Although many countries are implementing PMTCT programs, there is currently a large global inequity regarding PMTCT and pediatric HIV treatment.
Economies marked by large inequities have a tendency to stagnate or crash.
Mr. Monahan, like Mr. Kinnally and other village officials, argues that the board should drop the mediation idea and take action -- appealing the Bernstein decision and moving to fix any larger inequities in apportionment of the roughly $70 million budget.
For this purpose, the approach used seems adequate as large inequities in coverage clearly exist in some, but not all places.
Such evidence may conceal large inequities in coverage across specific areas or groups.
Chuangzhou would have hoped that this publication contributed to this cause by highlighting persisting large inequities in rural healthcare in China, not only between the urban and rural health insurance schemes but also between rural regions.
Although almost all pregnant women in Vietnam nowadays attend some form of ANC (8), there are big disparities in ANC utilisation between rural and urban areas, and large inequities along socio-economic and ethnic lines (18).
In urban areas where there are large inequities in family planning use, particularly among the urban poor, programs are needed to increase access to and use of contraception among those most in need.
Collective efforts to achieve the MDGs have yielded significant gains worldwide, but the achievements made on a large scale conceal inequities that continue to threaten the most vulnerable children.
The largest inequity appears to be related to socioeconomic status, while a moderate level of inequity exists in relation to private patient status.
