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Impact of investment case approach on equitable access to maternal and child health services in Nepal
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Cancer Science & Therapy

ISSN: 1948-5956

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Impact of investment case approach on equitable access to maternal and child health services in Nepal


Experts Meeting on Gynecologic Oncology

May 19-21, 2016 San Antonio, USA

Janak Thapa

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Nepal

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Cancer Sci Ther

Abstract :

The Investment Case (IC) is a strategic and evidence-based problem-solving approach to support effective maternal, neonatal and child health planning and budgeting. It highlights the urgent need to accelerate progress towards health related SDGs3 and indicator 3.1 and 3.2, now sustain by describing health problems being faced by a country in the area of maternal new-born and child health. IC approach at local level, aims at developing plan that are coherent with local level development plans, which is equitable and responsive to the bottlenecks and local needs. This approach combines the basic setup of strategic problem solving with a decision-support model and is helpful to identify the bottlenecks and make the strategic action plans to address the identified MNCH bottlenecks.Bottleneck analysis framework and process includes collecting an extensive set of primary and secondary data, identifying current barriers to better coverage and proposing feasible strategies through a consultative and participatory process. In this approach, the five determinants are (i) availability (ii) accessibility (iii) acceptability (iv) contact and (v) effectiveness. The gap between these five different determinants is termed as bottleneck. Equity analysis is important in developing country like Nepal where the achievement in health has not been evenly distributed.Theselected districts for this study have very low HDI, have inadequate health services, and are predominantly inhabited by marginalized and socio-economically underprivileged people.Thus, equity assessment, will give insights on the effectiveness and scalability of IC approach to other parts within country and outside the country with similar settings.

Biography :

Email: janakthapa7@gmail.com

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