Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi

Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi

Malawi is a low-income country that is actively working toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The government is committed to provide adequate health care, commensurate with the health needs of Malawian society, and international standar...

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Main Authors: Chansa, Collins, Pattnaik, Anooj
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
HEALTH FINANCE
POVERTY
HEALTH SERVICES
INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
UNICO
UHC
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355601516177706823/Expanding-health-care-provision-in-a-low-income-country-the-experience-of-Malawi
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spelling okr-10986-291852021-05-25T09:10:05Z Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi Chansa, Collins Pattnaik, Anooj UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH FINANCE POVERTY HEALTH SERVICES INSTITUTIONS HEALTH EXPENDITURE UNICO UHC Malawi is a low-income country that is actively working toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The government is committed to provide adequate health care, commensurate with the health needs of Malawian society, and international standards of health care as outlined in the Constitution. This UNICO case study explores how Malawi has been able to increase population coverage and financial protection by implementing these two supply-side reforms. The study reviews the situation before the two reforms, what the two reforms envisioned, management arrangements, what the reforms delivered (including positive and negative effects), and the long-term scope for achieving UHC in Malawi. 2018-01-18T20:48:15Z 2018-01-18T20:48:15Z 2018-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355601516177706823/Expanding-health-care-provision-in-a-low-income-country-the-experience-of-Malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29185 English Universal Health Coverage Studies Series;No. 34 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Malawi
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topic UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
HEALTH FINANCE
POVERTY
HEALTH SERVICES
INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
UNICO
UHC
spellingShingle UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
HEALTH FINANCE
POVERTY
HEALTH SERVICES
INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
UNICO
UHC
Chansa, Collins
Pattnaik, Anooj
Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
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description Malawi is a low-income country that is actively working toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The government is committed to provide adequate health care, commensurate with the health needs of Malawian society, and international standards of health care as outlined in the Constitution. This UNICO case study explores how Malawi has been able to increase population coverage and financial protection by implementing these two supply-side reforms. The study reviews the situation before the two reforms, what the two reforms envisioned, management arrangements, what the reforms delivered (including positive and negative effects), and the long-term scope for achieving UHC in Malawi.
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author Chansa, Collins
Pattnaik, Anooj
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Pattnaik, Anooj
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title Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
title_short Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
title_full Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
title_fullStr Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Expanding Health Care Provision in a Low-Income Country : The Experience of Malawi
title_sort expanding health care provision in a low-income country : the experience of malawi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355601516177706823/Expanding-health-care-provision-in-a-low-income-country-the-experience-of-Malawi
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