Removing obstacles for health development

Health Tourism in Iran; Identifying Obstacles for Development of This Industry

Medical tourism plays an important role in national revenue of many countries; This industry earns about 100 billion dollars for the governments each year. However, Tourism is not developed in Iran and it is in its initial paces. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Health recognized tourism-therapy in 2003. In addition, by doing this, rather than supporting tourism-therapy, the ministry mainly...

Removing unnecessary obstacles to randomised trials

Since their introduction in the middle of the 20 Century, randomised trials of sufficiently large size have provided reliable assessments of the safety and efficacy of treatments that have produced substantial improvements in health. During the past decade, however, increasingly onerous (albeit well-meaning) regulation and related bureaucracy have made clinical trials much more difficult and co...

health tourism in iran; identifying obstacles for development of this industry

medical tourism plays an important role in national revenue of many countries; this industry earns about 100 billion dollars for the governments each year. however, tourism is not developed in iran and it is in its initial paces. as a matter of fact, the ministry of health recognized tourism-therapy in 2003. in addition, by doing this, rather than supporting tourism-therapy, the ministry mainly...

Research for Telecenter Development : Obstacles and Opportunities

Conducting field research in the developing world is, under any circumstances, a complex affair, and the study of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in this context adds yet another series of special challenges. Nevertheless, telecenter research offers tremendous opportunity to understand the role of communication and information in development. More importantly, a participatory ...

Health Tourism: Opportunities, Constraints, Obstacles and Solutions