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Health Protection and Global Approach to Neglected Communicable Diseases
Published in Vincent La Placa, Julia Morgan, Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health, 2023
Maria Jacirema Ferreira Gonçalves, Anny Beatriz Costa Antony de Andrade, Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye
In conclusion, NCDs are largely preventable. However, these conditions do not attract vital global public health policy inclusion and investment for driving sustainable efforts to reduce their medical and societal burden. This is mostly attributable to the demographics of the affected populations and their lack of political voice. Initiatives to tackle NCDs must be incorporated within national and regional health plans and aligned with global commitments to achieving universal health coverage and the SDGs. These initiatives should be based on four pillars 1) ensuring that safe and effective treatment is accessible and affordable for all; 2) empowering regional, national, and local communities to take proactive action; 3) strengthening health systems to deliver better outcomes; and 4) building a strong global coalition of partners to build advocacy, mobilise resources, coordinate action, and ensure that implementation of the roadmap is successful (Williams et al., 2019). Finally, when combating NCDs, it is necessary to consider that investing in preventive measures may be more cost-effective than just providing curative care for sick populations and those with chronic conditions resulting from NCDs (Fitzpatrick et al., 2017).
Intelligent Aging Is Healthcare's Moonshot
Published in Tom Lawry, Hacking Healthcare, 2022
Let's use the prevailing view of mental health services as an example. Everyone understands that the health system must be geared toward providing services for mental health (though it is a lightning rod for what services are actually covered). Most often, the current definition and expectations focus on the provision of services that mitigate or eliminate the presence of mental illness. And while this is a precursor to achieving well-being, it falls short of actually delivering that goal.
Myanmar
Published in Ebby Elahi, World Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofit Organizations, 2021
The life expectancy of the Burmese people is 67 years, the lowest in Southeast Asia. Despite a steady increase in health expenditures by the government in recent years, the health system is still weak due to decades of neglect. Non-communicable diseases increasingly contribute to the most deaths in the country, including stroke, COPD, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cirrhosis, and asthma. Other ailments such as lower respiratory infections, neonatal disorders, and diarrheal diseases continue to cause significant numbers of deaths. While incidence of death due to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis has decreased over time, they still continue to pose a major threat to the country’s healthcare system, as well as being a significant cause of death.
Combating malaria in Kenya through collaborative population health education: a systematic review and pilot case study
Published in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Hester Lacey, Nityanand Jain, Mai Sugimoto, Masako Shimato, Ieva Reine, Kevin Oria
Kenyan government also continues to underperform in scientific and health research. In 2022, Kenya’s expenditure on research and development was only 0.81% of GDP. This still falls short of the government’s target of 1% [11]. Other major challenges in the national health system include a lack of social capital and sustainable health financing mechanisms. This is exacerbated by a lack of investment in health education, including a lack of trained health workers, unequal access to basic medical and nursing education, and low-quality health education for those with access [12]. There remains a 32% gap between the availability of health workers in Kenya and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) threshold index [13]. This despite a 110% increase in the density of health workers per population in the country between 2010 and 2020. Inequalities between men and women, as well as social, cultural, and political influences, have added to the plight [14].
Digital Transformation Readiness Factors in Healthcare
Published in Hospital Topics, 2023
Dudu Bilgiç, Hatice Camgöz Akdağ
As a basic assumption, it is assumed that Digital applications can reduce the complexity of the processes, and thus, lead to manageable processes. Identification of factors that allow digitalization readiness is an important research theme in Healthcare. Therefore, researches are needed to fill the gaps in this subject in the literature. Given this need, the following research questions arise: RQ1. What are the Digital Transformation Readiness Factors in Healthcare?RQ2. What recommendations can be provided for hospitals and researchers? It is important for a country to have the high quality health system for a healthy and developed society. Countries in the world aim to be a developed society consisting of healthy individuals (Thamjamrassri et al. 2018). The current research aims to determine the criteria that affect the concept of digital transformation in healthcare and to create and validate a model based on these criteria. The health sector has the feature of externality, and thanks to the positive results of improvement efforts in this area, it will contribute to the increase of the welfare level of happy individuals and consequently happy societies (Mutlu and Işık 2005).
A qualitative exploration of how the COVID-19 pandemic shaped experiences of self-managed medication abortion with accompaniment group support in Argentina, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela
Published in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Chiara Bercu, Sofia Filippa, Ruvani Jayaweera, Ijeoma Egwuatu, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Belen Grosso, Ika Ayu Kristianingrum, Mariana Maneiro, María Soledad Liparelli, Stephhanie Sandoval, Isha Tapia, Guillermina Soria, Heidi Moseson
The SARS-COV-2 virus responsible for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has continued to wreak havoc on health systems and medical supply chains globally. As a result of the overburdening of health systems, people’s access to health care has been severely impacted, thus reinforcing previously existing health disparities around the world, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).1 In the latter contexts, barriers to health care and medical supplies were exacerbated by collapsed health systems, movement restrictions, border closures and the risk of contracting COVID-19.2 Compounded within these circumstances, existing social, legal and logistical barriers to access to sexual and reproductive health services were disproportionately intensified. According to an estimate by the United Nations Population Fund, about 12 million women in LMICs lost access to contraception services during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in 1.4 million unintended pregnancies.3,4