The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe

Abstract

There is a growing consensus that user fees undermine equitable access to essential health care in many low and middle income countries. Changes to fees have major implications for human resources for health but the linkages are rarely examined. This study examines the inter-linkages in Zimbabwe to learn lessons for human resources for health and fee policies, especially for reproductive, maternal and newborn health. This research is funded under the Department for International Development’s ReBUILD Programme which is led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine