Rapid Gender Assessment: Côte d’Ivoire Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU)

In its pursuit of expanding healthcare access to quality health services, the government of Côte d’Ivoire has introduced the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) system a mandatory health risk coverage program that aims to guarantee access to quality health care for the general population. To shed further light on some of the gender related issues in the CMU rollout and utilization MAGE and the World Bank undertook a rapid gender assessment.