Essential surgery is cost effective in resource-poor countries

Essential surgery is cost effective in resource-poor countries.

Tuberculosis in resource poor countries

Robert Colebunders head HIV/STD Unit, Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine 2000 Antwerp, Belgium [email protected] Ludwig Apers clinician Epidemiology Unit, Public Health Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Greet Dieltiens epidemiologist William Worodria clinician HIV/STD Unit, Clinical Sciences Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda Competing inte...

Access to essential drugs in poor countries.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUGS DEpends on a long chain of factors: research and development (R&D) of an appropriate pharmaceutical agent, production, quality control, distribution, inventory control, reliable information for health care professionals and the general public, diagnosis, prescription, financial accessibility, drug dispensing, observance, and pharmacovigilance. At each level, those inv...

Paediatric Palliative Care in Resource-Poor Countries

There is a great need for paediatric palliative care (PPC) services globally, but access to services is lacking in many parts of the world, particularly in resource-poor settings. Globally it is estimated that 21.6 million children need access to palliative care, with 8.2 needing specialist services. PC has been identified as important within the global health agenda e.g., within universal heal...

Tackling HIV in resource poor countries.

Despite recent proposals to expand access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV in resource poor settings, debate continues about the cost effectiveness of prevention and treatment strategies. This debate delays the urgent action needed to implement a comprehensive global AIDS strategy. To underscore the need to link prevention with treatment, we review the effect of HIV on economic a...