OBJECTIVE To study the impact of cost of treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on the preference of men with urethritis to seek care in the informal sector. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A random sample of young men from the general population of Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, and of employees of a Yaoundé factory underwent a structured interview on the occurrence of STD-related complaints...

Impact of national health insurance for the poor and the informal sector in lowand middle-income countries 5 Abstract What do we want to know? Moving away from out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare at the time of use to prepayment through health insurance (HI) is an important step towards averting financial hardships associated with paying for health services. Social health insurance (SHI...

Ð In developing countries, urban clusters of informal ®rms such as brick kilns and leather tanneries can create severe pollution problems. These ®rms are, however, quite dicult to regulate for a variety of technical and political reasons. Drawing on the literature, this paper ®rst develops a list of feasible environmental management policies. It then examines how these policies have fared in f...

Objectives Aging is pushing states to rethink long-term care policies in several dimensions. This study aims to characterize the reality of dependent older people regarding their demographic and health characteristics, to describe their informal carers and understand the availability of informal care. Methods A cross-sectional study was developed in Portugal in 2013. Descriptive statistical a...

BACKGROUND Providing access to affordable health care for the informal sector remains a considerable challenge for low income countries striving to make progress towards universal health coverage. The objective of the study is to identify the factors shaping the decision to enroll in a cooperative based health scheme for informal workers in Bangladesh and also help to identify the features of i...