The number of health workers in Mozambique is insufficient to enable the achievement of the
country‟s population health goals. This problem is compounded by the uneven distribution of
health care works by province and by area of residence, and by a weak and under-resourced
national health system which ...
En RCA, il est globalement ressorti des différents rapports de suivi des indicateurs
des OMD que les progrès sont les plus lents en ce qui concerne l’OMD1 (Eradiquer
l’extrême pauvreté et la faim), l´OMD 4 (Réduire la mortalité des enfants de moins de 5
ans), l’OMD 5 (Améliorer la santé ma...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major global
challenge, one that causes most of the deaths and disability
among humans.
These diseases are not transmissible from one person to
another. They include cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic
respiratory disease, diabetes and mental health disorders, b...
Health costs are spiralling out of control all over the world in context of global financial crisis while some countries are still struggling to offer basic health services. The health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is most often unfunded, including the health workforce, which represents the single largest...
A rare disease is a disease that occurs infrequently or rarely in the general population. In
order to be considered as rare, each specific disease cannot affect more than a limited
number of people out of the whole population, defined in Chile as 0.18 in 10,000 citizens
(Minister of Health draft of the l...
The world is experiencing a serious human resource shortage in the health sector, which the World Health Assembly calls 'a crisis in health'. This Report systematically explains the human services crisis, particularly in the world's poorest countries. The Report considers the complex mix of factors that ...
Issued by an international group of experts in health and private sector, this report stresses the importance of the private sector in responding to the HRH crisis and the need for further health workforce innovation, that increased the supply, improved the effectiveness of health workers.Recommendations...
This paper sought to determine the safety and feasibility of home-based prophylaxis of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) with misoprostol, including assessment of the need for referrals and additional interventions. In rural Tigray, Ethiopia, traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in intervention areas were train...
La présente note d’information stratégique vise à éclairer les parties concernées par la
faible adhésion des citoyens aux divers systèmes d’assurance maladie sur le marché
camerounais et propose trois options visant à améliorer l’accès équitable aux services
et soins de santé. Le syst...
Sudan health system is based on the district health system approach, which emphasizes
the principles of primary health care (PHC). Nevertheless, the decentralization of the
public sector resulted in more deterioration of the PHC system particularly in rural and
peripheral areas due to lack of financial r...
