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Addressing healthy aging populations in developing countries: Unlocking the opportunity of eHealth and mHealth
(BioMed Central, 2014)
Aging societies worldwide propose a significant challenge to the model and organisation of the delivery of healthcare services. In developing countries, communicable and non-communicable diseases are affecting how the ...
Sharing Histories-a transformative learning/teaching method to empower community health workers to support health behavior change of mothers
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: One of the keys to improving health globally is promoting mothers' adoption of healthy home practices for improved nutrition and illness prevention in the first 1000 days of life from conception. Customarily, ...
Corruption in health systems: The conversation has started, now time to continue it; Comment on “We need to talk about corruption in health systems”
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2020)
Holistic and multi-disciplinary responses should be prioritized given the depth and breadth through which corruption in the healthcare sector can cover. Here, taking the Peruvian context as an example, we will reflect on ...
High-quality health systems: time for a revolution in research and research funding
(Elsevier, 2019)
The launch of two landmark publications on the quality of care in the world's poorest populations, including The Lancet Global Health Commission on high-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era ...
Comorbidity of common mental disorders with cancer and their treatment gap: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
(Wiley, 2014)
This study aimed to study the comorbidity of common mental disorders (CMDs) and cancer, and the mental health treatment gap among community residents with active cancer, cancer survivors and cancer-free respondents in 13 ...
The Brazilian National Health Agency and the Mental Health Policy in the Context of the Private Health System: developments and challenges
(UNIV SAO PAULO, FAC SAUDE PUBLICASAO PAULO, 2012)
This work analyses the mental health policy-making activity of the Brazilian National Health Agency (ANS), responsible for controlling health insurance companies. Three points are discussed: a) the framework of an economic ...
Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru
(MDPI, 2021)
Introduction: The World Health Organization introduced the workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in 1998 to improve country-level health workforce planning. This study presents the primary care health workforce ...
New guidelines on mental health in Peru
(Elsevier, 2019)
In October, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Peru approved the sectoral policy guidelines on mental health, which update those published 14 years ago. The five guidelines highlight the transitional framework of public mental ...