Decreasing the Burden of Childhood Disease - Western Cape ...

Approach
Enhancing human and other
resources in facilities serving
poor people
Examples
• Use of community organisations and
volunteer health workers (Thailand)
• Building housing for rural staff and
providing other incentives to practise in
rural areas (Uganda)
Improving the userfriendliness
of providers and
facilities serving the poor
• Using providers who speak the language
of poor indigenous groups and understand
their culture and customs
• Making budget allocations
more relevant to the
burden of disease
experienced by the poor
• Allocation of resources at district level
according to burden of disease (Tanzania)
• Making simple interventions against major
causes of child mortality a priority (Brazil)
(Source: Adapted from Victora et al. 2003
The table shows that the key measures that need to be implemented to
promote equity in child health can be grouped into the following
categories:
‣ Improving knowledge and change behaviour in poor mothers;
‣ improving access to water, sanitation and housing for poor people;
‣ empowering poor women, including economically;
‣ making health care affordable to poor households;
‣ making health facilities and basic health care more accessible to
poor households;
‣ enhancing human and other resources in facilities serving poor
people;
‣ improving the user-friendliness of providers and facilities serving
the poor; and
‣ making budget allocations more relevant to the burden of disease
experienced by the poor.
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