Aging and Universal Health Coverage: Implications for the Asia Pacific Region

Determinants Of Financial Integration In The East Asia- Pacific Region

Incorporation of Medical Research and Education in Asia Pacific Region

The goal of medicine is to prevent harm as Hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. Has this fact been taken into account in developing Medical Education curricula in Asia? Frequency of diseases in Asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  It is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to...

Health IT in Asia-Pacific region.

APAMI 2009 was held in Hiroshima, Japan, on November 22-24, 2009. This issue includes two selected papers recommended by the programming committee co-chairs. They are "Lessons Learned from Data Mining of WHO Mortality Database" and "Survey on Medical Records and EHR in Asia-Pacific Region - Languages, Purposes, IDs and Regulations". The theme of APAMI 2009 was "What are the medical records for?...

Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره هفدهم، خرداد 1398، 208-207       «پوشش همگانی بهداشت: هرکسی، هرجا»   Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere   محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian   سازمان جهانی بهداشت World Health Organization (WHO)  هر ساله  هفتم آوریل (مصادف با هجدهم فروردین) را به عنوان روز جهانی بهداشت گرامی داشته و شعاری را برای آن انتخاب می‌کند. ...

Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage in Asia and Pacific: improving the future for women and children

Universal health coverage generates significant health and economic benefits and enables governments to reduce inequity. Where universal health coverage has been implemented well, it can contribute to nation-building. This analysis reviews evidence from Asia and Pacific drawing out determinants of successful systems and barriers to progress with a focus on women and children. Access to healthca...