African Regional Health Report (WHO, 2006), the first study to look at health trends among 738 million Africans, observed that more investment was needed to cut disease and tackle poverty and because of AIDS and armed conflicts, the health situation in many African countries has not improved in recent years and in some cases has worsened. In Asian context, Bandara (2005, p. 34) observes, “Developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region are in different stages of economic development and have varying levels of health systems. For the very poor, outreach of adequate basic health services is still a challenge; for others.
