The political momentum towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals has
revitalized the debate around sustainable health sector financing and the adequacy of …

User fees have triggered impassioned discussions in international health over the last two
decades. Promoted by a number of international organizations since the late 1980s as a …

In recent years, governments of several low-income countries have taken decisive action by
removing fully or partially user fees in the health sector. In this study, we review recent …

Several authors have stressed the fact that many policy reforms fail because of poor
formulation or implementation. On the other hand, the health financing literature provides …

In recent years, several governments of low-income countries decided to remove user fees
in the health sector. A number of factors have led to such policy moves: the evidence that …

Many low-and middle-income countries continue to search for better ways of financing their
health systems. Common to many of these systems are problems of inadequate resource …

Since the 1980s user fees for government services have become an accepted financing
option for the health and social sectors in developing countries. Even countries which had a …

As the idealistic deadline of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2015, looms ever
closer, some are calling for user fees abolition. In many African countries, this involves …

In recent years several countries have introduced reforms to user fees; a growing number of
countries are also introducing basic health care free at the point of use. In many cases, the …

During the last ten years, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have opted for selective user fee
exemption policies, while remaining within the general framework of cost recovery. But they …