Killer bills : make child poverty history - abolish user fees

This briefing addresses the issue of user fees, assessing their detrimental impact on health care access and children's survival chances. It summarises research and studies which have shown that for the poorest, fees abolition would result in a dramatic improvement in their lives, increasing utilisation of basic health services and uptake of immunisation services. It also makes three key recommendations: the G8 should increase their aid commitments for the MDGs; they should stop making user fees a condition for their support to health programmes in developing countries; finally, the UK Government should take a lead on this critical issue