Chapter 5 - Global rural health-care outlooks

ABSTRACT

This chapter is exclusively dedicated to explaining how rural health infrastructure is comparable with the health-care facilities provided in an urbanized area with examples. In this connection, in South Asia, infant mortality rates (IMR) in the rural area are 1.6 times higher than the urban area. Even in developing countries like India mortality rate is 1.5 times higher than in urbanized areas. In this connection, the authors explain about determinants that are responsible. It has also been discussed in detail how various organizations like multilateral organizations, bilateral agenesis, and nongovernment organization jointly try to resolve the issue related to health risk, especially caused by pandemic diseases like COVID-19. In addition, it has emphasized the primary health-care VS Universal health Coverage with some self-explained fundamental models. In this connection, the role of WHO also incorporates while covering different aspects of health coverage at the global level.