Expanding access to essential healthcare products and services in undeserved communities

扩大贫困社区获得基本医疗保健产品和服务的机会

• 批准号: 74940
• 金额: $ 7.64万
• 依托单位: REACH 52 LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: CR&D Bilateral
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=74940
• 关键词: Expanding; access; essential; healthcare; products

Healthcare does not reach 52% of our planet, or 3.7 billion people. Both Philippines and Cambodia have witnessed sharp increases in out-of-pocket spending for health services over the past decade. In 2009, annual out-of-pocket expenditure per capita amounted to $44 in Philippines and $28 in Cambodia (PPP adjusted figures). By 2017, that figure had increased to $70 and $49 respectively.Our innovation involves developing a digitally-enabled (through a mobile application and web-based backend) on-demand marketplace providing access to affordable at-home point-of-care screening and diagnostic services for low-income rural populations, implemented by a network of local female peer workers, and delivered by trained nurses and midwives. We hypothesise that this will increase uptake of basic screening and diagnostic services, contributing to improved NCD case detection and management, as well as improved maternal health outcomes.This project focuses on the initial research to expand our existing operations (focusing on public health events, access-to-medicines and a range of other complimentary, community-level services) into screening and diagnostic support. This builds on our existing network to create a new business offering led by the UK, improving health outcomes, whilst lowering out-of-pocket costs for poorer communities in Asia.

医疗保健覆盖不到地球上52%的人口，即37亿人。在过去十年中，菲律宾和柬埔寨的保健服务自付支出急剧增加。2009年，菲律宾和柬埔寨的年度人均自付支出分别为44美元和28美元（购买力平价调整后的数字）。到2017年，这一数字分别增加到70美元和49美元。我们的创新包括开发一个数字化的（通过移动的应用程序和基于网络的后端）按需市场，为低收入农村人口提供负担得起的家庭护理点筛查和诊断服务，由当地女性同行工作者网络实施，并由训练有素的护士和助产士提供。我们假设，这将增加基本筛查和诊断服务的使用，有助于改善非传染性疾病病例的发现和管理，以及改善孕产妇健康结果。该项目侧重于初步研究，以扩大我们现有的业务（重点是公共卫生事件，获得药品和一系列其他免费的社区服务），以筛查和诊断支持。这是建立在我们现有的网络基础上，以英国为首的新业务，改善健康结果，同时降低亚洲贫困社区的自付成本。