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No cash, no care: how user fees endanger health—lessons learnt regarding financial barriers to healthcare services in Burundi, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Haiti and Mali

Ponsar F, Tayler-Smith K, Philips M, Gerard S, Van Herp M,  et al.
2011-05-19 • International Health
2011-05-19 • International Health
Although user fees are a common form of healthcare financing in resource-poor countries, there is growing consensus that their use compromises health service utilisation and population h...
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Measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an urgent wake-up call to adapt vaccination implementation strategies

Gerard S, Kyrousis E, Zachariah R
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
2014-03-21 • Public Health Action
All countries in Africa have made a commitment to eliminate measles by 2020. This is laudable, as measles elimination will have a crucial impact on reducing childhood mortality. An impor...
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Abolishing user fees for children and pregnant women trebled uptake of malaria-related interventions in Kangaba, Mali

Ponsar F, Van Herp M, Zachariah R, Gerard S, Philips M,  et al.
2011-11-11 • Health Policy and Planning
2011-11-11 • Health Policy and Planning
Malaria is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 in Mali. Health centres provide primary care, including malaria treatment, under a system of cost recovery...