Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
Medicus Mundis, by Remco van de Pas; While reading the outcome statement and background document of the joint World Bank/WHO ministerial level meeting on Universal Health coverage held last week, two clear issues emerge: The first one is getting political commitment to UHC at the highest government level; the second …
Read More »Universal health coverage: Old wine in a new bottle? If so, is that so bad?
Feb 2013. by Adam Wagstaff It’s easy to see how the concept of universal health coverage (UHC) became so elusive. At the start, the idea must have seemed straightforward enough. Lots of countries “covered” only part of their population, and several were making efforts to expand coverage to “uncovered” …
Read More »South Africa: Doctors and Nurses Join Forces to Address Public Health Crises
Feb 2013: South Africa Doctors and Nurses join forces to address public health crises Following recent media reports and government’s internal investigations into the country’s healthcare system, both SAMA and DENOSA met in Pretoria on Thursday 07 February 2013 to pave a way forward. Reports on alarming incidents at our …
Read More »Angola: Governor Assures Improved Medical Assistance to Populations
February 2013. Kuito — The governor of Central Bié province, Álvaro Manuel de Boavida Neto, said today, in Kuito city, that the local government will continue to invest in improving health care to populations during fiscal year of 2013. Speaking at a press conference, Álvaro Manuel de Boavida Neto stressed …
Read More »UNDP chief urges swift measures against non-communicable diseases
11 February 2013 London — UNDP Administrator Helen Clark called Monday for swift, firm measures to halt a global surge in diseases such as cancer and diabetes, saying they belong “permanently on the global development agenda.” “Failure to curb the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now will lead to …
Read More »Mozambique: Negotiations Over Doctors’ Strike Under Way
Maputo — The Mozambique Medical Association (AMM) on Monday confirmed that it is negotiating a solution to the current doctors’ strike, now in its second week, with the Ministry of Health – but neither side has given any details about the current state of the negotiations. At a Monday press …
Read More »Is WHO ready for a rising Africa?
By Kristof Decoster On January 31, 2013 · On January 22nd, Lancet editor and Twitter afficionado Richard Horton was in a rather grumpy mood. He was attending the 132nd WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva and, being Richard Horton, he obviously had a number of incisive questions and blunt comments …
Read More »GHANA:Your Rights As a Patient in Seeking Health Care
November 2013 TheChronicle; Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, optometry, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers. It refers to the work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health. Primary …
Read More »NIGERIA:Tinubu Urges the Appointment of Medical Doctors as Health Minister
May 2012 ThisDayLive;Policy conception and implementation with regard to Health and development issues will benefit greatly if medical doctors are appointed Ministers of Health in Nigeria. Former, Governor Tinubu made this assertion while receiving the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), who paid him a courtesy call ahead of …
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