Resource Type: Case Study
Authors: Cheikh S. A. Mbengue and Matar Camara
Published: 10/30/2014

Resource Description:

Senegal has been implementing various forms of health insurance (private, public, and community-based) for decades. Renewed political will has energized the use of community-based health insurance (mutuelles de santé) as a key element in the government’s push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. While this government support is laudable, financial, technical, and organizational challenges to the scale-up of mutuelles still exist. The brief summarizes experiences and lessons learned around mutuelles in Senegal.