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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Correspondence

Strategies to sustain and scale up youth friendly health services in the Republic of Moldova

Authors: Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Valentina Baltag, Luwam Ogbaselassie

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

As part of a multifaceted effort to respond to the needs of young people more effectively, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova established pilot Youth Friendly Health Centres (YFHC) in 2001.
In 2005, after 12 YFHC were set up and implemented, the MOH identified that while they were serving a useful function, four problems remained needed to be addressed – the lack of an operational definition of the term youth friendly health services, the lack of objective data on the added value of the existing YFHC, the low coverage of the existing YFHC and the almost complete reliance on donor agencies for funding the effort.
The MOH addressed each of these problems systematically. While challenges still exist, the MOH has taken important steps to ensure that all young people in the country can obtain the health services they need.
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Metadata
Title
Strategies to sustain and scale up youth friendly health services in the Republic of Moldova
Authors
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Valentina Baltag
Luwam Ogbaselassie
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-284

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