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Rwanda's Health System and Sickness Insurance Schemes

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  • Laurent Musango
  • Jean Damascène Butera
  • Hertilan Inyarubuga
  • Bruno Dujardin

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After the war and the 1994 genocide, Rwanda drew up a national health policy with a view to realigning its health system. The reform, which was designed to remedy the deficiencies of the previous system, focused on community involvement in managing and financing health services. Achieving this objective was never going to be easy, but thanks to a growing number of initiatives 37.8 per cent of the Rwandan population now have some degree of sickness insurance cover. However, the system in general, and more particularly the mutual associations organized around the community, needs to be strengthened.

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  • Laurent Musango & Jean Damascène Butera & Hertilan Inyarubuga & Bruno Dujardin, 2006. "Rwanda's Health System and Sickness Insurance Schemes," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 59(1), pages 93-103, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:59:y:2006:i:1:p:93-103
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2005.00235.x
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