Shaping national health nancing systems: can micro-banking contribute?

Overview

A  major global health financing challenge is to  develop national health  financing systems, particularly  in low- and  middle-income countries, that protect people against financial catastrophe and impoverishment associated with paying for  health services. 

This report is part of a series, The World Health Report 2010 Background Papers, which were written to inform the process of developing the key messages of the World Health Report 2010: Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage.