Planning universal accessibility to public health care in sub-Saharan Africa

G Falchetta, AT Hammad… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Achieving universal health care coverage—a key target of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal number 3—requires accessibility to health care services for all. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Differences between gridded population data impact measures of geographic access to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa

F Hierink, G Boo, PM Macharia, PO Ouma… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Access to healthcare is imperative to health equity and well-being. Geographic
access to healthcare can be modeled using spatial datasets on local context, together with …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic accessibility to public and private health facilities in Kenya in 2021: an updated geocoded inventory and spatial analysis

AK Moturi, L Suiyanka, E Mumo, RW Snow… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives To achieve universal health coverage, adequate geographic access to quality
healthcare services is vital and should be characterized periodically to support planning …

[HTML][HTML] Geographical accessibility and spatial coverage modeling of the primary health care network in the Western Province of Rwanda

U Huerta Munoz, C Källestål - International journal of health geographics, 2012 - Springer
Background Primary health care is essential in improving and maintaining the health of
populations. It has the potential to accelerate achievement of the Millennium Development …

Improving the spatial accessibility of healthcare in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Q Pu, EH Yoo, DH Rothstein, S Cairo, L Malemo - Applied Geography, 2020 - Elsevier
Accessibility to healthcare has a direct bearing on the overall well-being of the population.
Poor access to healthcare has serious consequences particularly in low and low-middle …

Modelling geographic accessibility to primary health care facilities: Combining open data and geospatial analysis

O Lawal, FE Anyiam - Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages is the 3rd Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG). Inequality in access to health care remains one of the primary …

[HTML][HTML] Methods of measuring spatial accessibility to health care in Uganda

P Ouma, PM Macharia, E Okiro, V Alegana - Practicing health geography …, 2021 - Springer
Ensuring everyone has access to health care regardless of demographic, geographic and
social economic status is a key component of universal health coverage. In sub-Saharan …

[HTML][HTML] Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors

FA Ihantamalala, V Herbreteau, C Révillion… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers
to access care in rural areas of the developing world. Although methods and tools exist to …

[PDF][PDF] Measuring physical accessibility to health facilities—a case study on Khulna City

S Sarani - World Health Popul, 2011 - researchgate.net
Measuring Physical Accessibility to Health Facilities – A Case Study on Khulna City Page 1
World HealtH & PoPulation • Vol.12 no.3 • 2011 ORld HeAlTH & POPUlATION W Abstract …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to medical clinics in Montreal

AN Ngui, P Apparicio - BMC health services research, 2011 - Springer
Background Reducing spatial access disparities to healthcare services is a growing priority
for healthcare planners especially among developed countries with aging populations …