Basic Health Service Delivery to Vulnerable Populations in Post-Conflict Eastern Congo: Asset Mapping.

ABSTRACT: Populations in post-conflict settings often have increased healthcare needs, residing in settings where basic services needed to maintain good health may be non-existent or hard to access. Therefore, there is a need for better identification and reallocation of resources as part of the post-conflict health rehabilitation effort. Assets can be described as the collective resources that individuals and communities have at their disposal, which protect against adverse health outcomes and promote health status. This study applies an asset-based approach to explore the most optimal design of health services and to identify the resource constraints for basic health service delivery to the most vulnerable communities in eastern Congo. We implemented the asset mapping in two phases. Firstly, we co

SUBMITTER: Bwirire D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10606858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature