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1. Wanted: 2.4 million nurses, and that's just in India: in most countries of the world there is a shortage of nurses but nowhere is it so acute as in the developing world. With International Nursing Day on 12 May 2010, Kathryn Senior investigates

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Senior, Kathryn

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Developing countries -- Employment, Nurses -- Supply and demand -- Recruiting -- Compensation and benefits, Industry hiring, Health
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In every country, rich or poor, the story is the same. There are not enough nurses. The developed world fills its vacancies by enticing nurses from other countries, while developing [...]

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2010
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2. In the market for proper sanitation: poor sanitation helps spread disease, yet efforts to provide subsidized toilets have been resisted for cultural reasons in many developing countries. To improve the rate of uptake, some people are now advocating a market-based approach

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Senior, Kathryn

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Toilets -- Usage -- Health aspects, Sanitation -- Demographic aspects, Disease transmission -- Control -- Demographic aspects, Health
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The main reason so many people are without toilets is because they don't see a need for them, according to Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, based in [...]

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2010
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3. Preventing hospital visits through telemedicine: in the United Kingdom, where 17 million people--more than a quarter of the population--are living with chronic conditions, a new telemedicine programme shows how medical care provided by general practitioners and nurses for such patients can be complemented with 'supported self-care'

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Senior, Kathryn

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Pfizer Inc., Chronic diseases -- Care and treatment, Health care industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Health care industry, Health
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The benefits of a telephone support programme operating in Birmingham are obvious to Beryl Keating, who has been enrolled now for two years. Keating has had asthma and lung problems [...]

Published
2009

4. Unique, multilingual resource on testing health-care treatments: clinical trial results are often reported in the media, but few people--apart from scientists--understand how the results are obtained and interpreted. The James Lind Library aims to change that by providing clear, accessible information in several languages. Kathryn Senior investigates

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Senior, Kathryn

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Company Web site/Web page, Web sites -- Evaluation, Clinical trials, Medical literature
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More than 50 000 unnecessary cot deaths in Australia, Europe and the United States of America (USA) occurred over a 25-year period from the mid-1970s because Dr Benjamin Spock, the [...]

Published
2009

5. Greater needs, limited access: with the recent ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the United Kingdom, Kathryn Senior reports that access to health care for people with mental health disorders is one area that leaves room for improvement

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Senior, Kathryn

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Government regulation, Disabled persons -- Laws, regulations and rules, Mental illness -- Care and treatment, United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Disabled Persons
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Eleven years after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, Marita's daughter Mandi experienced severe headaches and began to fall over for no reason. Mandi and her parents described the worsening symptoms to [...]

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2009

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