Understanding the implementation of Direct Health Facility Financing and its effect on health system performance in Tanzania: a non-controlled before and after mixed …

NA Kapologwe, A Kalolo, SM Kibusi, Z Chaula… - Health research policy …, 2019 - Springer
Background Globally, good health system performance has resulted from continuous reform,
including adaptation of Decentralisation by Devolution policies, for example, the Direct …

Factors influencing variation in implementation outcomes of the redesigned community health fund in the Dodoma region of Tanzania: a mixed-methods study

A Kalolo, L Gautier, R Radermacher, S Srivastava… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Micro-health insurance (MHI) has been identified as a possible interim solution
to foster progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in low-and middle-income …

Healthcare utilization and catastrophic health expenditure in rural Tanzania: does voluntary health insurance matter?

A Kagaigai, A Anaeli, S Grepperud, AT Mori - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Over 150 million people, mostly from low and middle-income countries (LMICs)
suffer from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) every year because of high out-of-pocket …

Jazia prime vendor system-a public-private partnership to improve medicine availability in Tanzania: from pilot to scale

K Wiedenmayer, R Mbwasi, W Mfuko… - … policy and practice, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background The availability of medicines in public health facilities in Tanzania is
problematic. Medicines shortages are often caused by unavailability at Medical Stores …

Looking at the bigger picture: how the wider health financing context affects the implementation of the Tanzanian Community Health Funds

S Renggli, I Mayumana, C Mshana… - Health policy and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In Tanzania, the health financing system is extremely fragmented with strategies in place to
supplement funds provided from the central level. One of these strategies is the Community …

Acceptability of the Direct Health Facility Financing (DHFF) initiative in Tanzania: A mixed methods process evaluation of the moderating factors

A Kalolo, NA Kapologwe, H Samky… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite wide agreement that stakeholder acceptability plays a critical role in an
intervention's effectiveness, gaps remain on understanding acceptability of complex health …

The role of risk preferences: voluntary health insurance in rural Tanzania

A Kagaigai, S Grepperud - Health economics review, 2023 - Springer
Background Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a common goal to achieve
universal health coverage (UHC) through voluntary health insurance schemes. This is …

Exploring the role of social representations in micro-health insurance scheme enrolment and retainment in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

A Kalolo, L Gautier, M De Allegri - Health Policy and Planning, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Low enrolment in micro-health insurance (MHI) schemes is a recurring issue affecting the
viability of such schemes. Beyond the efforts addressing low subscription and retention in …

Acceptability and feasibility of the school-engaged social and behavior change communication approach on malaria prevention in Ethiopia: implications for …

F Abamecha, G Midaksa, M Sudhakar, L Abebe… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Evidence on process outcomes such as acceptability, and feasibility of behavior
change communication interventions are important in program evaluation to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Whether or not to enroll, and stay enrolled? A Tanzanian cross-sectional study on voluntary health insurance

A Kagaigai, AT Mori, A Anaeli, S Grepperud - Health Policy Open, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower-middle income countries (LMICs) have invested significant effort into expanding
insurance coverage as a means of improving access to health care. However, it has proven …