Background Implementation of health financing reforms for Universal Health Coverage
(UHC) is inherently political. Despite the political determinants of UHC, health financing …

Injuries in low-income and middle-income countries are prevalent and their number is
expected to increase. Death and disability after injury can be reduced if people reach …

Childhood vaccination is a highly effective public health intervention for reducing childhood
mortality and morbidity. This review discusses the factors that have been shown to influence …

ABSTRACT Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly turning to public contributory
health insurance as a mechanism to advance UHC goals. Eight countries in sub-Saharan …

Objective To explore the factors associated with antenatal care (ANC) visits. Design A
secondary data analysis from cross-sectional studies was conducted. Setting Sub-Saharan …

Background Health insurance coverage is one of the several measures being implemented
to reduce the inequity in access to quality health services among vulnerable groups …

Abstract Background Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are recognized
as an important health financing pathway to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) …

Background About three-fourths of maternal near-miss events and two-fifths of the risk of
neonatal mortality can be reduced by having at least one antenatal visit. Several studies …

In the context of scarce resources and increasing health care costs, strategic purchasing is
viewed as a key mechanism to spur countries' progress toward universal health coverage …

Introduction While it is recognized that there are costs associated with postoperative patient
follow-up, risk assessments of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) due to surgery in …