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Africa: Community-based micro-insurance for universal health coverage

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ILO
2007
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Summary (English)

Social protection – health coverage in particular – is a powerful means of reducing poverty – both directly by offering financial protection that keeps households affected by illness from falling into poverty, and indirectly through its positive impact on economic performance and productivity.

Note

published in ILO Online – No. 14 – Tuesday 24 April 2007, 11th African Regional Meeting (Addis Ababa, 24-27 April 2007). Article also available in French and in Spanish.

Article social protection policy , microinsurance
20.05.2008