Full and free care for children with cancer – New Algeria

Ashraf Abdel Haq Sayhi, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Rifqa Minister of HealthMohamed Siddiq Ait Masoudan, today, Tuesday, in the capital, at the signing ceremony of a partnership agreement between the National Social Insurance Fund for Salaried Workers and a number of public and private hospital institutions specialized in radiotherapy to care for children with cancer.

By the way, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security explains that this agreement falls within the framework of implementing instructions presidentAbdel Majeed Tebboune, issued during his meeting with the National Committee for Cancer Prevention and Control, in which he stressed the necessity of ensuring full and free care for children with cancer, especially radiotherapy.

The Ministry of Labor also confirms that this initiative reflects the strong political will of the state to make the social security system an effective tool to take care of the needs of its members, in a way that establishes equal opportunities for treatment and restores hope to families suffering from the illness of one of their children, and children waging a courageous battle against the disease.

Algeria, under the leadership of the President of the Republic, is adopting a comprehensive and integrated approach to dealing with incurable diseases, based on five strategic pillars:

1. Guaranteed free treatment, including complex and expensive cases.
2. Expanding and modernizing health infrastructure by establishing cancer control centers and equipping them with the latest means.
3. Adopting modern health governance, embodied in the development of the necessary mechanisms to serve citizens and care for their needs within a forward-looking vision aimed at ensuring treatment for citizens in the homeland and alleviating the suffering they face while traveling for treatment abroad.
4. Supporting scientific research and building national competencies, which contributed to reducing the number of referrals for treatment abroad.
5. Encouraging national medical competencies, evaluating their performance, and creating health centers supported by the Ministry of Labor’s interests.

The Ministry also acknowledges the role of all actors in the success of this project, from medical and administrative teams, to social security officials and directors of health institutions, and stresses that this endeavor falls within Algeria’s new vision to build an integrated national health model that places citizen health at the core of its priorities.

The Ministry renews its commitment to following up on the implementation of these agreements on the ground, and ensuring their effectiveness, in order to serve the citizen and preserve his health.

It also calls for concerted efforts to face future challenges.

It should be noted that some public health departments will allocate consulting or hospital services for the benefit of sick children with the opening of new hospitals in states such as the states of: Tiaret, Chlef, Oran, Medea, Ghardaia and Boumerdes, which reflects the state’s efforts aimed at taking care of citizens, especially with regard to health care in the field of cancer control.