مرور Volume 6, Issue 2 بر اساس عنوان
در حال نمایش موارد 1 - 7 از 7
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Defining Sub-Saharan Africa’s Health Workforce Needs: Going Forwards Quickly Into the Past; Comment on “Non-physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Evolving Role of Physicians”
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)Recent proposals for re-defining the roles Africa's health workforce are a continuation of the discussions that have been held since colonial times. The proposals have centred on basing the continent's healthcare delivery ...
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The Development of Public Policies to Address Non-communicable Diseases in the Caribbean Country of Barbados: The Importance of Problem Framing and Policy Entrepreneurs
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)Background Government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The Caribbean, a middle-income region, has the highest per capita burden of NCDs in the ...
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District Health Officer Perceptions of PEPFAR’s Influence on the Health System in Uganda, 2005-2011
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)Background Vertically oriented global health initiatives (GHIs) addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), have successfully contributed to reducing HIV/AIDS ...
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The Frequency of Alcohol Use in Iranian Urban Population: The Results of a National Network Scale Up Survey
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)Background In Islamic countries alcohol consumption is considered as against religious values. Therefore, estimation of frequency of alcohol consumptions using direct methods is prone to different biases. In this ...
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Improving the Quality and Quantity of HIV Data in the Middle East and North Africa: Key Challenges and Ways Forward
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)Although the HIV pandemic is witnessing a decline in the number of new infections in most regions of the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a rapidly growing HIV problem. While generating HIV data has been ...
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The Need for Global Application of the Accountability for Reasonableness Approach to Support Sustainable Outcomes; Comment on “Expanded HTA: Enhancing Fairness and Legitimacy”
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)The accountability for reasonableness (AFR) concept has been developed and discussed for over two decades. Its interpretation has been studied in several ways partly guided by the specific settings and the researchers ...
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Non-physician Clinicians – A Gain for Physicians’ Working in Sub-Saharan Africa; Comment on “Non-physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Evolving Role of Physicians”
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01)The changing demands on the health sectors in low- and middle-income countries especially sub-Saharan African countries continue to challenge efforts to address critical shortages of the health workforce. Addressing these ...
