Mobilising Healthcare Delivery: A Model Demonstrating Success in…
By Center for Health Market InnovationsImagine a village of 1000 people who don’t have the access to private clinic or a proper pharmacy. The nearest primary government health center is located at 5-10 km. Take 20 such adjacent villages which fall under the catchment area of the same health center with a combined population of 20,000. Assume one district would have 15 such aggregated areas with a total population of 300,000. Add the unpaved roads (>90%), non-existence of public transport, low density of population, daily per capita income of less than $1, lack of dedicated & skilled healthcare workforce plus low medical infrastructure resources with the government – and this gives us a mass public health problem yet to be solved in most parts of the world; or at least in country like Cambodia where 80% of population is rural
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Mobilising Healthcare Delivery: A Model Demonstrating Success in…
Posted by Center for Health Market Innovations
on Jun 8 2012. Filed under Financing.
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