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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455703003321

Titolo

The health sector in Eritrea [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004

ISBN

1-280-08534-7

9786610085347

1-4175-2570-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (116 p.)

Collana

A World Bank country study

Disciplina

614.4/2/09635

Soggetti

Public health - Eritrea

Health planning - Eritrea

Medical policy - Eritrea

Electronic books.

Eritrea Statistics, Medical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; Background; Socioeconomic Situation; Economic Growth and Structure of the Economy; Government Sector and Public Debt; 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Situation; Demographic Trends; Burden of Disease and Causes of Death; Child Health; Women's Reproductive Health; Health Conditions of Eritrea's Nomadic Communities; Changing Epidemiological Profile; Eritrea and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); 3. Eritrea's Health System; Policy and Governance Context; Planning and Budgeting

DecentralizationHealth System Structure, Coverage, and Capacity; Pharmaceuticals; Health Sector Financing; Household Health Care Utilization and Expenditures; 4. Performance of the Health System; Strengths; Challenges; 5. Recommended Next Steps; Short-term Priorities; Medium-term Priorities; Long-term Priorities; Annex A. Eritrea-Ministry of Health; Annex B. Eritrea-Trends in Macroeconomic Indicators, 1993-2000; Annex C. The Ministry of Health Organization Structure; Annex D. Geographic Distribution of Health Facilities in Eritrea in Year 2000; Annex E. Health Care Financing



Annex F. International Comparison TablesAnnex G. Millennium Development Goals Progress Status; Annex H. Eritrea Health Sector Performance; Bibliography; TABLES; 2.1: Demographic Indicators Estimated, 2000-2020; 2.2: Immunization Coverage and Incidence of Immunizable Diseases (1995-2000); 2.3: Millennium Development Goal Indicators; 3.1: Growth of Health Infrastructure, 1990-2000; 3.2: Distribution of Health Facilities by Type and Zone, 2000; 3.3: Number of Beds and Bed Occupancy Rate by Zones, 2000; 3.4: Growth of Human Resources in the MOH, 1991-2000

3.5: Distribution and Category of Available Health Personnel per zone, 2000E.1: Eritrea, Health Spending Estimates in Nominal Nafka and Percent, 1999; E.2: Eritrea, Public Sector Review of Health, 1995-1999 (in Nominal and Real Nafka); E.3: MOH Financing Projection Results, 2001-2007, Real 2001 Nafka ('000); E.4: Unit Cost Estimates in Nafka for Health Facilities by Type of Service, 1994; E.5: Cost-Effectiveness of Disease Interventions (Birr/Discounted Life Year Saved); E.6: Share of Burden of Diseases versus Share of Budgetary Spending, 1994

E.7: Percent of Households Reporting an Illness who made Various Levels of Payment by Type of Expenditure, 1997E.8: Household Consumption and Health Expenditures among Total Sample Households and among Households Utilizing Health Facili; E.9: Percent of Unit Costs Recovered through User Fee Policy by MOH Health Facilities, 1996; E.10: Schedule of User Fees at Different Health Facility Levels; F.1: Sub-Saharan Africa, Global Demographic Indicators, 1999; F.2: Sub-Saharan Africa:Health Indicators (1990-1999); F.3: Sub-Saharan Africa, Physicians and Beds per 1,000 Population (1990-1999)

F.4: Sub-Saharan Africa, Health Expenditure Pattern, 1990-1998