central support away from local health units, are creating inequalities in access while not bettering the quality of offered … services, (iii) rurality and poverty are closely connected to each other and to restricted health access, either due to limited …Vietnam has dealt historically with health as a valuable asset, a resource that was distributed in an equal manner to …

. Disparities in access to care and health outcomes between the Roma and the rest of the population are large. Moreover, the health …Despite improvements over the past few decades, Slovak health outcomes remains poor compared with most other OECD … and widely perceived mismanagement of public health-care spending. Health-care spending is currently about in line with …

Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform. The volume brings together knowledge about …While women in developing countries continue to die in large numbers in child birth, population and reproductive health … of narrowly directed health programs to a broader approach of health system development and reform. At the same time …

, health remains a major concern in the area of poverty reduction. The study describes the health status of the population …The health sector in Mozambique has made significant progress in terms of increasing coverage of services. However …, especially of the poor, and how the sector responds to the needs. Huge inequalities continue to exist with regards to resource …