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MLI Voices
MLI Voices, Mali - October 2009
Allison Gamble Kelley, MLI Country Lead for Mali
October 22, 2009
I have recently returned from Bamako, Mali where MLI co-sponsored the kick-off workshop of a recently launched process by Mali’s Ministry of Social Development, Solidarity, and the Elderly to develop and implement a strategy to expand mutuelles de santé nationwide to provide financial access to health care for 80% of its population currently not covered by any form of health insurance.
Program Focus
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Mali’s MLI activities center around improving financial access for rural populations, especially for key reproductive and child health services, through the expansion of “mutuelles de santé” (community-based health insurance schemes). A total of 121 mutuelles exist in Mali today covering 333,000 people.
Meet the Ministry
Hon. Toure
Oumar Toure has been Mali’s Minister of Health since 2007 after serving for three years as Minister of Livestock & Fisheries. Previously, Minister Toure worked as the 2nd Vice President of the Union for the Republic and the Democracy, as well as on food security with the Ministry of Agriculture and with the Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice. He studied History and Geography at l’Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako.
Statistical Overview 
Capital City Bamako
Minister of Health Dr Ibrahima Touré
Total Population 12337000
Life Expectancy (years) 54
Maternal Mortality* 460/100,000
Under 5 Mortality 196/1,000
Literacy Rate 23
- * WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) 2005 estimates
- ** United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2007/2008, p. 226
- Remaining data from World Bank World Development Indicators 2006 (WDI) unless otherwise specified.
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An MLI Voice: Dr. LR Pathak
Jun 1 2010 - 3:37pmNepal
Over the past several months the Ministry of Health and Population has been preparing and writing its second five-year Health Sector Programme-Implementation Plan (NHSP-IP 2) 2010-2015. Preparations for the plan preceded a thorough review of the previous plan. In so doing, the current plan represents a continuation and further refinement of the previous plan to build on past successes, which included the implementation of cost-effective, evidence-based health interventions. The upcoming plan envisions added efforts in the areas of safe motherhood, child health, nutrition, population and family planning. And, due to a rise in non-communicable diseases and injuries, focuses on communication interventions to change behaviour.
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MLI Learning Collaborative Forum in Ethiopia, November 29- December 3, 2010
Ethiopia
November 29, 2010 – December 3, 2010
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