PHM-Exch> Poor people benefit from government subsidy for skilled birth attendance in Burkina Faso

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Global Health Check <oxfamblogs at gmail.com>


Global Health Check has posted a new item, 'Poor people benefit from
government
subsidy for skilled birth attendance in Burkina Faso'

In an effort to address life threatening financial barriers to skilled birth
attendance in Burkina Faso, the government launched a national policy in
2006 to
subsidise the cost of child delivery. Our research in Ouargaye district
found an
increase in the use of maternal health services by poor women and a
substantial
reduction in the [...]

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http://www.globalhealthcheck.org/?p=699


Anna Marriott
Email:amarriott at oxfam.org.uk
Twitter:@anna_marriott
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