Background Poor access and low contraceptive prevalence are common to many Low-and
Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Unmet need for family planning (FP), defined as the …

This paper complements the other papers in the Lancet Series on midwifery by documenting
the experience of low-income and middle-income countries that deployed midwives as one …

Background There is increasing evidence that lack of facilities, equipment, and expertise in
district hospitals across many low-and middle-income countries constitutes a major barrier to …

Framing research seeks to understand the forces that shape human behaviour in the policy
process. It assumes that policy is a social construct and can be cast in a variety of ways to …

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly
international, comparative treatment of health economics. Offering an analysis of health …

Plain language summary The impact of user fees on access to health services in low‐and
middle‐income countries Researchers in the Cochrane Collaboration conducted a review of …

Objective To assess the evidence of the impact of user fees on maternal health service
utilization and related health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries, as well as their …

Background Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have recently adopted policies that
remove user fees for facility-based delivery services. There is little rigorous evidence of the …

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 …

Background Good outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth are related to availability,
utilisation and effective implementation of essential interventions for labour and childbirth …