Program type | Voucher Scheme for maternal health services “Chèque Santé” The Chèque Santé project is a health insurance initiative designed to offer affordable care to pregnant women and their newborns up to 42 days postpartum. Launched in June 2015, the project has been implemented in Cameroon's northern regions (Far North, North, and Adamawa) with the support of key technical and financial partners, including the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). Its primary objective is to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality rates in Cameroon. |
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Coverage | 1 Region (Jan 2025) By the end of its sixth year of implementation, the Chèque Santé project had achieved significant progress during 2021. It covers 79% of health districts (HD), with 54% of health facilities accredited, and 82.24% of deliveries (71,813 out of 87,321) conducted under the Chèque Santé scheme across all three regions. In the North region specifically, the project achieved full HD coverage (100%, or 15 out of 15 districts) and an accreditation rate of 70% for health facilities (202 out of 290). Additionally, 70% of eligible individuals purchased the Chèque Santé (34,231 out of 48,602), and 92% of deliveries (28,016 out of 30,303) were conducted under the scheme. The maternal mortality rate was reduced to 2 per 1,000 Chèque Santé deliveries, while the neonatal mortality rate declined to 11 per 1,000 births in 2021, compared to 15 per 1,000 in 2020. |
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