At Marylouise healthcare foundation,we believe most middle-income countries, average health spending per person is already adequate to ensure universal coverage for essential interventions. Yet such coverage does not reach many of the poor. Exclusion is often concentrated by region (e.g., rural cameroon ),or among ethnic and racial minorities. For whatever reason, public-sector spending on health does not attend sufficiently to the needs of the poor. Moreover, since many middle-income countries provide inadequate financial protection for large portions of their population, catastrophic medical expenses impoverish many households. In view of the adverse consequences of ill health on overall economic development and poverty reduction, we strongly urge the middle-income countries to undertake fiscal and organizational reforms to ensure universal coverage for priority health interventions.We also believe that the World Bank and the regional development banks, through nonconcessional financing, can help these countries to make a multi-year transition to universal coverage for essential health services. Www.marylouisehealthcarefoundation
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:19:36 +0000