{"id":665247,"date":"2025-04-25T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/global-south-cities-hold-key-to-unlocking-health-care-solutions-studies-show\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:10:25","slug":"global-south-cities-hold-key-to-unlocking-health-care-solutions-studies-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/global-south-cities-hold-key-to-unlocking-health-care-solutions-studies-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Global South cities hold key to unlocking health care solutions, studies show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most people living in cities in low- and middle-income countries can reach primary care clinics within 30 minutes\u2014yet average quality of care remains poor with clinicians failing to make correct diagnoses or implement app<\/a>ropriate treatments, new studies reveal.<\/p>\n

The costs of providing services vary significantly and while most people report low out-of-pocket expenses, a minority face catastrophic health costs. Patients often bypass closer, cheaper clinics to access higher-quality care, even if it means travel<\/a>ing further and paying more.<\/p>\n

A series<\/a> of research papers published in Lancet Global Health<\/i> reveal that the average quality of services is subpar, with frequent medicine shortages and inadequate management of long-term conditions.<\/p>\n

The international team of researchers, led by the University of Birmingham, proposes a range of strategies to reshape the primary health care market in cities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These include:<\/p>\n