Kaji Tamanna Keya, Ubaidur Rob, Md Moshiur Rahman, Ashish Bajracharya et al.
Although the maternal mortality ratio in Bangladesh has decreased, significant underutilization of facilities continues to be a persistent challenge to policy makers. Women face long distances and significant transportation cost to deliver at health facilities. This study identifies the distance tra...
Md. Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Syed Abu Musa, Ashish Bajracharya et al.
Vouchers, a demand-side financing (DSF) instrument for health-care services, were introduced in Bangladesh in 2006. The DSF program grants vouchers to pregnant women to receive free antenatal, delivery, and postpartum care services as well as free medicine, and financial assistance is provided for t...
Kaji Tamanna Keya, Ben Bellows, Ubaidur Rob, Charlotte Warren
To test a statistically significant change in delivery by medically trained providers following introduction of a demand-side financing voucher, a population-based quasi-experimental study was undertaken, with 3,300 mothers in 2010 and 3,334 mothers at follow-up in 2012 in government-implemented vou...