Health sector reform plans remain stalled

Health sector reform plans remain stalled

Despite announcing a series of ambitious reform plans, the interim government has made little visible progress in transforming the country’s health sector over the past one and a half years, stakeholders say. The government had outlined initiatives such as establishing urban health centres, introducing a structured referral system, improving management of government hospitals, creating a...

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