In short: IMF programs increase neonatal mortality & lower access to health systems.
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Open-access: doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…
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Many possible channels, including the following links to health inequalities:
1. higher income inequality due to austerity
2. unhealthy diets due to trade liberalization
3. rising health costs due to privatization
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* Limits or cuts to wages -> inability to pay for health services
* Reduction in the workforce -> unemployment
* Deregulation -> greater insecurity
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Controlling for borrowing countries’ socio-economic circumstances, IMF structural adjustment conditions significantly lower health system access (#UHC) and increase neonatal mortality.
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