Friday, July 22, 2011

IRIN Africa | COTE D'IVOIRE: The downside of "free" health care | Cote d'Ivoire | Conflict | Governance | Health & Nutrition

IRIN Africa | COTE D'IVOIRE: The downside of "free" health care | Cote d'Ivoire | Conflict | Governance | Health & Nutrition: "'The problem with free health care is it was not prepared - we've all just fallen into this new system,' said pharmacist Binaté Nouho. 'At the beginning [when the policy was just announced and donors had given supplies] we had medicines, but they've all run out. We can do the consultations free but we don't have money to buy medicines... The system is jammed.'"

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