Harmony In Setif, Algeria

If you don’t have health insurance and are traveling abroad, you may need to get international travel health insurance to obtain a visa for your host country.

Back, while living in the US, my hubby wanted to travel to Europe. It is typically difficult for Algerians to get visas to travel abroad. Having a US green card makes it a bit easier to obtain a visa. However, with this option he was also required to get proof of health insurance.

Anyway, AllAboardBenefits.com does offer several travel insurance plans for international travellers as well as trip cancellation insurance(which may interest you even if you are not in need of medical insurance).

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Under pressure from the medical community, the Algerian government recently allowed distribution of a new preventive treatment for cervical cancer. A lack of early screening and treatment facilities and an increase in the cancer’s prevalence in Algeria drove the Algerian government to register the vaccine as a government programme.

Read complete article here.

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