Oxfam, the anti-poverty charity, has attacked the World Bank for promoting private sector healthcare in the developing world and called instead for greater concentration on the state-led medical provision as the best way to improve the health of the poor.
In a report released on Thursday, the UK-based group argued there was little evidence to support claims of quality provided by private healthcare, which it said boosted inequality of access, cost more and contributed to a brain drawn of trained health workers.
