How can universal health coverage benefit the poor? Examining the equity and pro-poorness of health financing reforms in Kenya
Year of award: 2015
Grantholders
Edwine Barasa
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Project summary
Edwine is a health economist and health systems researcher with a special interest in examining pathways towards universal health coverage (UHC). During this Fellowship he aims to explore how UHC efforts in Kenya can best be designed to offer financial risk protection for all while ensuring equity in access to services and the inclusion of the poor.
This grant was awarded under the scheme's previous name of Training Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine.