00:00Inside this busy market, these trucks make their way to meet people who want to register
00:05onto the universal health coverage scheme called the CMU.
00:08With a contribution of 1,000 CFA francs, or 1.5 euros per month, the system is supposed
00:14to cover 70% of medical expenses.
00:17Life is very expensive, especially in the hospital.
00:20If you don't have money, they don't treat you.
00:22If it really works, the card will help me.
00:25Only 15% of Ivorians were covered by the health scheme last year before it became mandatory.
00:30Today, it is 46%.
00:33The Minister of Social Protection announced that 22 more trucks should be deployed to
00:37increase registration numbers.
00:41We have two targets.
00:43The first is those who are in the markets, and the second, we will launch a large-scale
00:47operation when the other trucks are ready.
00:50These will be the farmers.
00:52Additional concerns have been raised at different stages, and our objective, as the President
00:57of the Republic has instructed us, is to remain attentive to the population.
01:03There are concerns, particularly in Abidjan, where patients sometimes have difficulty getting
01:08their medications covered by the system.
01:12The process is long.
01:14You have to validate the card before coming in.
01:16But when you go to validate the card, you are told that the medications do not pass
01:19on the system, that it does not take them into account.
01:23It's a waste of time, so I prefer not to even use the card.
01:28For medication to be covered, it must be prescribed on a CMU voucher.
01:34Today, there is a problem for the population to access the vouchers.
01:40The first reason is the care pathway that patients find a bit long, a bit tedious.
01:48Second element, the private medical sector is not authorized to issue vouchers.
01:53Due to these difficulties, pharmacists in Abidjan receive less than 10 CMU vouchers
01:58in a month for all the medicines sold.
