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Kinshasa · ≈ 105 million
UHC & health insurance in Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC passed its UHC law in 2022 and is setting up CNSS-CSU. The challenge: covering 2.3 million km² with fragmented connectivity.
National scheme
National UHC Council, National Social Security Fund (CNSS), Ministry of Public Health.
Priority challenges
- •Cover a vast territory with limited connectivity
- •Build a reliable national beneficiary registry
- •Secure financing and contribution flows
- •Align UHC with vertical programmes (EPI, malaria, HIV)
What Afri CNAM brings to Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Native offline mode, deferred sync via satellite or USSD
- Field biometric enrolment by smartphone-equipped agents
- Automatic reconciliation of donor and State payments
- Sovereign hosting in DRC