Priority setting for maternal, newborn and child health in Uganda: a qualitative study evaluating actual practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite continued investment, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) indicators in low and middle income countries have remained relatively poor. This could, in part, be explained by inadequate resources to adequately address these problems, inappropriate allocation of the available resources, or lack of implementation of the most effective interventions. Systematic priority setting and resource allocation could contribute to alleviating these limitations. There is a paucity of literature that follows through MNCH prioritization processes to implementation, making it difficult for policy makers to understand the impact of their decision-making on population health. The overall objective of this paper was to describe and evaluate priority setting for maternal, newborn

SUBMITTER: Wallace LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615092 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature