Removing user fees: learning from international experience to support the process

willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Impact on child mortality of removing user fees: simulation model.

OBJECTIVE To estimate how many child deaths might be prevented if user fees were removed in 20 African countries DESIGN Simulation model combining evidence on key health interventions' impacts on reducing child mortality with analysis of the effect of fee abolition on access to healthcare services. RESULTS Elimination of user fees could prevent approximately 233,000 (estimate range 153,000-...

No user fees, but perhaps user fees.

Removing user fees to improve access to caesarean delivery: a quasi-experimental evaluation in western Africa

Introduction Mali and Benin introduced a user fee exemption policy focused on caesarean sections in 2005 and 2009, respectively. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of this policy on service utilisation and neonatal outcomes. We focus specifically on whether the policy differentially impacts women by education level, zone of residence and wealth quintile of the household. Meth...

‘Rowing against the current’: the policy process and effects of removing user fees for caesarean sections in Benin

Background In 2009, the Benin government introduced a user fee exemption policy for caesarean sections. We analyse this policy with regard to how the existing ideas and institutions related to user fees influenced key steps of the policy cycle and draw lessons that could inform the policy dialogue for universal health coverage in the West African region. Methods Following the policy stages mo...