre les objectifs de la protection sociale en 2030.

Regions / Country
Africa
Topics
Extension of coverage