universal health coverage

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
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Extension of coverage
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[Opinion] How AI Can Help Africa Get Universal Health Care Before America

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newsweek (31.10.2017) While American politicians quarrel over the Affordable Care Act, the United States—one of the few industrialized countries without universal health care—still spends twice as much per person per year on health expenses as the U.K. and Canada. For all the debates over Obamacare, however, America boasts 38 MRI machines per one million people: Nigeria, a country of 180 million people, has only four. Across Africa, the ratio of doctors to patients is painfully low.

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Egypt is about to launch Universal Health Coverage

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HuffPost (30.10.2017) Egypt is about to offer all of its citizens health insurance for the first time in the North African country’s history. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved on Wednesday a new comprehensive health insurance bill after meeting with the Minister of Health, Ahmed Emad, to review final details of the law.

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egypt
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Health
Health insurance
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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.

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Africa
Topics
Extension of coverage

US: San Francisco’s universal health care plan eyed as model for California

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The Mercury News (03.04.2017) Maria Consuelo believes she’s alive today because of a groundbreaking program this left-leaning city created a decade ago – one that guarantees health coverage to every one of its 864,000 residents.

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United States
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Health
Health insurance