Healthcare Policies & Women's Health

Articles

• Challenges Of Cultural Diversity and Practice of Medicine
  Culture is a lens through which people see their world. Every professional encounter with a patient involves three cultures: that of patient, that of healthcare provider and that of environment. The answer to the situation is as simple as the issue is complex. If there were any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs, it would be - an open mind.
  
  
• Safe Motherhood: A Matter of Human Rights & Social Justice
  Maternal health is a multifaceted problem with social, psychological and cultural roots. There is no simple or single solution to the problem; rather women's healthcare must be addressed at multiple levels and in multiple sectors of society to develop effective projects and programs. Aim to ensure equal access to affordable and quality healthcare.
  
  
• Migration of Physicians and Nurses: Trends & Policies
  Migrant health workers are faced with a set of options that are a combination of economic, social and psychological factors and family choices. They trade decisions related to their career opportunities and to financial security for their families against the psychological and social costs of leaving their country, family and friends. In both the countries of origin and the receiving countries, consumers of health services have similar concerns. Continuing Medical Education (CME) Initiatives can be of benefit to donor, and recipient countries both.
  
  
• World Health Organization's Commission On Macroeconomics And Health: A Short Critique
  When donors earmark funds for a developing country, it does not necessarily follow that the amount of money allocated to programs that yield the best health benefits will increase in the country concerned. Does donor pledge inspire domestic investment in health? Earmarking can distort resource allocation in unintended ways.
  
  
• Immunization essentials: a practical field guide
  Reference tool for national and sub-national immunization managers in developing countries. It provides practical information for improving the delivery of immunization services and describes a variety of approaches for using such data at various levels of the health system, including the facility level. Publisher: USAID, Washington, DC, USA
  
  
• Medical Negligence: a return to trust
  Science and law must coexist. It would be for the good of all if this relationship were a mutually helpful one; at the very least neither one should exploit the other.