National user fee abolition and health insurance scheme in Burkina Faso: How can they be integrated on the road to universal health coverage without increasing health inequities?

[...]it is essential to highlight the evidence that free health care in Burkina Faso contributes to reducing health inequalities [4]. [...]in Burkina Faso, it is estimated that the formal economy represents only 20% of the urban labour force, and about 1% of the rural labour force. [...]an exemption would greatly limit the contributions of the UHI National Fund. [...]rather than exempting to categorize individuals, the linkage mechanism could be based on the exemption of geographical regions, reflecting the phenomenon of poverty concentration in particular areas. [...]the incorporation of free health care into a universal mandatory insurance mechanism is one avenue among others.