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Return to peace in Côte d'Ivoire means return to health care fees
As Côte d'Ivoire's peace process creeps forward and emergency health care providers start withdrawing, the government is beginning to provide medical care again and that will mean reintroducing fees.
Abidjan - “[In conflict zones] communities benefited from free health care,” Jean Denoman, deputy director general at the Ministry of Health, told IRIN. “Now the communities will have a difficult time paying.”
For proponents of universal free health care a return to full health care costs will penalise the poor. The World Bank and some donors have long argued the merits of user fees for basic health and education, while many aid groups argue that user fees deprive a major portion of the population of basic services and severely diminish standards of living.
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