Improving Surgical Services in Developing Nations: Getting to Go

Language Education Policy in Developing Nations from Colonization to Postcolonialism

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role that colonization played in language education policy and illustrate the need for first language instruction. Using postcolonial scholar Franz Fanon, the reasons for and consequences of using a second language medium of instruction in postcolonial nations are explored. Colonial languages were used to reinforce the imperialistic goals of ...

Berwick health care Lessons from developing nations on improving

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Consumption in Developing Nations

Getting ADC to paediatricians in developing countries.

For some years now it has been the policy of the BMJ Publishing Group to give free subscriptions to its journals to applicants from countries in the developing world. However, in practice this has had its difficulties. Many developing countries have either poor or non-existent postal services so granting a print subscription can often be impractical and expensive—the marginal cost of sending AD...

Gender and use of cataract surgical services in developing countries.

OBJECTIVE To determine, from the existing literature, cataract surgical coverage rates by sex and the proportion of cataract blindness that could be eliminated if women and men had equal access to cataract surgical services. METHOD Methodologically sound population-based cataract surveys from developing countries were identified through a literature search. Cataract surgical coverage rates we...