Monday, 13 September 2021

Informal Health Care Service Provider: A Health Protection Challenge for Developing Countries| Chapter 2 | Issues and Development in Health Research Vol. 4

There were less than 2.5 health workers per 1000 persons in 75 nations. According to the World Health Report, countries with less than 2.28 doctors, nurses, and midwives per 1000 population failed to meet the goal of 80 percent skilled birth attendance and child vaccination. Patients, especially the poor and disadvantaged, have been driven to seek health care from the informal sector, which is more socially and community based. A suitable formal health workforce is required to construct an effective, efficient, and equitable health system that improves population health. There is a scarcity of it, as well as a crisis. Healthcare seeking isn't just a natural human tendency. The sum of ef Transform unregistered health care service providers (HCSP) into well-trained, government-registered HCSP. It would be able to prevent malpractice, ensure consistency in treatment, and hold people responsible for referrals. Data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources. There was a face-to-face interview and a focus group discussion. Illiterate (no education) and literate (finished primary school to a higher degree of education) people seek for informal healthcare providers. Households with earnings ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 were divided into three categories: low, middle, and high. People aged zero to sixty can seek health care from a traditional healer (kobiraj), homoeopathy, RMP, or drug seller.

Author(s) Details

Rafia Rahman
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.


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