Amid recurrent natural disasters and severe financial hardship Haitians face formidable challenges to their health. Maternal and infant mortality rates are 5 and 3 times higher than the regional average. Access to health care is low compared to low-income countries and particularly among the poorest households. Delivery of preventive health services like immunizations is below minimum standards. Patients often bypass the public health system for lack...
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2017/06/01
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Working Paper
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116682
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2
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2018/03/26
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Disclosed
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Better spending, better care : a look at Haiti's health financing
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access to health service
Citation
Cavagnero,Eleonora Del Valle; Cros,Marion Jane; Dunworth,Ashleigh Jane; Sjoblom,Mirja Channa.
Better spending, better care : a look at Haiti's health financing (Vol. 2 of 2) (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/790331522095815549