Time to abandon amateurism and volunteerism: addressing tensions between the Alma-Ata principle of community participation and the effectiveness of community-based health insurance in Africa

BMJ Glob Health. 2018 Oct 17;3(Suppl 3):e001056. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001056. eCollection 2018.

¹ IRD (French Institute for Research on Sustainable Development), CEPED (IRD-Université Paris Descartes), Universités Paris Sorbonne Cités, ERL INSERM SAGESUD, Montreal, Canada.
² University of Montreal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM), Montreal, Canada.
³ Centre lillois d'études et de recherches sociologiques et économiques (Clersé), Université de Lille, Lille, France.
⁴ Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
⁵ Département de sociologie, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor, Sénégal.
⁶ Miseli, Bamako, Mali.

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Keywords: Community Based Healh Insurance; Health Insurance; health policy; health services research.