Title:
Responsiveness of the Democratic Republic of Congo Health System to the Emerging Non-Communicable Diseases
Authors:
Mike, Upio Nzeni
Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2017
PAGE:
vii, 70
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
non-communicable diseases, health system, service delivery, financing, information system, and leadership, access to medicine, human resources, DRC
Abstract:
Background: The DRC has started to face the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are now emerging in low-income countries. Of the total deaths in the country, NCDs account for an estimated 23%. The analysis of preparedness and responsiveness of the health system to address this problem is needed in order to identify potential gaps and provide recommendations. Methodology: literature review of peer reviewed articles and gray literature on NCDs and health systems in DRC and neighboring countries was conducted. Five interviews with key informants in Ituri province were carried out to have a better understanding of the situation. The WHO health system model was used for analysis. Result: Findings show that there is low capacity of the health system in DRC to respond to NCDs, especially weak leadership, no NCDs program and no policy. Poor funding, low availability of medicines and human resources is reflected in poor quality of service delivery, which leads to poor outcome. Some countries in the region are making progress compared to DRC. Conclusion: The study indicates the need for good leadership and governance to be able to develop a multispectral integrated strategy for NCDs prevention and control. Integration of NCDs in primary health care will improve the responsiveness for patients. DRC can learn from examples and interventions put in place in the neighboring countries and improve its response to NCDs.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Central Africa
Training:
Master of Science in Public Health
Category:
Research
Right:
@ 2017 Mike
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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