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 …

User fee removal has been put forward as an approach to increasing priority health service
utilization, reducing impoverishment, and ultimately reducing maternal and neonatal …

Background Armed conflict has been described as an important contributor to the social
determinants of health and a driver of health inequity, including maternal health. These …

Africa's progress towards the health related Millennium Development Goals remains limited.
This can be partly explained by inadequate performance of health care providers. It is …

Background: Kenya introduced a free maternity policy in 2013 to address the cost barrier
associated with accessing maternal health services. We carried out a mixed methods …

Objectives The objective of this study was to compare differences in healthcare utilisation
between community-based health insurance member households and non-member …

Background To plan for a community case management (CCM) program after the
implementation of the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), we assessed health care seeking …

Several governments in low-and middle-income countries have adopted performance-
based financing to increase health care use and improve the quality of health services. We …

Background The world aims to achieve universal health coverage by removing all forms of
financial barriers to improve access to healthcare as well as reduce maternal and child …

Background Despite the benefits of childhood vaccinations, vaccination rates in low-income
countries (LICs) vary widely. Increasing coverage of vaccines to 90% in the poorest …