Mission and objectives
Mission
The mission of the Health Insurance Fund is to foster increased access to quality basic health care including HIV/AIDS treatment using an innovative approach. We want to build accountable and reliable demand-driven, output-based private health insurance schemes for low-income groups.
Objectives
The overall objective of the Health Insurance Fund is:
- To increase access to quality basic health care including HIV/AIDS treatment, by providing private health insurance to previously uninsured low-income groups
- And through this to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Specific objectives of the Fund are:
- To build local financial-administrative and medical capacity in the health sector
- To lower the threshold for investments in health infrastructure: to increase investments and leverage public money by attracting private funds
- To demonstrate that demand-based health schemes applying an output-based approach are transparent and efficient and reinforce quality standards
- To evaluate different healthcare delivery models based on a demand-driven and results- oriented approach.
Philosophy
Our philosophy is to focus on the financing and accountable delivery of healthcare services, while ensuring that the demand for and supply of health care develop hand in hand. The Health Insurance Fund envisions insurance schemes with a higher quality of services, a higher willingness to pay for insurance and a higher capacity to pay. This will result in a better and more sustainable health infrastructure to the benefit of people with a low income, contributing to a healthier and more productive population.