Gaps in universal health coverage in Malawi: A qualitative study in rural communities
Open Access
- 22 May 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 14 (1), 234
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-234
Abstract
In sub-Saharan Africa, universal health coverage (UHC) reforms have often adopted a technocratic top-down approach, with little attention being paid to the rural communities’ perspective in identifying context specific gaps to inform the design of such reforms. This approach might shape reforms that are not sufficiently responsive to local needs. Our study explored how rural communities experience and define gaps in universal health coverage in Malawi, a country which endorses free access to an Essential Health Package (EHP) as a means towards universal health coverage.Keywords
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