In recent years, a number of reviews have generated evidence on the potential of community
health insurance (CHI) to increase access to care and offer financial protection against the …

Community Health Insurance (CHI) is a general term for voluntary health insurance schemes
organized at community level, that are alternatively known as mutual health organizations …

This paper presents an overview of the development of Community Health Insurance (CHI)
in sub‐Saharan Africa. In 2003, nearly 600 CHI initiatives were registered in a dozen …

Background The three East African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya are
characterized by high poverty levels, population growth rates, prevalence of HIV/AIDS …

ABSTRACT Background: Universal Health Coverage has become a political priority for
many African countries yet there are clear challenges in achieving this goal. Though social …

In the past two decades, community-based Health Insurance (CBHI) is expanding in most of
sub-Saharan African countries with the aim of improving equitable access to health services …

In many sub-Saharan African countries, evidence shows that the poor bear the highest
burden of diseases and experience high levels of catastrophic health expenditures. 1 Social …

Community Health Insurance (CHI) in Uganda faces low enrolment despite interest by the
Ugandan health sector to have CHI as an elaborate health sector financing mechanism …

Background Nigeria has included a regulated community-based health insurance (CBHI)
model within its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Uptake to date has been …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of health insurance on resource mobilization, financial
protection, service utilization, quality of care, social inclusion and community empowerment …