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Report designed by BlossomCONTENTS
Forewordvi
Acknowledgements viii
Abbreviations x
Executive summary xii
Chapter 1 Background and context – sustainable energy at the nexus of
universal health coverage 1
1.1 Context - energy as an enabler of health care 2
1.2 Delivering basic health care in the climate change era6
1.3 Role of energy in catalysing universal health coverage7
1.4 Role of decentralized sustainable energy in electrification of health-care facilities 10
1.5 Convergence between health and energy sectors 11
Chapter 2 Status of electricity access in health-care facilities13
2.1 Methods14
2.1.1 Data sources14
2.1.2 Data inclusion and harmonization 16
2.1.3 Analysis18
2.2 Indicators 18
2.2.1 Beyond the basic indicators 19
2.3 Results 20
2.3.1 Data availability 20
2.3.2 Access to any electricity23
2.3.3 Access to reliable electricity25
2.3.4 Absolute impact: population and number of health-care facilities impacted30
2.3.5 A closer look: primary supply, generators and uses of supply32
2.3.6 Tracking progress and trends 36
2.3.7 Electricity access compared with other facility infrastructure indicators38
2.4 Discussion 39
2.4.1 Summary of findings39
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