World Bank Group Support to Health Services : Achievements and Challenges
A large share of the world’s population today has access to health services, but the health needs of a great segment of the global population remain unmet. In 2013, more than 400 million people worldwide were not receiving at least one of the seven...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517501543527749016/World-Bank-Group-Support-to-Health-Services-Achievements-and-Challenges-An-Independent-Evaluation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31042 |
| Summary: | A large share of the world’s population
today has access to health services, but the health needs of
a great segment of the global population remain unmet. In
2013, more than 400 million people worldwide were not
receiving at least one of the seven essential health
services identified as priority areas in the Millennium
Development Goals. Demographic and epidemiological changes,
the increasing importance of noncommunicable diseases, the
effects of climate change and natural disasters, and the
surge of pandemic threats compound an already challenging
situation in many countries. Challenges to health services
are exacerbated further in countries facing fragile and
conflict-affected situations. This evaluation aims to assess
the roles and contributions of the World Bank Group in
supporting health services in client countries. It also
seeks to provide lessons and recommendations for achieving
greater development effectiveness in future support to
health services. This evaluation aims to fill an evaluative
evidence gap in the health sector. It is the first
comprehensive health sector evaluation carried out by the
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) since 2009. This
evaluation also complements the 2014 IEG health financing
evaluation, which examined how World Bank Group support to
revenue collection for health, pooling of health funds and
risks, and health financing reforms have improved equity in
health financing and service use, financial protection, and efficiency. |
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