Rowing against the current’: the policy process and effects of removing user fees for caesarean sections in Benin
| dc.contributor.author | DOSSOU, Jean Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cresswell, Jenny A | |
| dc.contributor.author | MAKOUTODE, CODJO ABODOURIN ALBERT CHARLES PATRICK | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-02T16:06:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-02T16:06:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | L’objectif de notre étude était d’identifier les déterminants liés à la femme enceinte VIH positif, les déterminants liés à la communauté et les déterminants liés au système de santé qui influencent l’adhésion à la PTME chez les femmes enceintes VIH positif dans la zone OKT en 2016. Cette étude cas témoins a porté sur 39 femmes enceintes VIH positif qui ont adhérées à la PTME et 39 cas qui n’ont pas adhérées à la PTME. Au totale, on a enquêté 78 femmes enceintes ou accouchées depuis trois ans ayant un statut VIH positif. La majorité des enquêtées ne connaissaient pas le programme de PTME, les frais payés au cours de la CPN sont jugé très élevés par les non adhérentes (61,29%). Les femmes enceintes VIH positif déplorent le manque de soutien familial (76,92% pour les cas et 94,87% pour les témoins), d’appui nutritionnel et de visite à domicile par les agents de santé. La peur du divorce 56,41%, le refus du statut 20,51% et la discrimination 12,82% ont été évoquées comme les raisons principales du non adhésion. Le niveau d’instruction (p=0,01), Connaissance sur les avantages de la CPN (p=0,02), Participation aux séances d’IEC sur le VIH (p=0,004), Acceptation du statut VIH positif (p=0,004), Partage séropositivité avec conjoint background In 2009, the Benin government introduced a user fee exemption policy for caesarean sections. We analyse this policy with regard to how the existing ideas and institutions related to user fees influenced key steps of the policy cycle and draw lessons that could inform the policy dialogue for universal health coverage in the West African region. Methods Following the policy stages model, we analyse the agenda setting, policy formulation and legitimation phase, and assess the implementation fidelity and policy results. We adopted an embedded case study design, using quantitative and qualitative data collected with 13 tools at the national level and in seven hospitals implementing the policy. results We found that the initial political goal of the policy was not to reduce maternal mortality but to eliminate the detention in hospitals of mothers and newborns who cannot pay the user fees by exempting a comprehensive package of maternal health services. We found that the policy development process suffered from inadequate uptake of evidence and that the policy content and process were not completely in harmony with political and public health goals. The initial policy intention clashed with the neoliberal orientation of the political system, the fee recovery principles institutionalised since the Bamako Initiative and the prevailing ideas in favour of user fees. The policymakers did not take these entrenched factors into account. The resulting tension contributed to a benefit package covering only caesarean sections and to the variable implementation and effectiveness of the policy. Conclusion The influence of organisational culture in the decision-making processes in the health sector is often ignored but must be considered in the design and implementation of any policy aimed at achieving universal health coverage in West African countries. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000537 | |
| dc.identifier.other | BECDB-10494 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/9345 | |
| dc.language.iso | fr | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | . BMJ Global Health | |
| dc.subject | Policy | |
| dc.subject | Free caesarean sections | |
| dc.title | Rowing against the current’: the policy process and effects of removing user fees for caesarean sections in Benin | |
| dc.type | Article |
