Background The rise on the international scene of advocacy for universal health coverage
(UHC) was accompanied by the promotion of a variety of health financing policies. Major …

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 …

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 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 …

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: 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 …

Background Routine health information systems (RHISs) support resource allocation and
management decisions at all levels of the health system, as well as strategy development …

Background Out-of-pocket payments in health care have been shown to impose significant
burden on households in Sub-Saharan Africa, leading to constrained access to health care …

Abstract Background In 2013, Kenya introduced a free maternity policy in all public
healthcare facilities. In 2016, the Ministry of Health shifted responsibility for the program …

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