Health services in Angola
Publisher: cmi.no/publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Norway
Number of pages: 66
Table of contents: title: This report discusses the availability and quality of health services in two provinces of Angola; title: (Luanda and Uíge) and reports how households perceive the level of quality and utilise the; title: existing services. We study a sample of 40 public health facilities located in both rural and; title: urban areas and report which services they offer as well as indicators of the quality of the; title: services. In addition to quality indicators such as the availability of drugs, equipment and; title: other supplies, the report explores the competence of health workers in diagnosing common; title: illnesses.  In total,  999 households from the catchment areas of the health facilities were; title: surveyed, focusing on access to and utilisation of health services. We devote particular; title: attention to the relationship between health seeking behaviour and socio-economic status.; title: Data from Luanda are collected in Cazenga, Kilamba Kiaxi and Ingombota  districts, while; title: data from Uíge are from Uíge, Quitexe and Puri  districts (district is our translation of; title: municipio). Six hospitals, 19 health centres and 15 health posts were surveyed.; title: Key health indicators in Angola are  at a poor level.  Both maternal  mortality  and  child; title: mortality are high, even though both have been reduced significantly since 2000. In order to; title: improve health indicators, more information is needed about health  service delivery, and; title: about the availability, utilisation and quality of these services. This report aims to contribute; title: to this pool of information. Policymakers could use this information to inform and improve; title: health policies. An important and unique feature of our data set is that we have collected data; title: both at the supply side (health facilities and health workers) and the demand side (the users); title: of the health system.