Recommended reading
Unwrapping the truth about Bangladesh’s essential service package
Unwrapping the truth about Bangladesh’s essential service package
Authors:
T. Ensor; Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
In 1998 Bangladesh began a sector wide approach to extend healthcare to vulnerable groups. Per capita healthcare spending is about US$ 11. Just under US$ 3 of this is spent by the public sector, of which two- thirds is allocated through an essential service package (ESP). A study by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare asked whether these resources actually reach the intended beneficiaries.
