Zambia Single formal pool held by Central Board of Health Single benefit package for all financed by general taxes Intrapool via general taxation. Supply-side subsidy via the Ministry of Health Reproduced from World Health Organization (WHO) (2000) The World Health Report 2000. Health systems: Im...
After learning from the pilot programme, a separate Health Insurance Act (HIA) was enacted to govern the programme. Thus, in 2017, the parliament endorsed the HIA, which replaced the SHSDC with the Health Insurance Board (HIB) [6]. The roles of HIB include raising revenue, pooling funds f...
ZambiaBackground: Health insurance is an essential aspect of health care. This is because it enables the insured to acquire timely and essential health care services, besides offering financial protection from catastrophic treatment costs. This paper seeks to establish gender differentials and correlates...
Since it is a voluntary scheme, willingness to pay for “Ushirika Afya” depends on the evaluated participation benefits among co-operative members. Also, as the reasons for the low willingness to pay for the mentioned scheme are unknown, recent evidence suggests that the quality of services, a...
The CBHI pilot design was however influenced by the experience of an Abt consultant who worked on pre-payment schemes tested at the time in Zambia. Individuals enrolled in these schemes paid a monthly sum to a health facility in exchange for free services when the person fell sick. The ...
There is also a picture of a river in Kafue National Park in Zambia against a backdrop of fog; a primeval landscape. While every photographer sees the world in a different way, when viewing Salgado’s photos displayed at Quai Zurich Campus, perhaps you, too, will adjust your own personal...