The Millennium Development Goals for Health Rising to the Challenges

by World Bank

• ISBN13: 9780821357675
• ISBN10: 0821357670
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-31
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Summary

The report provides data on progress and trends in reaching the Millennium Development Goals for health, nutrition and population. It looks at poor-nonpoor disparities; health system reforms as a means of laying building blocks for the efficient and equitable delivery of interventions; the financing of health spending through domestic resources and aid; and improving the effectiveness of development assistance in health. In doing so, the report links the health Millennium Development Goal agenda with the broader poverty-reduction agenda.In addition, the report provides an inventory of World Bank activities related to the health Millennium Development Goals and other relevant activities as well as the activities of other multilateral and bilateral aid agencies. Non-health initiatives inside and outside the Bank of relevance, such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers process, the Millennium Project; etc are also documented.Of interest to policymakers in developing countries as well as staff of development and technical agencies, this title provides a basis for the international community to further the Millennium Development Goal agenda in relation to health, nutrition and population.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Key Messages and Policy Highlights	xi
Statistical Highlights	xiii
Abbreviations	xv
Overview: Rising to the Challenges	1	(24)
PART I The Millennium Development Goal Challenges
Backdrop to the Millennium Development Goals	25	(6)
The Millennium Development Goals for Health: Progress and Prospects	31	(16)
Effective Interventions Exist---They Need to Reach More People	47	(8)
PART II Rising to the Challenges
Extra Government Health Spending Is Necessary but Not Sufficient---Health Sector Strengthening Is Also Required, and Spending Needs to Be Better Targeted	55	(14)
Households---Key but Underrated Actors in the Health Sector	69	(24)
Improving Service Delivery	93	(18)
Tackling Human Resource and Pharmaceutical Constraints	111	(20)
Strengthening Core Public Health Functions	131	(14)
Financing Additional Spending for the Millennium Development Goals---In a Sustainable Way	145	(10)
Applying the Lessons of Development Assistance for Health	155	(24)
Appendixes
Appendix A Data and Methods	169	(6)
Appendix B Why Tracking Progress toward the Health Goals Isn't Easy	175	(4)
Index	179