Your Guide to Edu-Afya: How Student Health Insurance Worked

What Edu-Afya Was:

• It was like a health insurance card for students in public high schools.
• It helped students get medical help when they needed it.
• It covered different things like seeing a doctor, staying in the hospital, dental and eye check-ups, and even emergency services like ambulances.

Who Could Use Edu-Afya:

• Any student in a public high school who was officially registered in a school computer system.
• The school principal made sure students got registered.
• Once registered, students got a special number that let them use the insurance.

How It Worked:

• When a student got sick or needed a doctor, they could use their special number to get help.
• It started working as soon as they joined high school, no waiting time.
• But when they finished high school, the insurance stopped.

What It Covered:

• It covered regular doctor visits, even specialist doctors if needed.
• If a student had to stay in the hospital, Edu-Afya paid for things like the room, medicines, and tests.
• It also helped with dental and eye check-ups, and even emergency services like ambulances.

Important Rules:

• It didn’t work if a student moved to a private school.
• Students had to show their special number or a letter from their principal to use it.
• It didn’t cover everything, like fancy cosmetic surgeries or some special eye treatments.

Extra Info:

• Students could check if their number was still working by sending a message with their number.
• They had to be honest and use only their own number, using someone else’s was not allowed and could get them in trouble.

Ending Edu-Afya:

• It stopped after high school ended, so students had to find other health insurance after that.