UCL Centre for International Health and Development (CIHD) led GTF programme

GTF Number 130

Improving access to quality healthcare for rural and urban poor in China

Key Facts

• Start date: 1 August 2008
• End date: 31 July 2013
• Amount of DFID funding £3,305,145

UCL Centre for International Health and Development, the Chinese Medical Association, Rural Health Association and STI/HIV Association and Zhejiang Normal University, seek to improve access to good quality health care for rural and urban poor communities in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces of China, and to increase participation by local communities in decision-making and in ensuring accountability. The programme will establish standard management practices with explicit anti-corruption measures, introduce evidence-based medicine, improve the quality of and access to health insurance, strengthen the voice of the people on community health committees and increase the appropriate utilization of township level health facilities.