Expanding access to priority health interventions: a framework for understanding the constraints to scaling-up

Kara Hanson, M. Kent Ranson, Valeria Oliveira-Cruz and Anne Mills
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Kara Hanson: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Postal: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
M. Kent Ranson: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Postal: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Valeria Oliveira-Cruz: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Postal: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Anne Mills: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Postal: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Journal of International Development, 2003, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health recommended a significant expansion in funding for health interventions in poor countries. However, there are a range of constraints to expanding access to health services: as well as an absolute lack of resources, access to health interventions is hindered by problems of demand, weak service delivery systems, policies at the health and cross-sectoral levels, and constraints related to governance, corruption and geography. This special issue is devoted to analysis of the nature and intensity of these constraints, and how they can best be overcome. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2003
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