Togo Begins Nationwide Campaign to Enroll Non-Salaried Workers in Health Scheme

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Tuesday, 18 November 2025 11:13

Togo Begins Nationwide Campaign to Enroll Non-Salaried Workers in Health Scheme

(Togo First) - Togo’s National Social Security Fund (CNSS), which helps administer the Universal Health Insurance program (AMU), has launched a nationwide outreach and enrollment campaign for non-salaried workers. The initiative began on Monday, November 17, 2025, with a first stop in Dapaong in the Savanes region and will continue in other cities through December 30.

The campaign aims to make health coverage accessible to all independent workers. Its main objective is to explain how the AMU works, how to enroll and to encourage as many non-salaried workers as possible to sign up.

The effort follows the recent expansion of the scheme to cover informal-sector workers under the new AMU-TNS category, which includes artisans, traders, farmers and other self-employed individuals. Enrollment for this group began after the CNSS launched a dedicated digital platform.

Under AMU-TNS, workers can sign up for coverage using several payment options: 10,000 CFA francs per month, 28,500 per quarter, 54,000 per semester or 102,000 per year. Once registered, beneficiaries receive a card that gives them access to AMU services nationwide.

At the launch event, the Secretary General of the Savanes Governorship, Kégbéro Latifou Seigneur, said the campaign represented “a major step toward greater social equity and dignity” by enabling large numbers of independent workers to obtain health protection.

Representing the CNSS Director General, Sédo Kossiwa said the AMU is “more than a social program” and forms part of a broader national effort to improve health coverage for all citizens.

Non-salaried workers make up a significant share of Togo’s economy, yet they were previously excluded from the country’s social protection system.

Esaïe Edoh

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