A general practice experiment: technical aid to developing Africa.

Developing Danish general practice

nurses and other staff. Their main source of income is reimbursement. GPs are paid by a mixture of per capita payment and fees for services. Privately paid fees from patients or other services outside the National Health Service account for only a modest turnover [ 6 ] . GP offi ces are contracted to be open on all weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with the fi rst hour reserved for telephon...

General practice training in West Africa.

Failure to thrive: aid and Africa.

Development of a technical aid for occlusal adjustment during dental treatment under general anesthesia

Background General anesthesia can increase the volume of the tongue. A large tongue between the upper and lower teeth may be a serious obstacle, especially for tapping during occlusal adjustments in prosthetic treatment. We developed a tongue retractor to eliminate interference by the tongue. This study assesses the effect of the tongue retractor on occlusal adjustment time and describes two pa...

Understanding British Aid to Africa: A Historical Perspective*

The volume of direct British aid to Africa is constrained by the substantial level of its contributions to multilateral programmes (including those of the EU). The multilateral agencies, of course, also provide large volumes of aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, of which the UK finances its share, but the following discussion is restricted to the bilateral element in British aid to Africa. The share of...