Exploring the roles of informal healthcare providers in urban settings to improve access and quality of care for the urban poor: experience from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria

Health Policy and Planning · Published 2026-07-07 · DOI 10.1093/heapol/czag087

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Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka, Bryony Dawkins, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, Asiful Haidar Chowdhury, Abhigyna Bhattarai, Chinyere Mbachu, Md Badruddin Saify, Henry Okudzeto, Mattheus Rodrigues Da Silva, Sushil Chandra Baral, Zahidul Quayyum, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Rumana Huque, Obinna Onwujekwe, Bassey Ebenso, Helen Elsey, Irene A Agyepong

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2026

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Gadeka, D., Dawkins, B., Filha, N., et al. (2026). Exploring the roles of informal healthcare providers in urban settings to improve access and quality of care for the urban poor: experience from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria. Health Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czag087

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