Transformation and outlook
Towards a Healthier Botswana
Promoting People's Health to Enhance Social-economic Development
BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:352
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/352
DHS Working Papers No. 112 | Zimbabwe Working Papers No. 13
Rising levels of inflation, debt and macrofiscal tightening are putting expenditures on the social sectors including health under immense scrutiny. Already, there are worrying signs of reductions in social sector investments. However, even before the pandemic, evidence showed the significant returns... on investments in health equity and its social determinants. Emerging data and trends show that these potential returns have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic - investments in social determinants can mitigate widespread reductions in human capital and the increasing likelihood of costly syndemics, while promoting access to healthcare innovations that have thus far been inequitably distributed. Therefore, we argue that, despite immediate fiscal pressures, this is exactly the time to invest in health equity and its broader social determinants, as the returns on such investments have never been greater.
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Moving towards equity and quality
Joule 5, 2687–2714 October 20, 2021 Cell Press