Health Insurance Scheme

Basic health services are enshrined as fundamental rights in the Constitution of Nepal, which entitles basic health care to every Nepali citizen regardless of his/her income or social status. Health is also prioritised in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of whose agendas is to promote wellbeing by ensuring healthy lives. To this end, Nepal has made significant strides in recent years towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC), implementing a host of policies and programmes to enhance access to healthcare services for all its citizens. One such initiative undertaken by the government is the establishment of a national health insurance programme (NHIP), launched in 2016 with the aim of providing affordable health insurance coverage. With this kind of insurance, one can access a wide coverage and a number of benefits that can make a difference in times of health crisis.