Becerril-Montekio Víctor, López-Dávila Luis
Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Morelos, México.
Salud Publica Mex. 2011;53 Suppl 2:s197-208.
This paper describes the health conditions in Guatemala and, in more detail, the characteristics of the Guatemalan health system, including its structure en coverage, its financial sources, the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Health, as well as the generation of health information and the development of research activities. It also discusses the recent efforts to extend coverage of essential health services, mostly to poor rural areas.The most recent innovations also discussed in this paper include the Program for the Expansion of Coverage of Essential Services, the Program to Expand Access to Essential Drugs and the agreements between the Ministry of Health and several non-governmental organizations to provide essential services in rural settings.
本文描述了危地马拉的健康状况，并更详细地阐述了危地马拉卫生系统的特点，包括其结构与覆盖范围、资金来源、卫生部履行的管理职能，以及健康信息的生成和研究活动的开展。本文还讨论了近期为扩大基本卫生服务覆盖范围所做的努力，主要是针对贫困农村地区。本文还讨论了最新的创新举措，包括基本服务覆盖范围扩大计划、基本药物获取扩大计划，以及卫生部与几个非政府组织之间为在农村地区提供基本服务而达成的协议。
