Infant mortality and access to health human resources. Three-year review; 2009-2011

Abstract

The availability of programs designed to reduce mortality, especially from preventable defines important links, such as ensuring the availability of providers. Infant mortality has declined over different strategies that underpin countries for this purpose. The present work is a retrospective descriptive research data takes Epidemiological Bulletin of the Ministry of Health of Honduras regarding infant mortality data for years 2009-2011 and the data found in the Statistical Yearbook of the Ministry of Health of the years in question for human resources and hospital inpatient, specifically doctors, nurses and nursing assistants. The results indicate that the year with the highest number of infant deaths was 2011. The departments with the highest mortality rates in the three years were Francisco Morazán, Cortes, Olancho. The highest rates of coverage of human resources for the general population, are in the departments of the Bay Islands, Atlantis and Valle. The less chance we have coverage for this group are: Santa Barbara and El Paraíso. For the specific group under one year, the departments that have greater offer are: Bay Islands, Gracias a Dios, Francisco Morazán. The least offered are: El Paraíso, Santa Barbara, Olancho, Intibucá.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pdac.v10i0.1739

Revista Población y Desarrollo: Argonautas y Caminantes, Vol. 10, 2014: 71-79