Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health
What can other developing countries learn from Sri Lanka on achieving good health at low cost? While its well-organized medical and maternal-child health services have been documented elsewhere, this paper fills a gap in documenting how it organize...
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ADOLESCENT HEALTH ANTENATAL CARE AVIAN FLU BABY BLOOD TRANSFUSION BURDEN OF DISEASE CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATION CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHOLERA CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLEANLINESS CLINICS COLD CHAIN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEAD BODIES DENGUE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OUTBREAK DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISPENSARIES DRUGS ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE EMERGENCIES ENCEPHALITIS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER FILARIASIS FIRST AID FOOD CONTROL FOOD HANDLING FOOD POISONING FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SAFETY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GRASSROOTS WORKERS HAEMATOLOGY HAZARDS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH CARE WASTE HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH LEGISLATION HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH REGULATIONS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT HOME VISITS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SANITATION HOSPITALS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFECTION INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFORMATION SYSTEM ISOLATION IUDS LABORATORY SERVICES LATRINES LAWS LEPROSY LEPTOSPIROSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL INSPECTION MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL OFFICERS MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STATISTICS MEDICINE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL DISASTERS NCD NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEONATAL TETANUS NEWBORN NEWBORN HEALTH NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ORAL HEALTH PANDEMICS PARASITOLOGY PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL HYGIENE PHYSICIANS PHYSIOLOGY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLIO POLITICAL PARTY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE DOCTORS PROGRESS PUBLIC ATTENTION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICE QUARANTINE RABIES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESTAURANTS ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SCHOOL HEALTH SEPTIC TANKS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SICK LEAVE SMOKING STDS STERILIZATION SYMPTOMS T.V. TB TERRORIST TOBACCO PRODUCTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNIFORMS URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINES VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WATER SUPPLIES WATERBORNE DISEASES WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZOONOTIC DISEASE ZOONOTIC DISEASES |
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ADOLESCENT HEALTH ANTENATAL CARE AVIAN FLU BABY BLOOD TRANSFUSION BURDEN OF DISEASE CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATION CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHOLERA CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLEANLINESS CLINICS COLD CHAIN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEAD BODIES DENGUE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OUTBREAK DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISPENSARIES DRUGS ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE EMERGENCIES ENCEPHALITIS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER FILARIASIS FIRST AID FOOD CONTROL FOOD HANDLING FOOD POISONING FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SAFETY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GRASSROOTS WORKERS HAEMATOLOGY HAZARDS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH CARE WASTE HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH LEGISLATION HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH REGULATIONS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT HOME VISITS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SANITATION HOSPITALS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFECTION INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFORMATION SYSTEM ISOLATION IUDS LABORATORY SERVICES LATRINES LAWS LEPROSY LEPTOSPIROSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL INSPECTION MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL OFFICERS MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STATISTICS MEDICINE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL DISASTERS NCD NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEONATAL TETANUS NEWBORN NEWBORN HEALTH NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ORAL HEALTH PANDEMICS PARASITOLOGY PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL HYGIENE PHYSICIANS PHYSIOLOGY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLIO POLITICAL PARTY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE DOCTORS PROGRESS PUBLIC ATTENTION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICE QUARANTINE RABIES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESTAURANTS ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SCHOOL HEALTH SEPTIC TANKS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SICK LEAVE SMOKING STDS STERILIZATION SYMPTOMS T.V. TB TERRORIST TOBACCO PRODUCTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNIFORMS URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINES VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WATER SUPPLIES WATERBORNE DISEASES WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZOONOTIC DISEASE ZOONOTIC DISEASES Das Gupta, Monica Dalpatadu, K.C.S. Shanmugarajah, C.K. Herath, H.M.S.S.D. Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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South Asia Sri Lanka |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6558 |
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What can other developing countries
learn from Sri Lanka on achieving good health at low cost?
While its well-organized medical and maternal-child health
services have been documented elsewhere, this paper fills a
gap in documenting how it organizes services to reduce the
population's exposure to disease -- a pure public good.
The key factors underlying the effectiveness of these
services are (1) strong focal points in the central Health
Ministry for supporting preventive services; (2) pro-active
outreach by the health line agency to collaborate with other
sectors / agents whose work influences public health
outcomes; and (3) community-level delivery institutions with
well-trained multivalent Public Health Inspectors -- all
underpinned by (4) assured tax-based financing. This paper
describes this system in some detail such that other
countries can learn from Sri Lanka's successful
approach to improving population health. It also makes some
recommendations for strengthening the system in response to
changing conditions. |
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Publications & Research |
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Das Gupta, Monica Dalpatadu, K.C.S. Shanmugarajah, C.K. Herath, H.M.S.S.D. |
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Das Gupta, Monica Dalpatadu, K.C.S. Shanmugarajah, C.K. Herath, H.M.S.S.D. |
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Das Gupta, Monica |
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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health |
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multisectoral preventive health services in sri lanka : lessons for developing countries in providing public goods in health |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18089167/multisectoral-preventive-health-services-sri-lanka-lessons-developing-countries-providing-public-goods-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21475 |
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okr-10986-214752021-04-23T14:04:02Z Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health Das Gupta, Monica Dalpatadu, K.C.S. Shanmugarajah, C.K. Herath, H.M.S.S.D. ADOLESCENT HEALTH ANTENATAL CARE AVIAN FLU BABY BLOOD TRANSFUSION BURDEN OF DISEASE CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATION CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHOLERA CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CLEANLINESS CLINICS COLD CHAIN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEAD BODIES DENGUE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OUTBREAK DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISPENSARIES DRUGS ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE EMERGENCIES ENCEPHALITIS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER FILARIASIS FIRST AID FOOD CONTROL FOOD HANDLING FOOD POISONING FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SAFETY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GRASSROOTS WORKERS HAEMATOLOGY HAZARDS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH CARE WASTE HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH LEGISLATION HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH REGULATIONS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT HOME VISITS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SANITATION HOSPITALS HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFECTION INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFORMATION SYSTEM ISOLATION IUDS LABORATORY SERVICES LATRINES LAWS LEPROSY LEPTOSPIROSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MEAT MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL INSPECTION MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL OFFICERS MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STATISTICS MEDICINE MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL DISASTERS NCD NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEONATAL TETANUS NEWBORN NEWBORN HEALTH NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ORAL HEALTH PANDEMICS PARASITOLOGY PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL HYGIENE PHYSICIANS PHYSIOLOGY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLIO POLITICAL PARTY POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE DOCTORS PROGRESS PUBLIC ATTENTION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICE QUARANTINE RABIES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESTAURANTS ROOMS RURAL AREAS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SCHOOL HEALTH SEPTIC TANKS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SICK LEAVE SMOKING STDS STERILIZATION SYMPTOMS T.V. TB TERRORIST TOBACCO PRODUCTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNIFORMS URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINES VECTOR CONTROL VECTORS WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WATER SUPPLIES WATERBORNE DISEASES WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZOONOTIC DISEASE ZOONOTIC DISEASES What can other developing countries learn from Sri Lanka on achieving good health at low cost? While its well-organized medical and maternal-child health services have been documented elsewhere, this paper fills a gap in documenting how it organizes services to reduce the population's exposure to disease -- a pure public good. The key factors underlying the effectiveness of these services are (1) strong focal points in the central Health Ministry for supporting preventive services; (2) pro-active outreach by the health line agency to collaborate with other sectors / agents whose work influences public health outcomes; and (3) community-level delivery institutions with well-trained multivalent Public Health Inspectors -- all underpinned by (4) assured tax-based financing. This paper describes this system in some detail such that other countries can learn from Sri Lanka's successful approach to improving population health. It also makes some recommendations for strengthening the system in response to changing conditions. 2015-02-23T21:28:51Z 2015-02-23T21:28:51Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18089167/multisectoral-preventive-health-services-sri-lanka-lessons-developing-countries-providing-public-goods-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21475 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6558 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Sri Lanka |