Tools on health micro-insurance

Guides and manuals

• Health Microinsurance Schemes: Monitoring and Evaluation Guide. Volume 1 and 2.
  ILO/STEP, ISBN: 978-92-2-119669-3, 2007 (228 pages)
  
  The guide has two objectives: to strengthen the capacity of managers to monitor and evaluate their health microinsurance schemes (HMIS); and to strengthen the capacity of technical and financial support agencies and private insurers to assess the viability and performance of the HMIS. The guide consists of two volumes. Part I of Volume 1 presents the main definitions and basic concepts. Part II deals with the subject of administrative and technical monitoring – based on the major functions of insurance management – as well as with budget and cash flow monitoring. Part III deals with evaluating the viability of health insurance viewed as a financial instrument, through the use of a series of quantitative and qualitative indicators. Part IV deals with evaluating the institutional viability of the HMIS. Finally, Part V offers some indications for assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of an HMIS, merely providing some pointers to users interested in this kind of assessment. Volume 2 contains practical indications for completing tables and calculating indicators described in Volume 1.
  
• Health Micro-Insurance Schemes: Feasibility Study Guide. Volume 1 and 2.
  BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-117469-7, 2005 (316 pages)
  
  In many developing countries, the number of health micro-insurance schemes is increasing rapidly. This is testimony to the interest shown in such schemes by the people of those countries and by the promoters of access to social protection and health care.
  
• Guide de gestion des mutuelles de santé en Afrique.
  BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-213872-4, 2003 (278 pages)
  
  This guide was made in order to respond to the needs of those in charge of the management of the mutual companies of healthcare in Africa. It wants to reinforce technical skills and knowledge of mutual company managers, as well as to consolidate the capacities of mutual companies organizations supporting structures.
  
• Micro-assurance santé: Guide d'introduction aux mutuelles de santé en Afrique.
  BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-212852-4, 2002 (72 pages)
  
  This guide is intended for all potential promoters of mutual health insurance schemes and draws lessons from experience in information and awareness raising developed in Africa. The guide was prepared to simplify and visualise all the information available on mutual health insurance schemes in Africa and to better respond to the needs of the promoters at the grassroots level.
  
• Guide de suivi et d'évaluation des systèmes de micro-assurance santé. Tomes 1 et 2.
  BIT/STEP/CIDR, ISBN: 92-2-212661-0, 2001 (242 pages)
  
  This guide was produced in partnership with CIDR (Centre international de Développement et de Recherche). The guide has two goals: on one hand, reinforce the capacities of healthcare micro-insurance systems managers and to evaluate the functioning of their organisation and, on the other hand, increase the capacities of supporting structures to estimate the viability of these systems.
  
• Mutual health organizations and micro-entrepreneurs' associations. Guide.
  BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-212398-0, 2001 (60 pages)
  
  This guide is intended for associations of micro-entrepreneurs interested in creating mutual health insurance schemes. The guide provides basic information on the advantages as well as on the difficulties of these schemes.
  
• Manuel de formateurs. Mutuelles de santé en Afrique: Caractéristiques et mise en place.
  BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-112080-5, 2000 (301 pages)
  
  This manual in binder form, is a tool for carrying out training on the establishment and operation of a mutual health insurance scheme. It is the result of a collective effort consisting of contributions from a team of promoters, representatives from schemes and African mutualists.
  

Software

• MAS Pilote
  MAS Pilote is a software for the follow up of healthcare micro-insurance schemes (MAS). It aims to provide supporting structures a follow-up tool and assistance for MAS management.
• Mas Gestion
  MAS Gestion is a support software for technical management main activities for healthcare micro-insurance schemes (MAS): membership management, contributions and sickness benefit.