Do health facilities work for people?
5 May 2014
hot
| Sauti za Wananchi
Only 1 out of 20 (6%) people over the age of 60 and 1 out of 5 (18%) children under five receive free treatment and care at health facilities. Policy states that outpatient services for these two groups are free but citizens report that they are still being charged.
These findings were released by Twaweza in a research brief titled Do health facilities work for people? Citizens and health workers report on health services. The brief is based on data from Sauti za Wananchi, a nationally representative mobile phone survey of households across mainland Tanzania.
Health care is a key service required by the majority of citizens. More than half (57%) of Tanzanians visited a health facility between May and June 2013, either to seek treatment or to accompany a patient. Most (77%) of these visits were made to government health facilities. However a majority of Tanzanians (63%) believe that the government is handling the improvement of basic health services badly. Patients experience of health services largely depend on health worker availability and access to medicines. In September 2013, Sauti za Wananchi reported that 41% of patients could not access medicine at health facilities.
Read more:
Authors: Elvis Mushi
Download
- Do health facilities work for people? | Policy Brief |
433.84 KB
- Children and the elderly are paying the price for free treatment and care | Press Release |
288.4 KB
- Je, vituo vya afya vipo kwa ajili ya kuwahudumia watu? | Policy Brief |
833.19 KB
- Huduma na matibabu ya bure inavyowagharimu wazee na watoto | Press Release |
284.85 KB
Translations
You might also like...
- How to run your own mobile phone survey (1 Jul 2016)
- Great expectations: Citizens' views about the gas sector (31 Aug 2015)
- The key to life? Citizens' views on education (16 Jul 2015)
- In the public eye: Citizens' views on access to information (15 Jun 2015)
- Our safety? Citizens' views on security and justice (28 Apr 2015)
- Towards the Referendum: Tanzanians' views on the proposed draft of the constitution (1 Apr 2015)
- Guardians of Accountability: Citizen knowledge and opinions regarding oversight bodies (24 Feb 2015)