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Session: Community Health Insurance and Health Care Financing in Decentralized Health Systems
3043.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Community Health Insurance and Health Care Financing in Decentralized Health Systems
Financial barriers to access remain a significant problem for individuals world-wide. In the United States nearly 50 million individuals are without health care because they lack insurance. In Developing countries the problem is greater because financial barriers are compounded by access and social barriers. However, there are many innovative and hopeful examples of community-based health insurance that have been introduced on a local level that could be expanded to cover large populations and greatly reduce barriers to access. In this session we look at examples of community-based health insurance from Africa and Latin America and provide some significant lessons learned.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Elizabeth Lewis, MBA
8:30 AMEnsuring the right to care: Successes and challenges of community-based health insurance in Rwanda  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ben Karenzi, MD, Laura Hoemeke, MPH, Claude Sekabaraga, MD
8:50 AMCommunity health insurance: Assessment and program implementation in rural Togo  [ Recorded presentation ]
Francis Sala-Diakanda, MPH, Grazielle Ghesquiere, Bell'Aube Houinato, Luis Tam, MD DrPH
9:10 AMPeople's Health Insurance: Increasing access or perpetuating segmentation
Antonio Ugalde, PhD, Nuria Homedes, MD, DrPH
9:30 AMImplications of Decentralized Planning and Budgeting on Health Care Financing in Ethiopia  [ Recorded presentation ]
Hailu Nega, Leulseged Ageze, Melinda Ojermark, Charlotte Leighton
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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