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Prabhat Jha1, Anne Mills, Kara Hanson
1World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva 01220, Switzerland. jhap@who.int
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 16, 2002
Resumen
Un programa mundial de salud puede reducir significativamente las muertes entre los pobres. Las intervenciones efectivas y un sistema de salud funcional son clave, con un costo anual estimado de $ 40-52 mil millones de dólares.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud global La salud global.
- Economía de la salud economía de la salud.
- Intervenciones de salud pública intervenciones de salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- Millones de muertes entre las poblaciones empobrecidas son atribuibles a unas pocas enfermedades prevenibles.
- Las intervenciones efectivas existentes se dirigen a las causas primarias del exceso de mortalidad en los países de bajos ingresos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Analizar la viabilidad y el costo de un programa global destinado a reducir la carga de enfermedades en poblaciones empobrecidas.
- Identificar los requisitos para lograr una alta cobertura de intervenciones de salud efectivas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos existentes sobre la carga de enfermedades y las intervenciones efectivas.
- Estimación de los costos incrementales para la implementación del programa en países de bajos ingresos y países de África subsahariana.
- Evaluación de los requisitos del sistema de salud y las restricciones potenciales.
Principales resultados:
- Intervenciones efectivas están disponibles para las enfermedades que causan la mayoría de las muertes entre los pobres.
- Un sistema de salud que funcione bien es crucial para una alta cobertura de intervención.
- Costo anual incremental estimado entre $ 40 mil millones y $ 52 mil millones para 2015 para 83 países.
Conclusiones:
- Un importante programa mundial para reducir las enfermedades entre los pobres es técnicamente factible.
- Tal programa podría evitar anualmente millones de muertes infantiles, maternas y adultas.
- Abordar las limitaciones financieras y no financieras es esencial para el éxito del programa.
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