Health care for poor ethnic people in the North of Vietnam
- Author:
Dam Viet Cuong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health care
- MeSH:
Delivery of Health Care;
Poverty
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;501(1):4-5
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The Party and Government interested in health care for poor ethinic people, therefore ensure equitableness and equality in all aspects for ethnics of Vietnam. The poor ethnic people still have many difficulties in term of accessibility to health care services, especially to hospital. The major causes were uncomfortable traffic, lack of budget for moving, low education and awareness of people, less accessibility to communication and information means. Health facilities in the mountainous and remote areas had not met the need in health care services of the people due to poor infrastructure, old equipment, inadaquate drugs, lack human and financial resources
