Community based health insurance

• 2225 households (12.500 people) are member of the community based health Insurance system and financially protected against costs. This is more then 30% of the Total population of Karuna’s project area.
• Every village manages its own health insurance scheme. In all the villages there is a balance between yearly income and expenditure.
• In the First two years on average 30-50% of the total income comes from local resources. The other 50% is from Karuna Foundation. 
• En the third year of the health insurance scheme, 3 of the 4 pilot villages initiated in 2009 are financially sustainable.