ANKYLOSTOMIASIS IN FIJI.

Beta-Naphthol in Ankylostomiasis

The Blood Count in Ankylostomiasis. A Warning

worm disease, and it is recognised that though a high eosinophil count is usual, sometimes the contrary is found. It is known also that the eosinophilia is not always proportionate to the number of worms present. If a case shows no eosinophils at all even after expulsion of the hookworms the sign is supposed to be a bad one, indicating exhaustion of the blood forming organism. Careful examinati...

Social Policies in Fiji

In this paper we review Fiji's social development policies and strategies in the postindependence period, drawing on various development plans. We conclude that Fiji has followed a fairly good set of social development strategies over the last 40 years. Education and health, which were prioritized from the colonial period, have received continued government commitment. The strategies and focuse...

Low Decision Space Means No Decentralization in Fiji; Comment on “Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis”

Mohammed, North, and Ashton find that decentralization in Fiji shifted health-sector workloads from tertiary hospitals to peripheral health centres, but with little transfer of administrative authority from the centre. Decisionmaking in five functional areas analysed remains highly centralized. They surmise that the benefits of decentralization in terms of services and outcomes will be limited....

Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis

Background Decentralisation aims to bring services closer to the community and has been advocated in the health sector to improve quality, access and equity, and to empower local agencies, increase innovation and efficiency and bring healthcare and decision-making as close as possible to where people live and work. Fiji has attempted two approaches to decentralisation. The current approach refl...