Inequitable Access to Healthcare and the Malaria Burden in Colombia: A Value-Based Policy Approach for Sustainable Elimination.

Key Points

• This research aims to identify barriers posed by inequitable healthcare access to malaria elimination in Colombia.
• Focused on diagnostic timeliness and availability assessment across various regions in Colombia.
• Proposed policy reforms to enhance community-based healthcare services.
• Strengthened local diagnostic capacity to increase malaria detection rates.
• Identified significant delays in malaria diagnosis due to healthcare access inequities.
• Suggested improvements in diagnostic capacity could lead to a marked decrease in malaria burden.
• Demonstrated that community-based services can enhance healthcare access and reduce incidence rates.