Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financ...

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Main Author:	Anderson, Ian
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADDICTION AGED AGEING POPULATIONS ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BABIES BASIC NEEDS BIRTH ATTENDANTS BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BREAST FEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CITIES CITIZENS CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE DEATHS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEWORMING DIABETES DIETS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISASTERS DISPARITIES IN HEALTH DISPENSARIES DOCTORS DRUGS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION ESSENTIAL MEDICINES EXPENDITURES FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL POSITION FINANCIAL PRESSURES GENDER DISPARITY GIRLS' EDUCATION GLOBAL HEALTH GLUCOSE GOVERNMENT FINANCES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH BURDEN HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HIGH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BUILDINGS HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RESOURCES HUNGER HYPERTENSION ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INJURIES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES INTERVENTION LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS MALARIA MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERN FAMILY MODERN FAMILY PLANNING MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURE OF HEALTH NEONATAL CARE NEWBORN NEWBORN CARE NEWBORNS NUMBER OF WOMEN NURSE NURSES NUTRITION OBESITY OBSTETRIC CARE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OLD AGE PATIENT PATIENTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICIANS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAM MANAGER PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCREENING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED ATTENDANCE AT DELIVERY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SMOKERS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SPILLOVER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNFPA UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VACCINE COVERAGE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19798415/health-financing-vanuatu-challenges-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20134

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Summary:	Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These pressures are ultimately financially unsustainable, given current and projected future economic conditions. But many of the health burdens and costs can be avoided, or at least delayed, with good primary and secondary prevention. There are practical options for making health financing in Vanuatu more effective, efficient, equitable, affordable, and accountable. Improving efficiency of public expenditure is a key to achieving this.

Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options

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