{"id":12471,"date":"2023-02-27T12:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/?post_type=mec-events&p=12471"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:28:33","slug":"challenges-of-enrolling-the-informal-sector-in-health-insurance-schemes","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/staging\/event\/challenges-of-enrolling-the-informal-sector-in-health-insurance-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges of enrolling the informal sector in health insurance schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Informal sector is a large part of economy in Cameroon as in other developing countries, representing more than 50% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and about 90% of the working force. But in the progress towards universal health coverage, informal sector workers are mostly left behind, to such an extent that they are referred as \u201cthe missing middle\u201d. Indeed, engaging informal sector is one of the most critical challenges of health coverage systems, because informal sector workers are less likely to enroll in private health insurance schemes as well as to be retained in government health insurance programs, as they are outside the formal tax system. On this webinar, the health research division of the Nkafu Policy Institute aims to tackle this problematic, by trying to find answers to the following question: \u201cWhat are the challenges of enrolling the informal sector in health insurance schemes?\u201d.<\/p>\n

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