Implementation of Exempted Maternity Service Policies in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Scoping Review

Exempted maternity service policy is one of the strategies to achieve universal health coverage by removing all forms of financial barriers to improve access to healthcare as well as reduce maternal and child deaths in low resource setting by 2030. But beside multiple achievements of the policy on maternal health, many countries are encountered different implementation challenges. The purpose of this scoping review is to systematically mapped literatures and describe the evidence on implementation of exempted maternity service policy in SSA. Expected out come of this study is success and challenges seen in the implementation of exempted maternity service policy.