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2. The human right to health, inclusion and essential health care packages in low income countries: “health for all” in Malawi
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Grugel, Jean, Masefield, Sarah C., and Msosa, Alan
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- 2024
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3. Life Science 2.0: reframing the life science sector for ‘the benefit on mankind’
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Michaela Vallin, Göran Tomson, Beate Kampmann, Eivind Engebretsen, Stefan Swartling Peterson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, and Ole Petter Ottersen
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biomolecular r&d ,life science sector ,health for all ,covid-19 ,nobel prize 2023 ,societal value ,knowledge sharing ,health equity ,global governance ,sustainable health ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic put the life science sector to the test. Vaccines were developed at unprecedented speed, benefiting from decades of fundamental research and now honoured by a Nobel Prize. However, we saw that the fruits of science were inequitably distributed. Most low- and middle-income countries were left behind, deepening the inequalities that the Sustainable Development Goals were set to reduce. We argue that the life science sector must reinvent itself to be better and more equitably prepared for the next health crisis and to ensure fair access to health across current and future generations. Our recommendations include global governance, national strategies and the role of universities and corporations. Improved and more equitable health care should be centre stage for global health action and a core mission of a reframed Life Science sector – what we call Life Science 2.0. Paper Context Main findings: During the COVID-19 pandemic the Life Science sector stepped up to the challenge, but vaccines and medicines were not equitably distributed. Added knowledge: Obstacles were identified that hindered global access to medical innovations. Global health impact for policy and action: Global and national governance, universities and the private sector should join forces to create a Life Science sector (Life Science 2.0) that affords equitable access to medical advances across geographical and generational boundaries and socio-economic strata.
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- 2024
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4. Declaration of Helsinki: ethical norm in pursuit of common global goals
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Chieko Kurihara, Sandor Kerpel-Fronius, Sander Becker, Anthony Chan, Yasmin Nagaty, Shehla Naseem, Johanna Schenk, Kotone Matsuyama, and Varvara Baroutsou
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Declaration of Helsinki ,data-driven research ,placebo ,post-trial access ,stakeholder involvement ,health for all ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
The World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki is in the process of being revised. The following amendments are recommended to be incorporated in pursuit of the common goal of promoting health for all. 1. Data-driven research that facilitates broad informed consent and dynamic consent, assuring participant’s rights, and the sharing of individual participant data (IPD) and research results to promote open science and generate social value. 2. Risk minimisation in a placebo-controlled study and post-trial access to the best-proven interventions for all who need them. 3. A future-oriented research framework for co-creation with all the relevant stakeholders.
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- 2024
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5. Alleviation of Health Inequity Through Improvement of Health Literacy
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Law, Vincent T. S., Fong, Ben Yuk Fai, editor, and Wong, William Chi Wai, editor
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- 2023
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6. Difficulties and Barriers in Accomplishment of HFA 2000
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Yee, Hilary H. L., Law, Vincent T. S., Fong, Ben Yuk Fai, editor, and Wong, William Chi Wai, editor
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- 2023
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7. Achievements in HFA2000 Since 1978
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Leung, Carman K. M., Chiu, Wang-Kin, Fong, Ben Yuk Fai, editor, and Wong, William Chi Wai, editor
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- 2023
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8. A Systems Approach to Achieving Health for All in the Community
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Fong, Ben Yuk Fai, Chiu, Wang-Kin, Fong, Ben Yuk Fai, editor, and Wong, William Chi Wai, editor
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- 2023
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9. Der Gemeindepsychiatrische Verbund als Public Mental Health-Instrument.
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Bokhof, Beate, Sieberer, Marcel, Schöpe, Berthold, and Holtmann, Martin
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COMMUNITY health services ,PSYCHIATRY - Abstract
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- 2023
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10. Ten Lessons From a Career in Global Health: Guidance to Those Considering a Life Working With the Poor Countries of the World
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Rohde, Jon
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- 2022
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11. Community Health Workers : Role, Effectiveness, and Recommendations for Global Health
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Goonetilleke, Maithri, Kickbusch, Ilona, editor, Ganten, Detlev, editor, Moeti, Matshidiso, editor, and Haring, Robin, Editor-in-Chief
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- 2021
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12. Health Communication: Approaches, Strategies, and Ways to Sustainability on Health or Health for All
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Malikhao, Patchanee and Servaes, Jan, editor
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- 2020
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13. ENSURING GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TARGETS OF THE THIRD UNSDG'S OBJECTIVE IN 7 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
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NETEDU, Adrian and ŞOITU, Daniela
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WELL-being ,COMPARATIVE studies ,SUSTAINABLE development ,POLICY analysis - Abstract
Copyright of Scientific Annals of the 'Al. I. Cuza' University, Iasi. Sociology & Social Work / Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii 'Al. I. Cuza' Iasi Sociologie si Asistenta Sociala is the property of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2022
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14. Participatory Approach to Develop Evidence-Based Clinical Ethics Guidelines for the Care of COVID-19 Patients: A Mixed Method Study From Nepal
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Suraj Bhattarai, Anurag Adhikari, Binod Rayamajhee, Jaya Dhungana, Minu Singh, Sarun Koirala, and Dhana Ratna Shakya
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COVID-19 ethics ,health emergency ,clinical ethics ,pandemic ,preparedness ,health for all ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
During health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers face numerous ethical challenges while catering to the needs of patients in healthcare settings. Although the data recapitulating high-income countries ethics frameworks are available, the challenges faced by clinicians in resource-limited settings of low- and middle-income countries are not discussed widely due to a lack of baseline data or evidence. The Nepali healthcare system, which is chronically understaffed and underequipped, was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in its capacity to manage health services and resources for needy patients, leading to ethical dilemmas and challenges during clinical practice. This study aimed to develop a standard guideline that would address syndemic ethical dilemmas during clinical care of COVID-19 patients who are unable to afford standard-of-care. A mixed method study was conducted between February and June of 2021 in 12 government designated COVID-19 treatment hospitals in central Nepal. The draft guideline was discussed among the key stakeholders in the pandemic response in Nepal. The major ethical dilemmas confronted by the study participants (50 healthcare professionals providing patient care at COVID-19 treatment hospitals) could be grouped into five major pillars of ethical clinical practice: rational allocation of medical resources, updated treatment protocols that guide clinical decisions, standard-of-care regardless of patient's economic status, effective communication among stakeholders for prompt patient care, and external factors such as political and bureaucratic interference affecting ethical practice. This living clinical ethics guideline, which has been developed based on the local evidence and case stories of frontline responders, is expected to inform the policymakers as well as the decision-makers positioned at the concerned government units. These ethics guidelines could be endorsed with revisions by the concerned regulatory authorities for the use during consequent waves of COVID-19 and other epidemics that may occur in the future. Other countries affected by the pandemic could conduct similar studies to explore ethical practices in the local clinical and public health context.
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- 2022
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15. Dreaming of Health for All in an Unequal World: Finding a Fit for Traditional Health Care Exemplified Through Ayurveda
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Rastogi, Sanjeev, Bhattacharya, Arindam, and Rastogi, Sanjeev, editor
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- 2019
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16. Life Science 2.0: reframing the life science sector for 'the benefit on mankind'.
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Vallin M, Tomson G, Kampmann B, Engebretsen E, Swartling Peterson S, Wanyenze RK, and Ottersen OP
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- Humans, Pandemics prevention & control, Delivery of Health Care, Policy, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, Vaccines
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The COVID-19 pandemic put the life science sector to the test. Vaccines were developed at unprecedented speed, benefiting from decades of fundamental research and now honoured by a Nobel Prize. However, we saw that the fruits of science were inequitably distributed. Most low- and middle-income countries were left behind, deepening the inequalities that the Sustainable Development Goals were set to reduce. We argue that the life science sector must reinvent itself to be better and more equitably prepared for the next health crisis and to ensure fair access to health across current and future generations. Our recommendations include global governance, national strategies and the role of universities and corporations. Improved and more equitable health care should be centre stage for global health action and a core mission of a reframed Life Science sector - what we call Life Science 2.0.Paper Context Main findings : During the COVID-19 pandemic the Life Science sector stepped up to the challenge, but vaccines and medicines were not equitably distributed. Added knowledge : Obstacles were identified that hindered global access to medical innovations. Global health impact for policy and action : Global and national governance, universities and the private sector should join forces to create a Life Science sector (Life Science 2.0) that affords equitable access to medical advances across geographical and generational boundaries and socio-economic strata.
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- 2024
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17. Redefining health promotion to reach the unreached: opportunities for transformative change in South and South-East Asia.
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Mukhopadhyay, Alok and Kaur, Nancepreet
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The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of our civilization and reinforced the importance of living in harmony with nature, not rampaging it in a conquering mode. South and South-East Asia have a vital role to play in achieving the global goal of 'Health for All' as the regions have a significantly large share of global income and multidimensional poor compared to other regions. Clearly, the progress in health and development outcomes of these regions cannot be achieved without addressing social determinants of health and ensuring active public participation. These regions must collectively address the social determinants of health following a realistic health promotion model. It is indeed a favourable time to look beyond the so-called predominantly reductionist biomedical model of health care to a more holistic model of health, that places humans and the environment at the centre, and emphasizes the importance of promoting health and wellbeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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18. Global health activists’ lessons on building social movements for Health for All
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Connie Musolino, Fran Baum, Toby Freeman, Ronald Labonté, Chiara Bodini, and David Sanders
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Civil society ,Health activism ,People’s health Movement ,Neoliberalism ,Health for all ,Health equity ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background The People’s Health Movement (PHM) was formed in 2000 and drew inspiration from the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care’s ‘Health for All’ (1978). Since then PHM has been an active part of a global counter-hegemonic social movement. This study aimed to gain insights on social movement building, drawing on the successes and failures reported by activists over their experiences of working in the Health for All social movement to improve health, justice and equity. Methods Qualitative research methods were employed in this study to capture complex and historical narratives of individual activists, through semi-structured interviews and subsequent thematic analysis of transcripts. The research design and analysis were informed by social movement theory and literature on health activism as a pathway for social change. In this study we examine the semi-structured interviews of 15 health activists who are part of the PHM, with the aim of deriving lessons for strengthening movements for Health for All. Results This study locates the activists’ narratives within a socio-political analysis of the global trends of late modern individualism and capitalist neoliberalism. This highlights the challenges faced by civil society groups mobilising collective action and building social movements for Health for All. The study found that within the constraints of the neoliberal socio-political and economic conditions which have caused the rise in social and health inequities, this group of long-term health activists have been nurturing alternative approaches to structuring society and building collective agency to improve health. Conclusion The practical long-term experiences of the PHM activists examined in this study contribute to a better understanding of the processes and motivations that lead to and sustain health activism, and the dilemmas, strategies, impacts and achievements of such activism.
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- 2020
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19. Salient features of the national health policy-2017
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Bhuvaneshwari, G.
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- 2019
20. Essential Medicines Research in India: Situation Analysis.
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Meena, Dinesh Kumar and Mathaiyan, Jayanthi
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MEDICAL research , *MEDICAL needs assessment , *PRIMARY care , *SEARCH engines - Abstract
World Health Organization established the concept of essential medicines with the main aim to improve the availability of most necessary drugs to fulfil basic health care needs of population. Access to essential medicines is one of the crucial components of primary health care. Access to medicines is included in millennium development goals as well as universal health coverage policy. In 2000, India made a policy "Health for All" and one of the main objective of this policy is to ensure availability of quality medicines at reasonable cost to the society. The overall budget on medicines differs widely in different states of India and as a result their access is also highly variable. This review will emphasis on essential medicine concept and report of various research surveys conducted to evaluate availability of essential medicines in different parts of India. An exhaustive literature search was planned to study the availability of essential medicines in India. The search engines used were PubMed and Google Scholar. Relevant keywords were used to make the searches such as essential medicines concept, essential medicines report, essential medicine research in India, availability of essential medicines in India. The articles published in English language between the years 2003 and 2017 were extracted and included. The findings of these studies were summarized into a narrative review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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21. The Politics of Primary Health Care
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Sanders, David and Reynolds, Louis
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- 2019
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22. CORPUS DELICTI ou les Peurs de l'Homme Moderne.
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Juster, Alexandra
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COVID-19 pandemic ,CRISIS management ,AUTHORITARIANISM ,MODERN society ,CIVIL rights ,FEAR - Abstract
Copyright of Revista Futhark is the property of Revista Futhark and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2021
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23. Declaration of Helsinki: ethical norm in pursuit of common global goals.
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Kurihara C, Kerpel-Fronius S, Becker S, Chan A, Nagaty Y, Naseem S, Schenk J, Matsuyama K, and Baroutsou V
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The World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki is in the process of being revised. The following amendments are recommended to be incorporated in pursuit of the common goal of promoting health for all. 1. Data-driven research that facilitates broad informed consent and dynamic consent, assuring participant's rights, and the sharing of individual participant data (IPD) and research results to promote open science and generate social value. 2. Risk minimisation in a placebo-controlled study and post-trial access to the best-proven interventions for all who need them. 3. A future-oriented research framework for co-creation with all the relevant stakeholders., Competing Interests: JS is an owner and executive consultant of PPH plus GmbH & Co. KG. AC is employed by Pfizer Healthcare Ireland. VB is president of IFAPP. SK-F declares that he serves as Associate Editor in Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Pharmacology, and CK serves as a reviewer of Frontiers in Pharmacology. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Kurihara, Kerpel-Fronius, Becker, Chan, Nagaty, Naseem, Schenk, Matsuyama and Baroutsou.)
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- 2024
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24. Cinema As A Tool For Health And Risk Communication: Issues and Challenges.
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Bora, Abhijit
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HEALTH risk communication ,STANDARD of living ,HUMAN beings - Abstract
Film or cinema has always been a powerful medium that can be adapted to various situations of the human societies anywhere in the world whenever necessary. It also possesses a huge potential in making a point felt meaningfully by the human beings if properly disseminated. Presently, with the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic situation, thinkers and activists from the field of communication and media need to seriously brainstorm about the most effective means of communicating messages of health and risk communication. Specially the medium of cinema as it has not been utilized to the optimum for achieving the desired goal. Cinema that includes feature films and documentaries have been used on experimental basis by a very few film makers for this purpose. However, films on different kinds of diseases and health risks have been usually produced more for commercial gains not necessarily orienting them from the perspective of our discussion. It is high time a serious, coordinated effort needs to be pushed forward for taking advantage of the medium for facilitating health and risk communication in a far convenient and effective manner than it has been till date. There is more than enough scope for presenting issues in these two fields as a fully-prepared package for the public which would go deep down their mindset and convert them to empowered active citizens. This shall help them in adopting the suggestions and hints and thereby improving their standard of living. This paper makes an attempt at examining the issues and challenges on the path towards achieving the same. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
25. From health for all to universal health coverage: Alma Ata is still relevant
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Kiran Raj Pandey
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Health for all ,Universal health coverage ,Health services ,Health systems ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract With increasing adoption of universal health coverage (UHC), the health for all agenda is resurgent around the world. However, after a promising start the first time in 1978, the health for all agenda fizzled over the next decade. This commentary discusses the origin of the health for all agenda in the 1970s and the influence of global politico-economic forces in shaping that agenda, its demise and the resurgence in the form of UHC in the twenty-first century. We discuss UHC’s focus on finances and the increasing role of market economy in health care, and the opportunities and risks UHC poses. We conclude by saying that UHC’s greater focus on finances is prudent, but in order to achieve its promise, UHC needs to regulate the market based provision of healthcare, and incorporate more of the people and community centered ethos of its earlier iteration from 40 years ago.
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- 2018
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26. Methodological challenges in researching activism in action: civil society engagement towards health for all.
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Bodini, Chiara, Baum, Fran, Labonté, Ronald, Legge, David, Sanders, David, and Sengupta, Amit
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ACTION research , *HEALTH services accessibility , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL care use , *HEALTH policy , *POLITICAL participation , *PUBLIC administration , *PUBLIC health , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIAL change , *PATIENT participation , *CONSUMER activism , *HEALTH literacy - Abstract
Civil society engagement around health care and population health improvement is an important driver towards Health for All. Research can improve the effectiveness of health activism by examining the resources, structures and strategies of civil society engagement. However, research to support such engagement faces epistemological and methodological challenges which call for specific research strategies. A four year multi-country study was undertaken by the People's Health Movement, a global network working for health for all. The research took place in six countries (Brazil, Colombia, DR Congo, India, Italy, South Africa) and globally, and was directed to understanding five domains of civil society engagement: movement building; campaigning and advocacy; capacity building; knowledge generation, access and use; and engaging with governance. The research plan and methods of data collection and analysis were tailored to address the objective of improving activist practice, while negotiating research challenges identified during the design phase. Results include insights into the practice of civil society engagement in relation to the five domains of activist practice, as well as experience gained in managing six methodological challenges which we describe as: making meaning, aligning research and action, managing power relations, valuing experiential knowledges, chaos and contingency, challenging preconceptions. Researching activism can produce useful insights into practice as well as support continuous improvement in the effectiveness of such activism. However, there are significant methodological challenges that can be addressed through appropriate strategies. More research, building on the approach described in this paper, can contribute to more effective civil society activism for health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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27. Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for All.
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Musolino, Connie, Baum, Fran, Freeman, Toby, Labonté, Ronald, Bodini, Chiara, and Sanders, David
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HEALTH services accessibility , *INDIVIDUALITY , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *PRACTICAL politics , *SOCIAL change , *WORLD health , *QUALITATIVE research , *LABELING theory , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *THEMATIC analysis , *HEALTH & social status - Abstract
Background: The People's Health Movement (PHM) was formed in 2000 and drew inspiration from the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care's 'Health for All' (1978). Since then PHM has been an active part of a global counter-hegemonic social movement. This study aimed to gain insights on social movement building, drawing on the successes and failures reported by activists over their experiences of working in the Health for All social movement to improve health, justice and equity. Methods: Qualitative research methods were employed in this study to capture complex and historical narratives of individual activists, through semi-structured interviews and subsequent thematic analysis of transcripts. The research design and analysis were informed by social movement theory and literature on health activism as a pathway for social change. In this study we examine the semi-structured interviews of 15 health activists who are part of the PHM, with the aim of deriving lessons for strengthening movements for Health for All. Results: This study locates the activists' narratives within a socio-political analysis of the global trends of late modern individualism and capitalist neoliberalism. This highlights the challenges faced by civil society groups mobilising collective action and building social movements for Health for All. The study found that within the constraints of the neoliberal socio-political and economic conditions which have caused the rise in social and health inequities, this group of long-term health activists have been nurturing alternative approaches to structuring society and building collective agency to improve health. Conclusion: The practical long-term experiences of the PHM activists examined in this study contribute to a better understanding of the processes and motivations that lead to and sustain health activism, and the dilemmas, strategies, impacts and achievements of such activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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28. Healthcare Policies for Stateless Populations in ASEAN Countries: A Scoping Review.
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Barua, Proloy, Bangpan, Mukdarut, Narattharaksa, Kanida, Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong, and Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn
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CINAHL database , *HEALTH services accessibility , *IMMIGRANTS , *HEALTH insurance , *HEALTH policy , *NATIONAL health services , *MEDLINE , *ONLINE information services , *POLICY sciences , *POPULATION geography , *REFUGEES , *RIGHT to health , *SYSTEMATIC reviews , *GOVERNMENT regulation , *LITERATURE reviews , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
This study aimed at summarizing the existing health policies for stateless populations living in the 10 ASEAN countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. We followed scoping review method recommended by Arksey and O'Malley. Our inclusion criteria were based on three concepts: populations (stateless and undocumented people), issues (healthcare policies and regulations), and settings (10 ASEAN countries). Our findings suggest that none of the ASEAN countries have explicit healthcare policies for stateless people except Thailand. We also observed that ratification of international human rights treaties relating to the right to health does not necessarily translate into the provision of healthcare policies for stateless population. Although Thailand seems like the only country among 10 ASIAN countries having health policies for stateless populations in the country, the question remains whether having a policy would lead to a proper implementation by ensuring right to health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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29. Health Coverage Across the Globe: A Contemporary Scenario.
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Chellaiyan, Vinoth Gnana, Rajasekar, Hanitha, and Taneja, Neha
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LOW-income countries ,MEDICAL needs assessment ,HEALTH insurance ,HEALTH programs ,DEVELOPED countries - Abstract
Context: Health was declared as fundamental human right by WHO constitution of 1948. The major key role playing factor in HAQ rankings is the universal health care programme and health schemes which are initiated and ran by the government. Health care provision is incredibly complex and many nations around the world spend considerable resources trying to provide it. Developed countries have their own insurance scheme which benefits its population and meets their health care needs. No uniform one-sizefits- all operational model exists when it comes to the successful implementation of a scheme. For instance, multinational insurers who are successful in one country have met failure in other countries. Developing country like India must try to improve their health care system by following certain initiatives incorporated by other countries. Low income countries like Africa and Nepal need to take extra measure to improve health insurance program and to provide quality care to their people. It is evident that there are an enormous number of ways that health care insurance programs vary around the world. There is a need to identify the characteristics of the most effective systems and the most equitable ones which could serve as a framework by all countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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30. Analyzing Rural Health Care Services in Select Villages and Hamlets Around Pune City with Special Reference to Government Hospitals and Schemes
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Anand, V. Eshwar
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- 2017
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31. Mixed-Method Analysis of Community Health Camps: A Novel Approach Beckoning.
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Bhondve, Amit, Pathak, Barsha, and Manapurath, Rukman M.
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CAMPS , *CHRONIC diseases , *COMMUNITY health services , *DISEASES , *FAMILY medicine , *FOCUS groups , *HEALTH services accessibility , *INTERVIEWING , *MEDICAL needs assessment , *HEALTH policy , *OPHTHALMOLOGY , *PATIENT satisfaction , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RURAL conditions , *QUALITATIVE research , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *HUMAN services programs , *CROSS-sectional method , *ACUTE diseases , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *EVALUATION - Published
- 2019
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32. On the World Health Organization's Neglect of the Role of Medical Doctors in Its Conception and Practice of Primary Health Care.
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Litsios, Socrates
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COMMUNITY health services ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,HEALTH promotion ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL care costs ,MEDICAL schools ,MEDICAL education ,PHYSICIANS ,PREVENTIVE health services ,PRIMARY health care ,WORLD health ,OCCUPATIONAL roles - Abstract
Primary health care (PHC) emerged in the early 1970s as WHO's response to the failure of its basic health services approach. The Soviet Union succeeded in getting WHO's governing bodies to agree to hold an international conference on PHC, a conference that was held in Alma-Ata, the capital of the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan, in September 1978. In 1975, Dr. Halfdan Mahler, WHO's charismatic director-general, introduced the goal of "health for all" (HFA) by the year 2000. Alma-Ata declared PHC as the key for achieving HFA. Although WHO had promoted the involvement of medical schools in community health, Mahler's antimedical establishment rhetoric contributed to WHO ignoring the potential role that medical doctors could play in PHC and HFA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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33. Christian involvement in Sustainable Development Goals
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Raymond Downing
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Sustainable development goals ,health for all ,Biblical social analysis ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,Practical religion. The Christian life ,BV4485-5099 - Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals are the latest means to attempt to attain health for all as an end. This article examines this means from a Biblical perspective, asking Christians to examine not only the means we use to achieve ends, but more profoundly the way we determine what our ends are.
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- 2016
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34. Health for all?: Histories of international and global health
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Mary Augusta Brazelton, Brazelton, MA [0000-0001-5941-9576], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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History ,Economic growth ,Political science ,Global health ,Health for all ,Generic health relevance ,4303 Historical Studies ,43 History, Heritage and Archaeology - Abstract
This essay presents a survey of recent work in the history of international and global health from the mid-nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. It considers longstanding narratives alongside recent studies that have deployed approaches consonant with scholarship in the emerging global history of science and medicine. The cumulative impact of this work is to show how the history of international health has long been embedded in colonial landscapes of power, even as it also fostered revolutionary nationalism and grew from anti-colonial socialist internationalism; and how the absence, as well as presence, of intervention has shaped understandings of global health in recent decades.
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- 2022
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35. The importance of the Alma Ata principles of equity and voice, through intersectoral investment and leadership, in achieving the health and nutrition Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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Regina Susan Keith
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Alma Ata ,Health For All ,Astana ,Equity ,primary health care ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 - Abstract
It is now forty years since 134 countries, 67 international organisations including NGOs (Non- governmental organisations) met at an innovative three-day conference, to agree on the best approach to improve global health (WHO 1978). The Alma Ata Declaration called for global commitments to achieving Health for All by the year 2000. It was based on the principles of equity and community participation in health planning and policy making, through an intersectoral approach. As stakeholders prepare to meet in Astana in Octber, to agree on the new Global Health Declaration, we must reflect on lessons learned in the last 40 years to ensure that we can achieve Health for all by the year 2030.
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- 2018
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36. Artificial Intelligence the Itinerary of Sustainable Health Care
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Simren Bhatia, Anmol Mathur, and Aditi Mathur
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Sustainable development ,business.industry ,Health care ,Sustainability ,Health for all ,Front line ,Global strategy ,Artificial intelligence ,Set (psychology) ,business - Abstract
The Global Strategy for health for all by the year 2020 was launched by WHO in the year 1979 but still the goal has not been achieved; crisis of health care personnel is a major reason behind it. To achieve a more stable future, health care sector needs Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a curtain raiser towards sustainability in the field of health care. Sustainable health care can be achieved by fulfilling the targets set out by Sustainable Development Goals, AI can provide promising alternatives to match the goals and aim the sustainable health care for the generations to come. The current paper would like to propose AI as a solution to these issues. AI is already in the front line for diagnosis and medical imaging but there is still lot of scopefor utilization.
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37. WHO (EURO): Von Health for All bis HiAP.
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Zöllner, Herbert
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HEALTH promotion ,HEALTH policy ,WORLD health - Abstract
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- 2020
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38. Good Stewardship: Im Dienst an mehr Gesundheit für alle.
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Wildner, Manfred
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HEALTH policy ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
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- 2020
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39. Challenges and Patterns of Seeking Primary Health Care in Slums of Karachi: A Disaster Lurking in Urban Shadows.
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Aleemi, Abdur Rahman, Khaliqui, Hina, and Faisal, Asima
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PUBLIC health ,POVERTY areas ,STATISTICAL correlation ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HELP-seeking behavior ,RESEARCH methodology ,PRIMARY health care ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH ,STATISTICS ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,STATISTICAL power analysis ,DATA analysis ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,CROSS-sectional method ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ODDS ratio - Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the challenges and patterns of seeking primary health care services in slums of Karachi, where about 60% of the population lives in various informal settlements. We surveyed 8 largest slums of the metropolitan, and analyzed the data both descriptively and inferentially to evaluate the factors associated with health care seeking behavior. Significantly positive association of quality health care seeking behavior and various socioeconomic indicators were found. In addition, substantial insights about the conditions of slum dwellers and health challenges of the population, such as low immunization and low vaccinations, among others, were reported. Thus, the role of policymakers is emphasized to strategize for the inclusion of these people in national health plans and to develop health infrastructure near these communities. Furthermore, there is a strong need to increase awareness of the population about hygiene practices, importance of immunization, and importance of utilizing appropriate health care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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40. Promoting health and well-being in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda.
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Tamsma, Nicoline and Costongs, Caroline
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ECOLOGY , *ETHICS , *HEALTH promotion , *HEALTH services accessibility , *HEALTH status indicators , *PUBLIC health , *REJUVENATION , *TECHNOLOGY , *WORLD health , *WELL-being , *HEALTH & social status - Published
- 2018
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41. 体力活动生命体征: 运动是良医的核心、 体医融合的支点.
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岳建军, 龚俊丽, 贝迎九, and 吴本连
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- 2018
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42. Medical Students Attitude & Knowledge of Psychiatry an Impact of Psychiatry Posting
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Richa Yadav, Aniruddh P. Behere, Prakash B Behere, and Debolina Chowdhury
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education ,Declaration ,Patient contact ,Behavioural sciences ,Mental illness ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Internship ,medicine ,Health for all ,Psychology ,Psychiatry ,Curriculum - Abstract
India being a signatory to Alma-Ata declaration, envisaged ‘Health for all by the year 2000” and hence should look into training undergraduates in psychiatry. Medical students’ attitude towards psychiatry are determined by complex inter lacing variables. Low recruitment is a serious challenge for psychiatry worldwide. Moreover, psychiatry is poorly represented in medical education and undergraduate training in psychiatry and behavioral sciences in most medical colleges in India is unsatisfactory. Keeping these facts in mind, this study was carried out to assess the influence of psychiatry training, including direct patient contact on attitude of medical students towards mental illness. This study was conducted at Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra. Second year MBBS students were evaluated with a pre and posttest during their 2 weeks posting in the Psychiatry department. There was some improvement in attitude & knowledge of undergraduate medical students about mental health after two weeks of psychiatry posting. The improvement in male medical students is more than three times of that seen in female medical students, after two weeks of training. The existing M.C.I. recommendations need serious considerations for implementation in each & every Medical College of India. As per the current curriculum, the introduction to psychiatry is in the 1st term during lectures on behavioral sciences following which they not exposed again until the 5th semester when the undergraduate students are required to attend 40 hours lectures parallel to 4 weeks clinical posting culminating with compulsory short note questions worth 20 marks included in paper II of the General Medicine exam. Finally, another two weeks of psychiatry posting is mandatory during internship. Female medical students have shown deterioration in their attitudes & knowledge over more questions than male counterparts. Hence it can be deduced that, males tend to learn better by experience.
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- 2021
43. Oral Hygiene Myths and its Association with Gingival Health Status among Patients in Aseer Region of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study
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Buthainah M Al-Ahmari, Sandeepa N Chalikkandy, Reema A Almobty, Hatoon S Abumelha, Rahaf A Almobty, Saeed Arem, Khalil Ibrahim Assiri, and Muhammed Ajmal
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Cross-sectional study ,Mythology ,Oral health ,Oral hygiene ,Gingival index ,Family medicine ,Gingival health ,medicine ,Health for all ,Population study ,business ,General Dentistry - Abstract
AIM AND OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to assess "Myths in dentistry related to Oral Hygiene and its association with Gingival Health Status among patients visiting Institutional diagnostic clinic in Aseer region of Saudi Arabia." MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was a cross-sectional study done on 152 subjects attending Institutional diagnostic clinic in Aseer region Saudi Arabia. Myths in dentistry related to oral hygiene were assessed by using a ten-item, multiple-choice, close-ended structured questionnaire and Gingival Health Status was assessed using gingival index described by Loe and Silness on the Ramfjord teeth. For the comparison of proportions, a Chi-Square test was used with continuity correction whenever appropriate. "p" value of
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- 2021
44. Improving of pharmacist unit management and performance in PortSaid Fever hospital
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Heba Youssef, Eman Mahmoud, Aya Magdy, Hadeer Ragab, Marwa Essam, Badr Nageh El-naggar, and Ghada Ghareeb
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business.industry ,Pharmacist ,Pharmacy ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Unit (housing) ,Medication error ,Health care ,Health for all ,Medicine ,Christian ministry ,Medical emergency ,business ,Risk management - Abstract
Background: the pharmacy is the most important Healthcare unit and important link between DRS ,Hospital and direct patients and insure dispensing the drug to the patients to make sure that the they take the correct medication. Developed and updated pharmacy is the goal to ensure good health for all patient and ensure spreading awareness within talented pharmacists . Pharmacist unit, Budgeting ,Risk management , study, development. Aim of the study: 1. First authorized pharmacy with hepatic drugs support and 50% discount covered with ministry of health to be generalized to all fever hospitals pharmacies in Egypt. 2. develop health care service 3. avoid any medication error 4. ensuring the five rights of patient while dealing with the drug: 1)-right drug 2)-right patient 3)-right time 4)-right dose 5. To serve all the patients without any distinction 6. To decrease number of patients and mortality in our city 7. To provide all drugs alternatives to the patient with low cost and financial support from our health ministry 8. 24/7 delivery in all area with large delivery team members.
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- 2021
45. A Study on the National Drug Policies of Bangladesh to Ensure Health for All
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Riaz Hossain, Shah Amran, Aslam Hossain, and Aknur Rahman
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Government ,Economic growth ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public sector ,Drug policies ,Opposition (politics) ,Pharmaceutical Science ,World health ,Health for all ,Production (economics) ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Quality (business) ,Business ,media_common - Abstract
Bangladesh approved the proposal for a National Drug Policy on May 29, 1982. We know that such drug policies are developed gradually over a period of time and may contain a lot of comprehensive documents. But in Bangladesh, the expert committee worked out the policy, based on 16 standards within 15 days. This vital document, almost unchanged, was made a law on 12 June 1982. A few years later, it can be observed that despite opposition from many concerns, the output of essential drugs has increased from about 30 to about 80 percent, prices have in almost all cases gone down considerably, the domestic industry has grown rapidly, the quality of its production has increased dramatically, and people’s awareness about quality medicines has been steadily growing. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed the need of a formulated drug policy in every country of the world in 1986. Bangladesh responded very early to this respect. Subsequently, two more national drug policies were promulgated in 2005 and 2016 respectively. Experience over the decades has shown that the said policies could not fulfill the declared objective of ensuring health for all. Our aim is to describe some of the lacunae for which total implementation of drug policy is still struggling. To find the root causes, a total of five hundred volunteers were surveyed by supplying a questionnaire on drug policy. It was observed that most of the participants opined that the incumbent government needs to be more stringent to implement the drug policy into reality by utilizing the public servants and public sectors, especially health personnel to ensure health for all. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 20(1): 41-48, 2021 (June)
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- 2021
46. Competing challenges for immigrant seniors: Social isolation and the pandemic
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Nuelle Novik, Shanthi Johnson, Juanita Bacsu, Bonnie Jeffery, and Tom McIntosh
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Canada ,Refugees ,Economic growth ,Health Policy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Immigration ,Emigrants and Immigrants ,Original Articles ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Social Isolation ,030502 gerontology ,Political science ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Health for all ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Social isolation ,medicine.symptom ,0305 other medical science ,Pandemics ,Aged ,media_common - Abstract
The pandemic has exposed and amplified complex and complicated health and societal challenges while offering immense opportunities to transform societies to improve health for all. Social isolation is a challenging and persistent issue experienced by many older adults, especially among immigrant and refugee seniors. Unique risk factors such as racism, discrimination, language barriers, weak social networks, and separation from friends and family predispose immigrant and refugee seniors to a higher risk of social isolation. The pandemic has magnified the unique risks and has highlighted the differential health and economic impacts. This article examines social isolation among immigrant and refugee seniors in Canada by focusing on the policy context, available programs and services to reduce social isolation, and the conceptualization and measurement considerations for advancing research to address social isolation among this growing population. Drawing on specific examples, we discuss immigration, aging, and social isolation within the context of Canada. While our article focuses on Canada as a case study, our discussion has relevancy and implications for other high-income countries with aging immigrant and refugee populations. In moving forward, we argue that a more complete and targeted understanding of social isolation is essential to informing program and policy development to support immigrant and refugee seniors in Canada and beyond. The transformation needed in our societies to create health for all requires strong equity and determinants of health perspective and a systems approach beyond health to ensure lasting change.
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- 2021
47. Is the Alma Ata vision of comprehensive primary health care viable? Findings from an international project
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Ronald Labonté, David Sanders, Corinne Packer, and Nikki Schaay
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primary health care ,health for all ,community health workers ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Background: The 4-year (2007–2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 low- and middle-income countries to explore the strengths and weaknesses of comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) initiatives at their local or national levels. Teams were organized in a triad comprised of a senior researcher, a new researcher, and a ‘research user’ from government, health services, or other organizations with the authority or capacity to apply the research findings. Multiple regional and global team capacity-enhancement meetings were organized to refine methods and to discuss and assess cross-case findings. Objective: Most research projects used mixed methods, incorporating analyses of qualitative data (interviews and focus groups), secondary data, and key policy and program documents. Some incorporated historical case study analyses, and a few undertook new surveys. The synthesis of findings in this report was derived through qualitative analysis of final project reports undertaken by three different reviewers. Results: Evidence of comprehensiveness (defined in this research program as efforts to improve equity in access, community empowerment and participation, social and environmental health determinants, and intersectoral action) was found in many of the cases. Conclusions: Despite the important contextual differences amongst the different country studies, the similarity of many of their findings, often generated using mixed methods, attests to certain transferable health systems characteristics to create and sustain CPHC practices. These include: 1. Well-trained and supported community health workers (CHWs) able to work effectively with marginalized communities 2. Effective mechanisms for community participation, both informal (through participation in projects and programs, and meaningful consultation) and formal (though program management structures) 3.Co-partnership models in program and policy development (in which financial and knowledge supports from governments or institutions are provided to communities, which retain decision-making powers in program design and implementation) 4. Support for community advocacy and engagement in health and social systems decision making These characteristics, in turn, require a political context that supports state responsibilities for redistributive health and social protection measures.
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- 2014
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48. Cuidar tiene rostro de mujer Ecofeminismo, Paradigma de la esperanza
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Cecilia Ré
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Ecofeminism ,Embodied cognition ,Health for all ,Environmental ethics ,Sociology ,Social justice ,Human development (humanity) ,Social movement - Abstract
Este ensayo científico presenta la política de defensa de la vida encarnada en una triSofía: la Cuidadología, promocionando la salud, tanto la humana como la de los entornos, sinergizada con el Ecofeminismo, teoría y movimiento social que busca despatriarcalizar los sistemas. Amalgamadas, sintetizan una Cuidadosofía que significan la esperanza de alcanzar salud para todos, justicia social y verdadero desarrollo humano. La cultura del cuidado se renueva rescatando saberes ancestrales holísticos.
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- 2021
49. The Global Politics of Healthcare Reform
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Benatar, Solomon, Sanders, David, Gill, Stephen, McInnes, Colin, book editor, Lee, Kelley, book editor, and Youde, Jeremy, book editor
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- 2020
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50. Practice Greenhealth: Leading Efforts to Ensure a Sustainable Health Care System and Improved Health for All
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Jane Hart
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Complementary and alternative medicine ,Nursing ,business.industry ,Health care ,Health for all ,Business - Published
- 2021
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