Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?

We examine differential progress on health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) between the poor and the better off within countries. Our findings are based on an original analysis of 235 DHS and MICS surveys spanning 64 developing countries over the 1990–2011 period. We track five health status indi...

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Main Authors:	Wagstaff, Adam, Bredenkamp, Caryn, Buisman, Leander R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2016
Subjects:	aged prenatal care birth attendant death rate health care health interventions immunization intervention mortality patients polio pregnancy syphilis sexual intercourse
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24186

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spelling	okr-10986-241862021-04-23T14:04:20Z Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind? Wagstaff, Adam Bredenkamp, Caryn Buisman, Leander R. aged prenatal care birth attendant death rate health care health interventions immunization intervention mortality patients polio pregnancy syphilis sexual intercourse We examine differential progress on health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) between the poor and the better off within countries. Our findings are based on an original analysis of 235 DHS and MICS surveys spanning 64 developing countries over the 1990–2011 period. We track five health status indicators and seven intervention indicators from all four health MDGs. In approximately three-quarters of countries, the poorest 40 percent have made faster progress than the richest 60 percent on MDG intervention indicators. On average, relative inequality in these indicators has been falling. However, in terms of MDG outcome indicators, in nearly half of the countries, relative inequality has been growing. Moreover, in approximately one-quarter of the countries, the poorest 40 percent have been slipping backwards in absolute terms on both MDG interventions and outcomes. Despite reductions in most countries, relative inequalities in MDG health indicators are still appreciable, with the poor facing higher risks of malnutrition and death in childhood and lower odds of receiving key health interventions. 2016-05-03T16:57:21Z 2016-05-03T16:57:21Z 2014-08-05 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24186 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	aged prenatal care birth attendant death rate health care health interventions immunization intervention mortality patients polio pregnancy syphilis sexual intercourse Wagstaff, Adam Bredenkamp, Caryn Buisman, Leander R. Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
description	We examine differential progress on health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) between the poor and the better off within countries. Our findings are based on an original analysis of 235 DHS and MICS surveys spanning 64 developing countries over the 1990–2011 period. We track five health status indicators and seven intervention indicators from all four health MDGs. In approximately three-quarters of countries, the poorest 40 percent have made faster progress than the richest 60 percent on MDG intervention indicators. On average, relative inequality in these indicators has been falling. However, in terms of MDG outcome indicators, in nearly half of the countries, relative inequality has been growing. Moreover, in approximately one-quarter of the countries, the poorest 40 percent have been slipping backwards in absolute terms on both MDG interventions and outcomes. Despite reductions in most countries, relative inequalities in MDG health indicators are still appreciable, with the poor facing higher risks of malnutrition and death in childhood and lower odds of receiving key health interventions.
format	Journal Article
author	Wagstaff, Adam Bredenkamp, Caryn Buisman, Leander R.
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title	Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
title_short	Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
title_full	Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
title_fullStr	Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
title_full_unstemmed	Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?
title_sort	progress on global health goals : are the poor being left behind?
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24186
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Progress on Global Health Goals : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?

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