Modelling allocation of resources in prevention and control of obstetric fistula in Ugandan women.

ABSTRACT: In spite of reliable and skilled healthcare resources, the prevalence rate of obstetric fistula in Uganda is high. The risk factors for obstetric fistula cut across due to high poverty rates and cultural barriers. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of inability to access skilled healthcare at delivery and implications to the economy. The specific objective was to determine the best way of investment in getting women access to skilled healthcare before, during and after child birth. The question to be answered was whether it was more economical to invest in getting women access to skilled healthcare, or in expanding healthcare. The study was conducted using data from the Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2016. The data was from 18,506 women in the age group of 15-49 in

SUBMITTER: Nannyonga B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482929 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature