PHM-Exch> Universal health coverage (8)

[Claudio Schuftan]

   From:    mkamalyanni at oxfam.org.uk

No, it is not human to expect health workers to sacrifice their (and their
families) needs in order to provide free services. Govts and donors
(including the Worldbank) MUST ensure that health workers are paid decent
wage before the likes of the bank criticises workers for taking informal
charges.

Personally, I think the best solution is to send policy makers from the bank
(and similar institutions) to live and provide services in developing
countries under exactly the same situations of health workers there. Perhaps
then, big decision makers can realise that health workers are not inherently
"corrupt" but that they do not have many options!


Dr. Mohga M Kamal-Yanni
Senior health & HIV policy advisor
Oxfam GB
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