A process evaluation of user fees abolition for pregnant women and children under five years in two districts in Niger (West Africa)
Open Access
- 3 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 89
Abstract
African policy-makers are increasingly considering abolishing user fees as a solution to improve access to health care systems. There is little evidence on this subject in West Africa, and particularly in countries that have organized their healthcare system on the basis of the Bamako Initiative. This article presents a process evaluation of an NGO intervention to abolish user fees in Niger for children under five years and pregnant women.Keywords
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