Disparities in health and health care in Myanmar

Myanmar (Burma) is undergoing a complex political and economic transformation, from a long civil war and military regime to a peace process and democratisation. Since 2011, the Myanmar Ministry of Health has started to rehabilitate the fragile health system, setting the goal of achieving universal h...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 386; no. 10008; p. 2053
Main Authors: Zaw, Phyu Phyu Thin, Htoo, Thant Sin, Pham, Ngoc Minh, Eggleston, Karen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 21.11.2015
Elsevier Limited
Elsevier
Subjects:
Child Mortality
Child, Preschool
Correspondence
Health care
Health care policy
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Internal Medicine
Life Expectancy
Myanmar
Public health
Myanmar
Myanmar (Burma)
ISSN:0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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Summary:Myanmar (Burma) is undergoing a complex political and economic transformation, from a long civil war and military regime to a peace process and democratisation. Since 2011, the Myanmar Ministry of Health has started to rehabilitate the fragile health system, setting the goal of achieving universal health coverage by 2030.1 To achieve this target, Myanmar will have to face substantial challenges; arguably one of the most important difficulties is how to allocate limited health-care resources equitably and effectively.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00987-3