Minister for Universal Access to Healthcare visits INAM

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Extract from the article: The Minister for Universal Access to Healthcare, Jean-Marie Koffi Ewonoulé TESSI, visited the headquarters of the National Health Insurance Institute (INAM) on Thursday 09 November 2023. The visit was part of a round of contacts with the departments

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The Minister for Universal Access to Healthcare, Jean-Marie Koffi Ewonoulé TESSI, visited the headquarters of the National Health Insurance Institute (INAM) on Thursday 09 November 2023.  The visit was part of a round of contacts with the departments and bodies reporting to his ministry. Through this visit, the Minister for Universal Access to Healthcare wanted to meet the staff of the INAM to find out about their working conditions and, above all, to offer them his encouragement.

During the visit, Minister Jean-Marie Koffi Ewonoulé Tessi discussed with the Director General of INAM, Myriam Dossou-d'Almeida and her close collaborators the actions underway to make Universal Health Insurance (UHI) operational.  He congratulated the staff on the work they had accomplished since the creation of INAM, and called on them to do more to meet the new challenges of Universal Health Insurance.

The Director General of INAM, Mrs Myriam Dossou-d'Almeida, was honoured by the visit of the Minister, who had come to encourage and motivate her teams. She expressed the readiness of her staff to work under her leadership to achieve the objectives set by the government in implementing universal health cover.

 

In his message to INAM staff, the Minister for Universal Access to Healthcare emphasised the special place given to universal health insurance by the Head of State in his social development policy. He reassured INAM staff of his willingness to support them in providing a quality service to the beneficiaries of health insurance.Minister Jean-Marie Koffi Ewonoulé Tessi then invited INAM staff to do their utmost to ensure that the AMU becomes effective on 1 January 2024, as set out in the government's agenda.After the INAM headquarters, the visit continued to INAM departments, namely the Lomé commune delegation, the insurance card production unit and the Invoice Processing Centre.

The Togolese government's ambitious universal health insurance project aims to provide better health cover for all sections of the population.The AMU will be managed by the INAM and the National Social Security Fund (CNSS).

Source: INAM-Togo