The Youth Association for the Promotion of Orphans (AJPO), organized on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 in Pô, in the province of Nahouri, a community meeting for exchanges and visibility on the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU). It was chaired by the Secretary General of the province of Nahouri, Sanfiénalé Joseph Sirima.The Youth Association for the Promotion of Orphans (AJPO), a member of the Permanent Secretariat of Non-Governmental Organizations (SPONG) in partnership with UNICEF, has implemented a project to monitor the effectiveness of the government measure of free care for pregnant women and children under five in health centers.This measure of free care and many other initiatives of exemption from payment are preparatory actions tending towards the effective implementation of Universal Health Insurance (AMU) and in particular towards universal health coverage.Civil society must also contribute significantly to the successful implementation of this process.Community monitoring in the field of health is an opportunity for these CSOs to become more involved in monitoring access to health services.The meeting on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, therefore aimed to strengthen the knowledge of opinion leaders and solicit their commitment and support in the implementation of RAMU.After a presentation on the community monitoring project and RAMU by the project manager at SPONG, Eugène Bakouan, the thirty participants committed to mobilizing communities for a successful implementation of RAMU in the health district of Pô. Thesecretary general of the province of Nahouri, Sanfiénalé Joseph Sirima, invited the participants to be relays to the populations to raise awareness of a change in mentality and to adhere to this system.Satisfaction also for the SPONG program manager, because according to him, the participants adhered to the process and committed to raising awareness and mobilizing the communities so that they support the successful implementation of RAMU in the health district of Pô.The activit y was made possible thanks to the support of SPONG and its partner UNICEF.Source: Burkina Information Agency