International health policy and stagnating maternal mortality
Is There a Causal Link
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3972135 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jean-Pierre Unger (0000-0001-5152-6545, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde), Patrick Van Dessel (Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde), Kasturi Sen (0000-0002-6995-7682, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde), Pierre De Paepe (Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde) |
| Año | 2009 |
| Volumen | 17 |
| Número | 33 |
| Páginas | 91-104 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Reproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0968-8080(09)33460-6 |
| PMID | 19523586 |
| OpenAlex | W2110279448 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 60 |
This paper examines why progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health appears to have stagnated in much of the global south. We contend that besides the widely recognised existence of weak health systems, including weak services, low staffing levels, managerial weaknesses, and lack of infrastructure and information, this stagnation relates to the inability of most countries to meet two essential conditions: to develop access to publicly funded, comprehensive health care, and to provide the not-for-profit sector with needed political, technical and financial support. This paper offers a critical perspective on the past 15 years of international health policies as a possible cofactor of high maternal mortality, because of their emphasis on disease control in public health services at the expense of access to comprehensive health care, and failures of contracting out and public-private partnerships in health care. Health care delivery cannot be an issue both of trade and of right. Without policies to make health systems in the global south more publicly-oriented and accountable, the current standards of maternal and child health care are likely to remain poor, and maternal deaths will continue to affect women and their families at an intolerably high level
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · International health · Millennium Development Goals · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Staffing · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy
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| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citas por año | 0,23 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 3 |