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The World Bank Reissues Health Systems 20/20 Health Insurance Handbook

Jan 6 2012

The World Bank has reissued the Health System 20/20 Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make it Work as part of the World Bank Working Paper series. Available in paper, widget, and e-book form, the reissue makes the handbook available to an even broader audience and furthers Health Systems 20/20 collaboration with the Bank.

Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make It Work

By Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick, Christine Ortiz, Beatriz Zurita and Catherine Connor, Health Systems 20/20, Abt Associates

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Health Systems 20/20 developed the handbook for  health insurance workshops in Africa, collaborative events supported by the USAID Africa Bureau, Health Systems for Outcomes (World Bank) and the African Development Bank, among others.

Health insurance is a means to protect populations – often excluded from existing government programs – from the financial burden of health care. The handbook, a practitioner’s guide to implementing health insurance in low- and middle-income countries, helps users navigate the many challenges to adopting and expanding health insurance.