Experts: Universal health cover will reduce burden on economy

Minister for Health Diane Gashumba (right) shares Rwanda’s experience at a conference as Tanzania’s National Health Insurance Fund Director General, Dr Bernard Konga, looks on in Kigali yesterday. Experts have called for proactive measures to achieve universal healthcare coverage in order to reverse the trend where millions of people are pushed into extreme poverty by unaffordable healthcare.  Sam Ngendahimana.
Minister for Health Diane Gashumba (right) shares Rwanda’s experience at a conference as Tanzania’s National Health Insurance Fund Director General, Dr Bernard Konga, looks on in Kigali yesterday. Experts have called for proactive measures to achieve universal healthcare coverage in order to reverse the trend where millions of people are pushed into extreme poverty by unaffordable healthcare. Sam Ngendahimana.
Delegates follow a presentation during the conference in Kigali yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Delegates follow a presentation during the conference in Kigali yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Emmanuel Ntirenganya