At 12:01 PM 2001/03/16, you wrote: >Announcing two new publications from Management Sciences for Health! > >1) Ensuring Equal Access to Health Services: User Fee Systems and the >Poor. This book examines user fee systems in five countries (Kenya, >Guinea, Tanzania, Ecuador, and Indonesia) and synthesizes the findings to >make recommendations for policy experts and decision-makers. Audiences for >this book include teachers and students of international public health, >managers of health programs in developing countries, donors financing >health care activities, health economists, and health policymakers seeking >to make new or existing user fee systems more equitable. > >2) User Fees for Health Services: Guidelines for Protecting the Poor. >Health policymakers and program managers in both the public and private >sectors will find this book useful for designing and implementing >financing mechanisms that protect the poor and ensure equity. The guide >helps policymakers and program managers to consider what information they >need if they plan to introduce user fees. It addresses important issues >such as: What is the role of user fees in funding health services? When >are special mechanisms necessary to protect the poor? What types of >mechanisms are available, and how effective and costly are they? > >To order, visit us at http://www.msh.org/publications. Our publications >are free of charge to people in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Funds >received from sales in North America, Western Europe, Japan, and Australia >support reprinting and distribution of our publications in 180 countries >worldwide. > >Please forward this message to colleagues who may be interested in these >publications. > >Sincerely yours, > >Sherry Cotaco >Bookstore and Distribution Manager >Management Sciences for Health >165 Allandale Road >Boston, MA 02130 >Tel: (617) 524-7799 x 280 >Fax: (617) 524-2825 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] I am out of town from Mar 14 to April 9, 2001. If your message is urgent you could forward it to [log in to unmask] However, I will be able to check this address only sporadically while away.