Innovation In Namibia: Preserving Private Health Insurance And HIV/AIDS Treatment

Namibia, a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa, suffers from a huge HIV/AIDS burden. An influx of donor funding in 2004-2007 increased support for publicly provided HIV care and treatment. This raised concern that private funding would be "crowded out," thereby leading to a r...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2009-11, Vol.28 (6), p.1799-1806
Main Authors: Schellekens, Onno P, de Beer, Ingrid, Lindner, Marianne E, van Vugt, Michele, Schellekens, Peter, de Wit, Tobias F. Rinke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Disease management
Employers
Funding
Health care access
Health insurance
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Insurance coverage
Insurance premiums
Medical aid
Per capita
Population
Public sector
Uninsured people
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Summary:Namibia, a lower-middle-income country in sub-Saharan Africa, suffers from a huge HIV/AIDS burden. An influx of donor funding in 2004-2007 increased support for publicly provided HIV care and treatment. This raised concern that private funding would be "crowded out," thereby leading to a reduction in the overall resources used to treat patients. In 2006 the Namibian medical aid industry, with donor support, created a special fund to subsidize private health insurance, including HIV/AIDS services. The program allowed both low- and higher-income people to be covered. Crowding out valuable private resources was avoided and the quality of HIV/AIDS services improved. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.1799