Policy Brief: Strengthening health systems
Health is a human right, and national governments and international donors and institutions need to urgently strengthen health systems to provide basic care for all in a fair and equitable way: what we’re calling for.
May, 2009
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An estimated 9.2 million children under five, and half a million women of child-bearing age die every year, mostly from easily preventable or treatable illnesses.
In some countries, one child in every four dies before their fifth birthday.
Health is a human right, and national governments and international donors and institutions need to urgently strengthen health systems to provide basic care for all in a fair and equitable way.
This policy briefing looks at:
- Why strong health systems are needed
- What a health system should look like
- Why health systems are failing
- What we’re calling for
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