أثر السياسات الصحية في تخفيض مؤشر الفقر البشري في السودان

Abstract EN

This study calculated the human poverty index for the Sudan and examined the policy interventions in health that could have significant impact on human poverty reduction.

The study employed data obtained from the Fifth Population Census for the Sudan 2008.

Standard methods are used to calculate the human poverty index and it’s sub-indexes at the national level as well as at the states level.

The results reveal that some states, namely Khartoum, Gezira, and Northern state have the lowest HPIs, this is reflecting the concentration of human development programs in these states.

On the other hand, Warab, Unity and West Bahr-Elgazal are found to have the highest PIs which is the direct result of the prolonged war in southern Sudan.

The analysis focused on the impact of health policies that will more likely enhance longevity and the standard of living, and thereby reduce human poverty in northern Sudan.

In addition to doctors, the health variables considered in the analysis include hospitals, hospital beds, health centers, environment health workers and reproductive health workers.

Simple regression method is applied to sets of data to examine the impact of health policies on human poverty index.

The regression results shows that number of doctors and number of hospitals have significant effect on the human poverty index.

Based on these results, an increase in the number of doctors and number of hospitals tends to be the most important variables in reducing the human poverty index especially in least developed states