| Form of exemption applied | Government budget commitment | Planning and implementation |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis | Free care (except diagnostic tests) | Available budget (Ministry of Health) | - Existence of official texts - Information dissemination via the media and by associations - Institutional communication service |
Antiretroviral drugs (ARV) for children | Free ARV without biological follow-up examinations and supportive drugs (varying conditions from one organisation to the next) | No official budget commitment | - No official texts - Limited information dissemination (healthcare centres and associations) |
ARV for adults | Free ARV without biological follow-up examinations and supportive drugs (varying conditions from one organisation to the next) | No official budget commitment apart from outside grants (Global Fund) | - Official declaration in late 2009 - Good information dissemination (healthcare centres and associations, media) |
Artemisinin-based combination therapies | Subsidised at rates varying by age (2–11 months, 1–5 years, 6–13 years, 14+ years) | Fully funded by Global Fund enabling provision of free care | - Service launched straightaway without prior information (for providers or users) - Application effective as of April 2009 - No official texts |
Insecticide-treated bed nets (pregnant women and newborns) | Freely available (distributed to women at pre- and postnatal consultations) | Outside funding (Global Fund) as pilot experiment prior to scale-up | - Unequal conditions for information dissemination; limited to women attending postnatal care services |
Insecticide-treated bed nets (2010 national distribution campaign) | Freely available (quota for all households counted) | Fully funded by Global Fund (Programme d'appui au développement sanitaire and Plan Burkina) | - Contractual obligations (Global Fund funding requests) - Communication campaign in the public media (radio, TV, print media) - Existence of a timetable for directives and conditions for implementation but targets not met |