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Improving quality of care in conflict settings: access and infrastructure are fundamental
Dilshad Jaff1, Sheila Leatherman1, Linda Tawfik1
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Quality Problem Or Issue:
Armed conflicts pose significant challenges to ensuring timely access to quality health care services for millions around the world.
Initial Assessment:
Ensuring access and basic infrastructure for conflict-affected populations are overlooked in the global movement to provide quality of care.
Choice Of Solution:
This paper identifies strategies and interventions to improve access to good quality care in settings and communities afflicted by conflict.
Lessons Learned:
t is crucial to focus more attention on, and develop an evidence base for, ensuring access and basic infrastructure to improve quality of care in conflict-affected regions.
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