Health micro-insurance to local communities

Promoting health micro-insurance schemes to local communities: Workshop documentation

The ILO recognizes that there is no unique solution to the goal of universal coverage of social security. The policies need to be adjusted according to specific situations and needs of each country.

Extending social security coverage to excluded populations is one of the chief priorities of the ILO in the framework of its global strategy aimed at ensuring that all people-both men and women - have decent work. Existing formal social security schemes are designed and focused on workers in formal employment hence more and more people do not have social protection coverage due to the continuing increase of informal economy.