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Rev Cub de Tec de la Sal 2019; 10 (4)

Corruption and health: why population health is difficult to improve?

Calderón PMR

Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 102-112
PDF size: 548.30 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: corruption, grand, petty or political, covert or overt, permeates all strata of society and has become the operating system of many individuals, organizations and governments including the health sector. Objectives: analyze and report experiences fighting corruption, and develop recommendations regarding results, consequences and lessons learned when combating corrupt leaderships and practices. Development: the problem of corruption is defined, a literature search on corruption and health is conducted, six work experiences are reviewed and information is synthetized to develop recommendations. No health system is perfect, all have deficiencies; however, what health sectors and poor and vulnerable people need the most, are people willing to address corruption as a lifetime attitude and project, since all it takes for corruption to triumph in health systems, is good people who do nothing about it. Conclusions: there is a direct correlation between corruption and health that creates one of the biggest impediments to improve the wellbeing of people around the world.


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