Programme d’Assistance Sociale de Santé (PASS—Social Health Assistance Programme)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To provide medical benefits to persons not covered by the social insurance medical benefits system.
Legal Framework: Loi n°24/AN/14/7ème du 5 février 2014 portant mise en place d’un système d’Assurance Maladie Universelle
Governemnt of Djibouti. Loi n°24/AN/14/7ème du 5 février 2014 portant mise en place d’un système d’Assurance Maladie Universelle. Djibouti: Governemnt of Djibouti. Accessed 7 March 2018. <http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=95524>
SSA. 2017. “Djibouti” Social Security Administration website. Accessed 2 October 2017. <https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2016-2017/africa/djibouti.html >.
Programme components
Benefits include medical treatment provided by general practitioners (such as consultations and child delivery), generic medicine, radiology (except for specialised medical imaging such as scans and ultrasounds), medical analyses prescribed by specialist doctors, and any necessary treatment in public hospitals related to these examinations
SSA. 2017. “Djibouti” Social Security Administration website. Accessed 2 October 2017. <https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2016-2017/africa/djibouti.html >.
Start date
2014
Governemnt of Djibouti. Loi n°24/AN/14/7ème du 5 février 2014 portant mise en place d’un système d’Assurance Maladie Universelle. Djibouti: Governemnt of Djibouti. Accessed 7 March 2018. <http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=95524>
Coverage
10 052 households (55 286 people) (December 2016) (in May 2017, more than 12.500 households)
République de Djibouti. 2017. STRATEGIE NATIONALE DE PROTECTION SOCIALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI (2018-2022). (Version provisoire) Juin 2017. Accessed 4 July 2017. Available at: http://www.affairessociales.dj/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Strat%C3%A9gie-Nationale-de-la-Protection-Sociale-2018-2022.pdf
Programme expenditure
The programme is funded up to 500 million FDj by the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (CNSS) and 500 million FDj by the state budget. (2017)
République de Djibouti. 2017. STRATEGIE NATIONALE DE PROTECTION SOCIALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI (2018-2022). (Version provisoire) Juin 2017. Accessed 4 July 2017. Available at: http://www.affairessociales.dj/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Strat%C3%A9gie-Nationale-de-la-Protection-Sociale-2018-2022.pdf
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Targeted areas
The first beneficiaries are already supported in the region of Arta; a scale-up to the entire national territory is pending
Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale. n.d. “Assurance Maladie Universelle”. Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale website. Accessed 7 March 2018. <http://www.cnss.dj/index.php/assurance-maladie-universelle/assurance-maladie-universelle>.
Target groups
Persons identified by the competent authorities as not having sufficient income to benefit from the compulsory health insurance scheme, including their spouse (s) and dependent children according to the definitions of the national legislation
Governemnt of Djibouti. Loi n°24/AN/14/7ème du 5 février 2014 portant mise en place d’un système d’Assurance Maladie Universelle. Djibouti: Governemnt of Djibouti. Accessed 7 March 2018. <http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=95524>
Eligibility criteria
Beneficiaries must not be covered by the social insurance medical benefits system
SSA. 2017. “Djibouti” Social Security Administration website. Accessed 2 October 2017. <https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2016-2017/africa/djibouti.html >.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Health services
