Background Geographical access to health care facilities is known to influence health
services usage. As societies age, accessibility to health care becomes an increasingly acute …

Background Assessment of physical access to health services is extremely important for
planning. Complex methods that incorporate data inputs from road networks and transport …

Issues around health equity in conflict-affected fragile states have received very little
analysis to date. This paper examines the main factors that threaten health equity, the …

Executive summary Globally, there are significant inequalities in access to medicines,
particularly in resource-poor countries. The available literature suggests that these …

Objective: To assess trends in the use of private and public health care services among
Jamaicans over a 15-year period (1991–2007). Design and methods: Statistics on the use of …

Background: Assessment of physical access to health services is extremely important for
planning. Complex methods that incorporate data inputs from road networks and transport …

Despite multiple post-conflict challenges, including extreme poverty, destroyed
infrastructure, insecurity, and difficult terrain, Afghanistan has successfully expanded a …

Current research in microcredit program participation has produced mixed results with
regard to its effect on participant empowerment, behavior change and poverty alleviation …

This thesis examines barriers to accessing health care and their effects on health service
utilization for poor women, using Sierra Leone as a case study. Literature on access to …

Purpose–Many public health systems have struggled with the dual questions of: why the
uptake rate of maternal health (MH) services is low among some subpopulations; and how …