Slum dwellers rated their health mainly as "so-so" (56%), whereas good or excellent health status was reported by 26% of the females, 26% of the males, 27% in the most poor, and 30% in the least poor population group.
Poorer population groups in lower and middle-income cities rely on walking, cycling and (often informal) public transport.
The bad news is that if you reduce the welfare system too much there might be a danger for poorer population groups".
Insurance coverage for the poorest population groups in Turkey increased from 2·4 million people in 2003, to 10·2 million in 2011.
The HTP rapidly expanded health insurance coverage and access to health-care services for all citizens, especially the poorest population groups, to achieve universal health coverage.
He asked one of the panelist about how the proposed solution could be expanded to poorer population groups.
Such initiatives should pay specific attention to the poorest population groups and thereby also facilitate their access to health services.
Detrimental health effects are likely and the poorest population groups are expected to be the most vulnerable (1).
As a result, members of the poorest population groups often do not receive formal attention for health services, because they cannot afford it.
When CHWs are paid (even if only for specific interventions delivered) and are recruited from the poorest population groups (as in Bihar, India), their own health and that of their family may improve.
