Access to health-care is limited for low-income households across the world, this Focus Note documents the successful experience of Kashf Foundation in enabling access to over 1 million low-income individuals to micro-health insurance.

This preliminary briefing note summarises some of the key insights and trends from the 2017 Landscape of Microinsurance in Latin America and the Caribbean study which will be published in the first quarter of 2018. Like the 2014 study, it comprises data from both primary sources and secondary research on the 21 largest markets in the region. The data collected through this study indicates that, as of December 2016, about 8.2% of the Latin American population had at least one microinsurance policy. An estimated total of 52.1 million people are now insured.

An overview gathering and analysing relevant experiences available within the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, German International Cooperation). It aims to provide guidance and examples for the practitioners of insurance literacy. GIZ implements relevant projects in developing countries and emerging economies together with local partners.