It is surprising that private-sector accessibility of uterotonic drugs and the potency of private-sector methylergometrine were worse in Karnataka than in Uttar Pradesh given the relatively advantaged status of Karnataka state.
These included setting the stage for developing research priorities based on real needs of the health sector, improving accessibility of data/information for decision making and the use of data for resource mobilization.
The current proposal for an EU directive on public-sector website accessibility will help address the exclusion of disabled people from the online world.
The European Commission has proposed new rules to improve public-sector website accessibility for disabled people, describing the current situation as "dire" — with only one-third of Europe's 761,000 public-sector and government websites described as fully accessible.
The government of Burkina Faso is poised to improve the pharmaceutical sector to ensure accessibility of essential medicines for the population, through effective strengthening of the capacity of the various components of the pharmaceutical sector.
Engagement of the private sector to increase accessibility to reproductive and child health care is much debated (15).
The existence of 'integrated' private services within the public sector may jeopardize accessibility of services, as patients may be required at any stage to pay out-of-pocket for services they are entitled to receive free of charge.
Wide regional disparities in health services and shortages of human resources in the health sector make the availability and accessibility of health services in Kenya challenging.
