East Africa Region Urged to Increase Insurance Cover

Social security experts are calling on East African governments to emulate Rwanda in subsidising community-based health insurance schemes to widen universal healthcare coverage.

The East and Central Social Security Association (Ecassa) - a regional lobby for social protection - cites high levels of poverty as a reason for the low health insurance coverage in the region. This means the bulk of people in countries in the region are unable to pay health insurance premiums.

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