Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts

Most countries now agree that striving for universal health coverage (UHC) is important as it helps ensure health for all, while enhancing health security nationally, regionally and globally. Launched in 2004, the Malawi's Essential Health Pac...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH INVESTMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482201611638301118/Closing-the-Gap-Why-Achieving-Universal-Health-Coverage-in-Malawi-Now-Requires-Targeted-Investment-in-Underperforming-and-Underserved-Districts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35090

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spelling	okr-10986-350902021-04-23T14:02:15Z Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts World Bank UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH INVESTMENT Most countries now agree that striving for universal health coverage (UHC) is important as it helps ensure health for all, while enhancing health security nationally, regionally and globally. Launched in 2004, the Malawi's Essential Health Package (EHP) has already gone some way towards increasing access to health services and improving health outcomes. This policy brief explores Malawi’s health system gaps and geographic variations across the three key dimensions of service availability, service readiness, and clinical knowledge of providers. 2021-02-02T14:42:02Z 2021-02-02T14:42:02Z 2020-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482201611638301118/Closing-the-Gap-Why-Achieving-Universal-Health-Coverage-in-Malawi-Now-Requires-Targeted-Investment-in-Underperforming-and-Underserved-Districts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35090 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Malawi
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description	Most countries now agree that striving for universal health coverage (UHC) is important as it helps ensure health for all, while enhancing health security nationally, regionally and globally. Launched in 2004, the Malawi's Essential Health Package (EHP) has already gone some way towards increasing access to health services and improving health outcomes. This policy brief explores Malawi’s health system gaps and geographic variations across the three key dimensions of service availability, service readiness, and clinical knowledge of providers.
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author	World Bank
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title	Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts
title_short	Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts
title_full	Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts
title_fullStr	Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts
title_full_unstemmed	Closing the Gap : Why Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Malawi Now Requires Targeted Investment in Underperforming and Underserved Districts
title_sort	closing the gap : why achieving universal health coverage in malawi now requires targeted investment in underperforming and underserved districts
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482201611638301118/Closing-the-Gap-Why-Achieving-Universal-Health-Coverage-in-Malawi-Now-Requires-Targeted-Investment-in-Underperforming-and-Underserved-Districts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35090
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