... of many developingcountries [13]. Indeed, in many rural regions ofdeveloping countries, deliveries arestill handled by traditional birth attendants. In such con-texts, a better coverage of ... is the inad-equacy of human resources (HR) indeveloping countries. In the health sector in general, and in maternal health in particular, health care professionals are at the heart of thesuccess ... development indicator. In fact, the risk of dying during pregnancy is 1/6 in the poorest countries compared with 1/30 000 in Northern Europe [2]. Because of the magnitude and negative consequences of...
... result, a growingnumber of international and national initiatives haveaimed to increase the stock of doctors and nurses in devel-oping countries through increasing training, retentionincentives ... crucial roleof a set of basic health services in reducing child and maternal mortality and the burden of infectious diseases indevelopingcountries [4,5].There has been a substantial amount of ... LaPorte RE: Brain drain from developing countries: how can brain drain be converted into wisdom gain? J R SocMed 2005, 98:487-491.26. Speybroeck N, Kinfu Y, Dal Poz MR, Evans DB: Reassessing therelationship...
... technology in cardiovascular disease prevention indeveloping countries: hype and hope. Report of the International Collaboration onInformation Use in Cardiovascular Health Promotion in Developing Countries. ... learning needs In this digital age, the growing urban-rural divide contin-ues to influence the way health care professionals any-where in the developingcountries learn and gain access toinformation. ... importance of meetinginformation and learning needs.Further work to document and describe processes and tools for assessing the information and learning needs of health care providers in developing...
... profession in themultidisciplinary provision of health care. In contrast to the situation in developed countries, pharmacists indevelopingcountries are still underutilized and their role as health ... socialwell-being and not merely the absence of disease or infir-mity [1]. Within the context of this definition, health careproviders play a major rolein striving for health in a pop-ulation. In terms ... services indevelopingcountries face somespecific challenges unlike those faced by pharmacists in the developed world. In most developing countries, lack of appropriate and good-quality medicines...
... and developing countries contain measures that restrict access to medicines [7].Agreements involving India are of particular concernbec ause of the count ry’s role as a worldwide suppli er of low-priced ... underst anding of the role that Indian genericmedicines producers play in HIV/AIDS treatment in developingcountries will shed light on the potentialconsequences of recently proposed intellectual ... the prominence of Indian genericmanufacturers in the supply of antiretroviral medicinesto developing countries. Since 2006, Indian-producedgeneric ARVs have accounted for more than 80% of thedonor-funded...
... relevance of a different route to internationalmarkets. Indeveloping countries, an increasing number of firms go internationalby becom ing contract manufacturers in a global value chain, created ... considered significant in explaining the internationali zation of SMEs. In small firms, constraints in terms of human resources make the task of identifyingand operating in foreign markets more problematic ... the distinctive features of these networks.Although the importance of cooperation for the international competitiveness of small firms in both indus trialized countries and developing countries...
... from a health professional in 17 of 28 countries (in five of these countries, the difference wasmore than seven percentage points). Another analysis foundthat in four of seven study countries, the ... proportions of mothers in Latin America werestill in school at the time of the surveys (12% in Bolivia andBrazil). In Africa and Asia, most women lived in rural areas(71–91%). In Latin America, ... than that of adolescents in at least one of the three younger subgroups. Of these cases, eight were in Asia (India and Indonesia), five in Latin America (Guatemalaand Peru) and three in Africa...
... impacts of disasters in developed countries generally do not find and discuss aggregate, macroeconomic impacts; indevelopingcountries a series of studies focusing on developingcountries find ... management in developing countries, outlining the potential of integrating disaster risk into economic project appraisal in order to select cost-effective projects while accounting for risk, ... is increasing with increasing flood depth. Often, the lack of availability of such fragility is a major constraint in risk and damage 23Table 7: Types of assessments in context of CBA under...
... CERVICAL CYTOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ã Conduct a detailed evaluation of smear-taking devices. ã Longitudinally determine the sensitivity of smear testing indeveloping countries. ã Evaluate ... age-related incidence of invasive cancer of the cervix in the country, not on the basis of the percentage distribution by age of clinically detected cases of cancer in the country. In most countries, ... from industrialization. In such countries, there has been a fall in incidence of cancer of the cervix, and a rise in incidence in cancer of the breast, sim-ilar to changes that occurred in North...
... Smith, K.R., 2000. “National burden of disease in India from indoor air pollution” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS 2000 97: 13286-13293). ... complaints in commercial buildings, and the frequency of litigation over the effects of poor IAQ is increasing. These increases have ramifications for insurance carriers, which pay for many of ... search of buildings-related, business and legal databases, and interviews with insurance and risk management representatives aimed at finding information on the direct costs to the insurance industry...
... pre-service training of health workers and in- service training of current staff. Incorporate quality indicators into routine monitoring and reporting systems; add quality monitoring to supervisory ... potential users of collaborative improvement, particularly in MNCH/FP programs indeveloping countries. A. Audience The guide is intended for health professionals indevelopingcountries who ... changes in processes of care. The organizations committed to working over a period of months, alternating between “Learning Sessions” in which representatives from the participating organizations...
... VIA 5 HPV Tests in Cervical Screening Programmes; Possible Rolein Middle-Income Countries 39Introduction 39Rationale for using HPV testing in cervical screening 40HPV testing systems: current ... Screening in Low-Income Countries based screening programme may be readily integrated in the primary care level of health services. However, the low specificity of VIA may result in over-investigation ... However, in many countries, including most middle-income developing countries, the existing programmes are failing to achieve a major impact.PROGRAMME ORGANIZATIONCentral to the success of any...
... per month in the time since the conference. Radio and newspaper cov-erage are the most likely means for dissemination of infor-mation in the developing world, since only minimalinfrastructure ... priorities of HIV/AIDS 8Conference coverage 6Innovative methods to increase public awareness about HIV/AIDS indevelopingcountries 2Coverage of government responses 1Restricted ART access indeveloping ... limitations of current therapy including issues of drug access indeveloping countries, prospects for noveltherapeutic and prevention initiatives, and the successesand failures of research...