Background Expanding public health insurance seeks to attain several desirable objectives,
including increasing access to healthcare services, reducing the risk of catastrophic …

We analyse nine low-income and lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia that
have implemented national health insurance reforms designed to move towards universal …

Unless the concept is clearly understood,“universal coverage”(or universal health coverage,
UHC) can be used to justify practically any health financing reform or scheme. This paper …

Background Health insurance is an important mechanism to prevent financial hardship in
the process of accessing health care. Since the launch of Nigeria's National Health …

Executive summary Sub-Saharan Africa's health challenges are numerous and wide-
ranging. Most sub-Saharan countries face a double burden of traditional, persisting health …

Background Ensuring access to essential quality health services and reducing financial
hardship for all individuals regardless of their ability to pay are the main goals of universal …

This book is about 24 developing countries that have embarked on the journey towards
universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on …

Background Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have difficulties achieving
universal financial protection, which is primordial for universal health coverage. A promising …

Background Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has evolved as an alternative
health financing mechanism to out of pocket payments in low-and middle-income countries …

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 …