Page 47 - Draft bill on the organisation and functioning of the national health insurance office (CNSM). During consideration of the various indicators, particular attention was paid to facilitating children‟s access to the social benefits to be provided in the above-mentioned laws. It must also be mentioned that since children‟s access to social benefits is dependent on the parents, any improvements for the children will necessarily come about through improvements in parents‟ benefits. Moreover, the Government is encouraging the creation of mutual health funds to try to make up the inadequate health insurance benefits in Cameroon (search for legislation on health care for Government workers and their families). Members of mutual health funds and their children will enjoy health care so long as their contributions are up to date. E. Care for Orphans Orphans receive medical care in hospitals and within the framework of various Government child care programmes. However, considering the sensitive and specific nature of the problem of orphans, a problem which has become even more complex due to the ravages of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the Government and its partners have established a number of programmes and projects to address the issue. An example is the national programme on support to HIV/AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children, funded by the Global Fund and implemented under the supervision of the NACC and MINAS. This programme has provided varied support (nutritional, educational, health, psychosocial and legal) to OVC since 2006. From 2003 to 2005, the Global Fund provided care to 20 000 (twenty thousand) OVC. HACI and Synergies Africaines assisted 1,000 OCV, and “Bi-Multi”, 3,200 (three thousand two hundred). In 2008, about 183,000 OVC were identified, 65,000 of whom were assisted by the Government and its partners (Bi-mult, Global Fund, etc.) as part of projects and programmes. The 2006/2010 national aids control programme aims to treat 75 per cent of the 122,000 (one hundred and twenty-two thousand) OVC identified in Cameroon. A workshop to brainstorm on the establishment of a fostering system was organised by the Government in partnership with civil society and development partners. Participants strongly recommended the elaboration of a fostering guide for OVC in Cameroon which was approved in August 2009 and will be implemented in 2010.

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