Contents : A scientific investigation into the decision to enrol in community health insurance (CHI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) - Recommendations for future research - A series of policy guidelines to inform and reform the implementation of CHI in SSA.
The Author: Manuela De Allegri holds an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Bryn Mawr College in the United States (1999), a Master of Science in Health Care Management, Economics, and Policy from Bocconi University in Italy (2002), and completed her doctorate in Public Health/Health Economics at the University of Heidelberg (2006). She currently works as a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health of the University of Heidelberg. Her primary research interests focus on health financing, malaria control, and HIV/AIDS.