Readings on the Bamako Initiative

Socio-economic differences and health seeking behaviour for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria: a case study of four local government areas operating the Bamako initiative programme in south-east Nigeria

( B.S.C. Uzochukwu; O.E. Onwujekwe / International Journal for Equity in Health , 2004)

Published in International Journal for Equity in Health, this article reports on a Nigerian study which examined the impact of user fees, introduced under the Bamako Initiative (BI), on healthcare see...

Increasing client's power to scale up health services for the poor: the BAMAKO Initiative in West Africa

( Y. B. Camara; A. El Abassi; R. Knippenberg; F. Traore Nafo; R. Osseni; A. L. B. Soucat / World Bank , 2003)

This World Bank background paper reviews the experiences of the Bamako Initiative, which has focused on community involvement to improve health service delivery in West Africa. It discusses experienc...

Fees-for-services, cost recovery, and equity in a district of Burkina Faso operating the Bamako Initiative

( V. Ridde / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2003)

The economic problems facing African countries in the 1980s had adverse consequences for the health of their populations and these countries experienced difficulty in implementing the policy of primar...

From users and choosers to makers and shapers: repositioning participation in development

( A. Cornwall; J. Gaventa / Participation abstracts and document collection, IDS , 2000)

This report from the Institute of Development Studies reviews strategies to strengthen participation in social policy and social provisioning. Lamenting the lack of reference to the south in the liter...

The equity impacts of community financing initiatives in Africa

( Lucy Gilson;Sally Lake / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2000)

Access to healthcare is closely linked to health service financing in developing countries. The Bamako Initiative for community or user financing of healthcare in Africa is surrounded by debate over i...

Local cost sharing in Bamako Initiative systems in Benin and Guinea: assuring the financial viability of primary health care

( A. Soucat; D. Levy-Bruhl; P. Gbedonou; K. Drame / International Journal of Health Planning and Management , 1997)

This article, published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management, examines the cost recovery and cost sharing policies implemented as part of the Bamako Initiative in Benin and G...

Health seeking behaviour and household health expenditures in Benin and Guinea: the equity implications of the Bamako Initiative

( A. Soucat; T. Gandaho; D. Levy-Bruhl; X. de Bethune / International Journal of Health Planning and Management , 1997)

This article, published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management, explores the health seeking behaviour of the population living in parts of Benin and Guinea affected by the Bama...

Affordability, cost-effectiveness and efficiency of primary health care: the Bamako Initiative experience in Benin and Guinea

( A. Soucat; D. Levy-Bruhl; X. de Bethune; P. Gbedonou / International Journal of Health Planning and Management , 1997)

This paper, published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management, analyses data on cost and coverage of health services in Benin and Guinea between 1988 and 1993. It focuses on th...