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Association d'Entraide des Femmes (AssEF)

last updated Mar 26, 2013

Program Type
- Financing Care › Micro/community health insurance
Health Focus
- General Primary Care
- General Secondary/Tertiary Care

Target Geography
Target Population

Overview

Legal Status:

Private (for-profit)

Year Launched:

2003

Stage:

Existing/expansion stage

Funding

Primary Source of Funding:

Membership/subscription fees

Scale

Number of Clients Served:

1,439 as of May 2005

Summary:

Association d'Entraide des Femmes (AssEF) is a voluntary health microinsurance provided by a microfinance institution using the mutual model.

Key program components:

The voluntary health microinsurance product provides 70% coverage of health expenses from general practice, maternity, and hospitalization services for women and their children within a network of providers (as of February 2006).

Exclusions include specialist services and brand name pharmaceuticals. AssEF charges a US$2 enrollment fee in addition to the premium of US$9.60 (CFA F 4800) per beneficiary per year. However, premiums can be paid in monthly increments.

AssEF uses a third-party-payment system to make payments to the health providers.

Location

Country of OperationBenin

City/Village of Operation

Province/State(s) of Operation

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