Public Health and International Partnerships in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

John Grundy (), Beverley-Ann Biggs and David B Hipgrave

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Abstract: Published reports on public health in DPRK are uncommon, but recent planning and financial sustainability exercises, population-based surveys, and other reports, all available online, indicate recovery of its vaccination program and high coverage and good treatment outcomes of its activities in tuberculosis control. They suggest that despite major challenges, international collaborations have contributed significantly to this progress and indicate the importance of such partnerships for equitable improvements in public health and reducing global health risks regardless of other circumstances. This is particularly evident for child vaccination services, which are a focus of this report.

Keywords: public health; partnerships; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; health system; political tensions; health care; health program coverage; births; communicable diseases; malaria; tuberculosis incidence; child undernutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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