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In Algeria the health system is entrusted to the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform which handles health and hospital cares in the public sector and controls the conditions for practicing in the private sector.
The Social Security Cover is managed by three national funds under the supervision of the Ministry of Work and Social Security, namely the National Fund of employees Social Insurance (CNAS), National Fund of non salaried Social Security (CASNOS) and the National Fund of Retirement (CNR). |
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The Social Protection scheme covers social insurances (illness, maternity, invalidity, death, etc), the retirement, work accidents and professional illness, family benefits, unemployment insurance and anticipated retirement.
Some figures concerning the health sector : • Hospital infrastructure : for the public sector, 244 hospitals, 31 Specialised hospital establishments (EHS), 31 university hospitals Centres (CHU) for a capacity of about 54 000 beds, 504 polyclinics, 5 368 care rooms, 515 health centres, 1 121 detection and school health following units,, 80 preventive medicine Units in universities, 120 blood transfusion centres and 989 pharmacies. • In private sector, 221 clinics are operational and employ about 500 specialist practitioners, 200 general practitioners and 1200 paramedics with a capacity of 3 400 beds. • Military structures: 1 central hospital (HCA), 6 regional hospitals, 3 polyclinics and 2 childbirth and maternity clinics. • 29 % of the total specialist staff is concentrated in Algiers (32% public and 23 % private). • 1 specialist practitioner for 3000 inhabitants (1 for 800 in Algiers, 1 for 17 000 at Tissemssilt). • 1 general practitioner for 969 inhabitants. • 1.88 bed for 1000 inhabitants. • Health national expense : 4.1% of GDP. • Health expense per inhabitant and per year : us$186. • Staff strengthening in 2009 with 15 000 general practitioners, 5 000 specialists practitioners and 15 000 paramedics. • 20 million of people affiliated to Social Security. • Annual prospective needs in medicines, consumables and medical equipment reach UD $ 1.5 billion. • Local production covers less than 20% of market needs. |
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Health development program for 2005-2009 has allowed, among others, the realisation of 65 hospitals, including an institute for kidney and one of cancer, 76 polyclinics, 168 health centres, 40 care rooms, 6 sanitary control to frontiers, 4 haemodialysis centres and one paramedical training institute. |
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