Removal of user fees no guarantee of universal health coverage: observations from Burkina Faso

• Main Authors: Samia Laokri (Author), Olivier Weil (Author), K Maxime Drabo (Author), S Mathurin Dembelé (Author), Benoît Kafando (Author), Bruno Dujardin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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In theory, the removal of user fees puts health services within reach of everyone, including the very poor. When Burkina Faso adopted the DOTS strategy for the control of tuberculosis, the intention was to provide free tuberculosis care. In 2007 - 2008, interviews were used to collect information fr...