Access to primary healthcare Services in Conflict-Affected Fragile States: a subnational descriptive analysis of educational and wealth disparities in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring and improving equitable access to care is a necessity to achieve universal health coverage. Pre-pandemic estimates showed that most conflict-affected and fragile situations were off-track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals on health and equity by 2030. Yet, there is a paucity of studies examining health inequalities in these settings. This study addresses the literature gap by applying a conflict intensity lens to the analysis of disparities in access to essential Primary Health Care (PHC) services in four conflict-affected fragile states: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Nigeria.

Methods

For each studied country, disparities in geographic and financial access to care were compared across education and wealth strata in areas with d

SUBMITTER: Ramadan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665620 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature