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The Differences in Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Reproductive Health Services Following Introduction of a Voucher Program in Kenya

The Kenya reproductive health vouchers program began in 2006, funded by the German Development Bank. Vouchers were distributed to poor women in Kisumu, Kitui, and Kiambu districts, and in Korogocho and Viwandani slums in Nairobi for safe motherhood, long-term family planning and gender-based violence services. The presentation will look through facility- and community-level associations between exposure to the program and out-of-pocket expenditures for reproductive health services. This presentation was made at the PSWG Quarterly Meeting on February 6, 2013.