Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development

Improving Health Outcomes for the Poor in Uganda : Current Status and Implications for Health Sector Development

This study shows that Uganda has similar or somewhat better health indicators than other African countries with a similar income level. However further effort is needed to address inequality in health outcomes and in the health system. Overall rec...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Health Sector Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SANITATION ADOLESCENTS ADULTS AGED ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ANTENATAL CARE ARI BIRTH SPACING BLOOD PRESSURE CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONDOMS DEATHS DIARRHEA DISEASE PREVENTION DISTRICTS DRUG PRESCRIBING DRUG USERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE ESSENTIAL DRUGS ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES GENDER HAND WASHING HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE RESOURCES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PRACTICES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HIGH FERTILITY HOME CARE HOMES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUNGER HYGIENE IMCI IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE INCOME INFANT FEEDING INFANT MORTALITY INFECTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MORBIDITY MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SANITATION PRACTICES SEX WORKERS STUNTING TETANUS TOBACCO URBAN AREAS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5504857/uganda-improving-health-outcomes-poor-uganda-current-status-implications-health-sector-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14514

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