Tapering Healthcare Budget is a red alert for LMIC countries:The example from Bangladesh

Islam, Sharmin; Bhuayan, Tofayel Ahmed; Mamun, Abdullah Al; Rahman, Aminur

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“…This report also confirmed that there is a lack of research to focus on the role of government to oversee and support the private health sector. Islam et al (2018) described that despite having a good infrastructure of health sector both in rural and urban areas but the resources were not used properly in Bangladesh. Even the monetary issue was not the constraint, whereas allocating small amount in managerial and operational logistic expenses could improve the scenario dramatically.…”

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“…Though public spending on health is central to universal health coverage, the country spends less on health care than other countries in South Asia and less than most countries in the world (Islam et al , 2018). Therefore, the authors are motivated to explore that how Bangladesh has achieved the noteworthy success in health-care sector with this low budgetary allocation.…”

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An inquiry into the achievements in health outcomes of Bangladesh: role of health expenditure, income, governance and female education

Sultana¹,

Ahmed²,

Tareque³

2021

IJHRH

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Purpose Bangladesh is applauded for its achievement in various health and social outcomes though criticized for its failure in properly dealing with governance issues. The purpose of this paper is intends to see how the health outcomes (in case of life expectancy, under-five mortality and adolescent fertility) are impacted by health expenditure (both public and private), per capita income in presence of overall governance and female education. This paper assumes that rapid progress in female education reflects the Bangladeshis’ social responsiveness to change. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses autoregressive distributed lag technique to estimate the models with data ranges from 1990 to 2016 under two different scenarios. Findings This study has found that all the explanatory variables exert significant impact on health outcomes. Furthermore, public health expenditure is augmented with a composite governance issue, and this enhances robustness as well as statistical significance of the models. These suggest that the governance issues play a very crucial role to achieve the expected health outcomes. Female secondary enrolment ratio appears with improved coefficients in terms of sign and magnitude for all the health indicators. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing literature showing econometric evidence that highlights the importance of governance and female education in improving health outcomes of Bangladesh apart from health expenditure and per capita gross domestic product.

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An inquiry into the achievements in health outcomes of Bangladesh: role of health expenditure, income, governance and female education

Sultana¹,

Ahmed²,

Tareque³

2021

IJHRH

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Understanding cervical cancer awareness in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study involving women and household decisionmakers

Nazrul,

de Fouw,

Beltman

et al. 2024

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Introduction In Bangladesh, the uptake of cervical cancer screening is low. Lack of knowledge and understanding of symptoms and risk factors contributes to low screening uptake. The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms and to measure the association with socio-demographic characteristics among women and household decisionmakers living in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in five districts in Bangladesh among women aged between 30 and 60 years, their husbands, and their mothers-in-law from April to September 2022. Data were collected using a modified version of the validated AWACAN questionnaire tool. The significance level was considered at p-value <0.05 and odds ratios with 95% confidence. Results Nearly 50% of participating women in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh and their family decisionmakers had low levels of knowledge of the risk factors and symptoms of cervical cancer. Only 20% of respondents in our survey knew about HPV, the most important risk factor for developing cervical cancer. Most respondents were familiar with the terminology of cervical cancer as a disease; however, approximately 40% of respondents did not know that not adhering to cervical cancer screening could be seen as a risk factor. Women do not make decisions about participation in cervical cancer screening on their own. Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among decisionmakers was significantly associated with higher education and higher household monthly expenditure. Conclusion Women, their husbands, and mothers-in-law in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh had limited knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms. Engaging these key decision-makers in targeted health education is vital to improve screening uptake. Conduction of future research to identify and address screening barriers is also essential for effective prevention efforts.

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Tapering Healthcare Budget is a red alert for LMIC countries:The example from Bangladesh

Abstract: not availableInternational Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 03 No. 01 January’19. Page : 5-9

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An inquiry into the achievements in health outcomes of Bangladesh: role of health expenditure, income, governance and female education

An inquiry into the achievements in health outcomes of Bangladesh: role of health expenditure, income, governance and female education

Understanding cervical cancer awareness in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study involving women and household decisionmakers

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