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Understanding the key factors that underlie the efficiency of specific health programs is key to improve population health. This is especially true for Haiti, where utilization of health services (in the formal sector) on average is very low, even when compared to other low-income countries, and...
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Health experts and policymakers want people to have access to affordable and high-quality medical care. But in some developing countries, making quality healthcare available may first necessitate ensuring that essential medicines are available, such as anti-malaria pills and antibiotics. The...
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During the workshop organized by traditional healers at the XIIIth International HIV/AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa in July 2000, the issue of the legal recognition and the legal status of this ancestral form of healing was once again discussed. The healers underlined the important role...
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Traditional medicine practice involves a complex combination of activities, order of knowledge, beliefs and customs to generate the desired effects for the diagnosis, prevention or elimination of imbalances in physical, psychological or social well-being. Traditional medicine practice is based...
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Health experts and policymakers want people to have access to affordable and high-quality medical care. But in some developing countries, making quality healthcare available may first necessitate ensuring that essential medicines are available, such as anti-malaria pills and antibiotics. The...
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Compared with developed economies, health expenditure in China is not particularly high on a per capita basis or as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Similarly, pharmaceutical expenditure in comparative perspective is not particularly high on a per capita basis or as a percentage of GDP....
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This report on the Availability and Pricing of Essential Medicines in Myanmar relies on multiple assessments (2021 - 2023) conducted jointly by the World Bank and World Health Organization as well as other publicly available information. This report provides an overview of findings from a...
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of India amply demonstrated their digital prowess in their response to the pandemic by building Digital Public Goods … within India has expanded exponentially. Several initiatives like the digital identity system known as Aadhaar (for unique … identification), and the Unified Payments Interface have become central to India's public service delivery architecture. The Unified …
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"India has relatively poor health outcomes, despite having a well-developed administrative system, good technical … health system must fulfill. The authors focus on the federal level in India, using data obtained from senior health officials …
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