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Cost Sharing , Fees and Charges , Health Care Reform , National Health Programs , Vulnerable PopulationsABSTRACT
Despite the progress achieved in immunization; The basic African health infrastructures are dysfunctional and unappealing to the people. Plagued by chronic underfinancing; the public health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by dilapidated buildings; frustrated health workers who are poorly renumerated and a lack of drugs and equipment. Indeed; the perceived quality of health services is mainly judged by the availability of drugs and the attitude of the providers. The Bamako initiative was therefore providing UNICEF and the countries with the opportunity to look directly at the system and to promote two major inter-related principles which are the people contribution to the financing of the system and their right to co-manage the resources
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Cost Sharing , Drug Costs , Health Policy , Health Services Needs and Demand , Health Workforce , Public Health AdministrationABSTRACT
Background: This study was carried out under the auspices of the Tororo Community Health project; TORCH; a research and training programme aimed at following the developments in the health system; its utilisation and people's health condition in Tororo district over the next ten years. It is a collaborative programme funded by DANIDA; linking researchers from Child Health and Development Centre; Makerere University with researchers from two Danish Universities; namely Aarhus and Copenhagen. The first year of the project is aimed at providing background information on the district with emphasis on the health care system; primary providers of health care