The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including
cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major …

Abstract While World Health Organization member countries embraced the concept of
universal coverage as early as 2005, few low-income countries have yet achieved the …

Most health system strengthening interventions ignore interconnections between systems
components. In particular, complex relationships between medicines and health financing …

Background In many developing countries, the maternal mortality ratio remains high with
huge poor-rich inequalities. Programmes aimed at improving maternal health and …

BTC/CTB Belgische Technische Coöperatie/Coopération technique belge (development
cooperation agency, Belgium) BMI Basic Medical Insurance (compulsory urban health …

International studies have repeatedly shown that people with lower income are more likely
to experience difficulties to access medical services. Less is known on why these relations …

Improving financial access to services is an essential part of extending universal health
coverage in low resource settings. In Cambodia, high out of pocket spending and low levels …

More than 20 countries in Africa are scaling up performance‐based financing (PBF), but its
impact on equity in access to health services remains to be documented. This paper draws …

This article examines the major elements of health care financing such as financial risk
protection, resource generation, resource pooling, and purchasing and payment; provides …

In spite of all efforts to build national health services, health systems of many low-income
countries are today highly pluralistic. Households use a vast range of public and private …