Health and Poverty

Cost of access to health services in Zambia

Hjortsberg, Catharina Anna and Mwikisa, C.N. | 2002
  • Author(s): Hjortsberg, Catharina Anna and Mwikisa, C.N.
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 71--77
  • Keywords: health care delivery, equal opportunity, household surveys, health economics, zambia
This article explores equality of access to health care among Zambians. Four areas are compared: urban high cost, urban low cost, townships and rural areas. The results of the analysis indicate that there are inequalities among residential areas, especially between rural and urban areas.

Improving access to pharmaceuticals in Brazil and Argentina

Homedes, Nْria and Ugalde, Antonio | 2006
  • Author(s): Homedes, Nْria and Ugalde, Antonio
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 123--131
  • Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, health programmes, brazil, argentina
The population of many Latin American countries is having increasing difficulty in accessing needed medicines. This article reports on two country-wide programmes, in Brazil and Argentina, which both were successful in increasing access to needed pharmaceuticals.

Towards universal health coverage : the role of within-country wealth-related inequality in 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza | 2011
  • Author(s): Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: 881--890
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, health services research, health care delivery, africa south of sahara
This study aims to measure within-country wealth-related inequality in the health service coverage gap of maternal and child health indicators in sub-Saharan Africa and quantify its contribution to the national health service coverage gap.

Increasing access to health workers in underserved areas : a conceptual framework for measuring results

Huicho, Luis | 2010
  • Author(s): Huicho, Luis
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 357--363
  • Keywords: health personnel, health policy, rural areas
This paper proposes a conceptual framework to guide managers, policy-makers and evaluators in the assessment of interventions to increase access to health workers in underserved areas. The framework aims to support all stages of policy development.

Equity : quantify inequalities in access to health services and health status

Huijssoon, Dirk | 2010
  • Author(s): Huijssoon, Dirk
  • Publisher: Futures group
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, family planning, maternal and child health, asia, africa, latin america, caribbean region
To illustrate an approach for quantifying inequalities, this brief summarizes a study that examined trends in reproductive and maternal health indicators by place of residence and by relative wealth. The study aimed to explore the needs of urban and rural poor.
 

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