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The impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on poverty and inequalities in use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh: evidence from the household income and expenditure surveys 2000–2010
Asian Development Bank, 2012The Government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring access of its population to adequate healthcare services. However, substantial inequalities exist in maternal and child health outcomes in Bangladesh, with child and maternal mortality rates being much higher in the poorest families than in the non-poor.DocumentImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Cambodia: evidence from the Cambodia socio-economic survey 2007
Asian Development Bank, 2012Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the Asia and Pacific region, yet it has made substantial progress in improving child health outcomes and health service coverage. However, maternal mortality and neonatal mortality rates remain among the highest in Asia and the Pacific. Utilising a special socio-economic survey, the paper finds that:DocumentImpact of maternal and child health private expenditure on poverty and inequity: review of the literature with focus on evidence from Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 2012Expenditures on healthcare in Asian and Pacific countries (APCs) are widely seen as financially burdensome to household budgets and contributing to impoverishment. This review examines the evidence on maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) care expenditures in APCs and looks into how and to what extent these expenditures exacerbate poverty. The paper finds that:DocumentLiberalising health services in south Asia: implications for Bangladesh
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2012South Asian countries have witnessed significant shift in the structure of their economy during the last few decades, in terms of the dominance of the services sector compared to the traditional sectors such as agriculture and industry. The contribution of the services trade in total trade of South Asian countries is increasing over time.DocumentImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Asian Development Bank, 2012Limited progress has been made in the past decade in reducing the high levels of maternal and child deaths in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This paper highlights the fact that Laotian women and children are inadequately covered by basic healthcare services.The paper finds that:DocumentThe impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Timor-Leste
Asian Development Bank, 2012As a young nation, Timor-Leste has made considerable advances in rebuilding its health system, but overall utilisation of health services remains low by regional standards.DocumentImpact of maternal and child health private: expenditure on poverty and inequity in Bangladesh
Asian Development Bank, 2012Bangladesh has made substantial progress since the 1970s in expanding the coverage of maternal healthcare services, yet maternal mortality remains high, as available but limited data suggest.DocumentClimate risk management for the health sector in Nicaragua
United Nations Development Programme, 2013Commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP BCPR), under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), this report addresses climate risks and risk management capacity in the health sector in Nicaragua.DocumentKnowledge management in practice - Implementing effective knowledge management in emergencies: a case study from Somalia WASH Cluster
Regional Emergency Cluster Advisor Project, 2013In the last two decades few countries have experienced a more protracted emergency than Somalia. Absence of a functioning central government and the ongoing conflict have led to a lack of access to basic social services, resulting in the country falling amongst the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world.DocumentUnregulated and unaccountable: how the private health care sector in India is putting women’s lives at risk
2013This Oxfam briefing reveals that decades of appallingly low investment in the public health sector has left India with a health system, which is unable to meet the needs of its citizens. Despite recent efforts to strengthen the public health system, India has one of the lowest levels of government investment in health in the world.Pages
