Healthcare Infrastructure and Financing Sample Clauses

Healthcare Infrastructure and Financing. Abortion services could not successfully operate in Nepal in the absence of adequate funding and management of subsequent services. Given that such funding and management is almost entirely controlled by foreign organizations, instead of by the Nepali government, understanding how Nepal’s healthcare infrastructure and spending is utilized can provide further context to what basic healthcare needs Nepal is independently able to provide. Services for healthcare in Nepal, similarly to other countries, vary drastically based on one’s socioeconomic status and geographical location. Rural healthcare access pales in comparison to urban healthcare access closer to Kathmandu, making poorer rural communities more likely to have lower health outcomes with regard to infection, malnutrition, mortality, and communicable diseases. Nepal provides healthcare services through both the public and private sectors and is regarded to have one of the poorest healthcare systems in the world. Nepal’s unique topographical location makes it more susceptible to landslides, floods, forest fires, and earthquakes, also posing a greater danger to health through environmental causes. Recent efforts have been made to improve healthcare in Nepal, with significant emphasis placed on addressing maternal health, as maternal and neonatal health remains a priority for the Ministry of Health and Population in Nepal (MoHP). This, along with the implementation of the Safe Motherhood Programme in 1997, was part of Nepal’s major efforts to attack maternal healthcare (safe abortion services as part of this initiative). In 2018, per capita, government expenditure on health was $57.85, about 1.7 times higher than that of low-income countries ($34.60) but 19 times less than the global average ($1110.82) (World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure Database 2021). Nepal’s healthcare system exists in the private sector, public sector, as well as alternative methods. As of 2012, the private health sector comprised around 60% of Nepal’s total health expenditure (World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure Database 2021). The public sector is predominantly responsible for providing preventative services compared to other sectors (Adhikari 2015). Both the private and public sectors serve different roles in providing healthcare across Nepal yet acknowledge more work can be done to better integrate the two systems (Adhikari 2015). In 2002, healthcare costs amounted to $2.30 U.S. dollars or Rs 280...
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