A decade of improvements in equity of access to reproductive and maternal health services in Cambodia, 2000-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite encouraging reductions in global maternal mortality rates, Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health remains the most off-track of all MDGs. Furthermore a preoccupation with aggregate coverage statistics masks extensive disparities in health improvements between societal groups. Recent national health indicators for Cambodia highlight impressive improvements, for example, in maternal, infant and child mortality, whilst substantial government commitments have been made since 2000 to address health inequities. It is therefore timely to explore the extent of equity in access to key reproductive and maternal health services in Cambodia and how this has changed over time.

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SUBMITTER: Dingle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3723953 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature