EURIPA: THE EUROPEAN RURAL AND ISOLATED PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION Euripa 5th Rural Health Forum. Riga, Latvia, 26–28 September 2014. Rural Family Medicine—today and tomorrow

Studying the Social Status and Health Concerning Rural Elderly Using the Plan for Rural Empowering

Objectives: Elderliness is a biological process that is experienced by all living creatures, among them are human beings. Elderly population in the country is increasing, and in order to face this phenomena understanding the existing status of the country>s elderly is necessary. Methods & Materials: This research has been done within the framework of the objectives of the plan to empower the...

Rural Health in Rural Hands

Rural Health in Rural Hands

Bachelor of rural health care: do we need another cadre of health practitioners for rural areas?

INTRODUCTION The National Health Policy (NHP), 2002 envisages that keeping in mind the availability and spread of allopathic graduates in their jurisdiction, state governments would consider the need for expanding the pool of medical practitioners to include a cadre of licentiates of medical practice, as also practitioners of Indian systems of medicine and homoeopathy. Simple services can be pr...

Factors Affecting Health Seeking Behavior among Rural Dwellers in Nigeria and its Implication on Rural Livelihood

Majority of the Nigerian population lives in rural area, where agriculture is the mainstay. Nigerian rural areas are the most neglected and its people, the most deprived with regard to the provision of modern health care services. Besides, they lack other basic infrastructural necessary for the maintenance and promotion of good health. The implication is that rural dwellers are subjected to hig...