"Health for all" in a least-developed country.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) concept of primary healthcare as the basis for comprehensive healthcare delivery for developing countries has not been effectively applied in many of these countries. The Kingdom of Lesotho, one of the world's least-developed countries, has been able to provide a fairly comprehensive healthcare system for its citizenry based on prmary healthcare principles and a strong commitment on the part of the government despite severe limitations of finance and human resource capacity as well as difficult mountainous terrains. This paper presents the highlights of this system of healthcare delivery with the hope that other developing countries would draw some lessons from the model.
Shonubi
Aderibigbe M O
AM
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. amoshonubi@yahoo.co.uk
Odusan
Olatunde
O
Oloruntoba
David O
DO
Agbahowe
Solomon A
SA
Siddique
M A
MA
D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007927:Lesotho; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D014944:World Health Organization