The role of health policy and Systems in the Uptake of community-based health insurance schemes in Low-and middle-income countries: a narrative review

A Shah, S Lemma, C Tao, J Wong - Health Services Insights, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores how health policies and systems can affect voluntary uptake of
community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in low-and middle-income countries …

Enhancing community participation for environmental health improvement in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Bukombe district

AR Mketo, CJ Ringo, S Nuhu, CJ Mpambije - Evaluation and Program …, 2022 - Elsevier
Community participation has become a dominant approach in environmental health-related
projects, yet, its enhancement has remained a challenge. This study examines ways of …

Decentralisation and health services delivery in 4 districts in Tanzania: how and why does the use of decision space vary across districts?

R Kigume, S Maluka - International Journal of Health Policy …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Decentralisation in the health sector has been promoted in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) for many years. Inherently, decentralisation grants decision …

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 …

[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 …

Health sector decentralisation in Tanzania: How do institutional capacities influence use of decision space?

R Kigume, S Maluka - The International journal of health …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While decentralisation of health systems has dominated political arena in the low‐income
and middle‐income countries since the 1970s, there is scarcity of studies on how …

Desiring the state: Social welfare and kinship in post-socialist Tanzania

N Haberland - Critique of Anthropology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Every day, from Monday to Friday, women, men, and children sit on the uncomfortable
benches outside the Tanzanian social welfare office and wait patiently for hours to meet with …

Factors associated with the implementation of an improved community health fund in the Ubungo Municipality Area, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania

G Mselle, P Nsanya, KD Konlan, Y Lee, J Ryu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Community-based health insurance schemes help households to afford healthcare services.
This paper describes healthcare facilities and community factors that are associated with the …

[HTML][HTML] Uptake of community health fund: why is Mtwara District lagging behind?

T Ndomba, S Maluka - Journal of Global Health Science, 2019 - e-jghs.org
Background Globally, there is an increased advocacy for community-based health insurance
(CBHI) schemes. CBHI refers to voluntary, non-profit health insurance, normally organized at …

Health sector decentralisation in Tanzania: Analysis of decision space in human resources for health management

R Kigume, S Maluka - The International Journal of Health …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While decentralisation of health systems has dominated the political arena in the low‐and
middle‐income countries since the 1970s, many studies on decentralisation have focused …