Last Change:
06/24/2025
Health Financing Strategy 2016-2026
Year: 2016
Type: Other
Rights Category: Health
Link to external source:
https://p4h.world/app/uploads/2023/02/TAN20HFS_Final20draft_Jan_2017.x61901.pdf
Description
Tanzania's Health Financing Strategy 2016-2026 aimed to address inequities and inefficiencies in the health financing architecture, with a focus on introducing a mandatory national health insurance and improving coverage, particularly for the informal sector.
Selected provisions
Section 4.2 – Establishment of Mandatory National Health Insurance
The primary aim is to establish a mandatory National Health Insurance (NHIF) under which the entire population of Tanzania will have access to a standard minimum health care benefit package at all levels of care.