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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Main Authors:	Das Gupta, Monica, Dalpatadu, K.C.S., Shanmugarajah, C.K., Herath, H.M.S.S.D.
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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