Mimi's Village and How Basic Health Care Transformed It by K. Smith Milway

It takes a village to improve care.

Universal and affordable health care: how can we achieve it?

I was watching a live TV broadcast of the US House of Representatives voting for the health care reform bill (Affordable Health Care for America Act) in a hotel room on November 7th when I was visiting Philadel-phia to participate in the annual meeting of the Ameri-can Public Health Association. The voting continued, despite it being late on a Saturday night. When the House passed the bill at a...

Health care reform: how will it affect you?

The meaning of "socialization of health" to Iranian policymakers and how it can be implemented

Complex nature of health and disease, the impact of various socioeconomic factors on the health system arrangements and health of the society, and also the impact of health on the social and economic conditions of the society require a social approach to health. This necessity has led to the creation of new policies and programs, under the name of socialization of health, to strengthen the soci...

Platelet Refractoriness and how it is formed

Abstract Background and Objectives Transfusion of platelet has become one of the main treatments for thrombocytopenic patients to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding consequences. Failure to attain the desired level of platelets in a patient following platelet transfusion is defined as platelet refractoriness. The purpose of present paper is to review and study the mechanisms involve...