1 Coordinator, Vaccines Assessment and Monitoring, Department of Vaccines & Biologicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Correspondence should be sent to this author (e-mail: [email protected]). 2 Immunization Advisor, World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda. 3 Global Alert and Response, Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization...

The passage of federal healthcare reform legislation, in combination with other factors, makes it likely that the next few years will be a major period of consolidation for healthcare organizations. This article examines the seven key forces reshaping healthcare delivery--from insurance industry consolidation to cost inflation to the increasing gap between financially strong and struggling prov...

Content: 1. Towards Standardized Extraction from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue 2. Study Comparing Commercially Available HPV Genotyping Assays 3. An Update: HPV LabNet International Collaborative Studies 4. HPV LabNet Regional Reference Laboratory Activities: A Snapshot 5. Meeting Reports/Updates 6. Recent Publications of WHO HPV LabNet work 7. Useful Web Links 8. Contributions for Ne...

This paper examines health care reform in urban and rural China. Before health care reform, Chinese health service facilities were run entirely by the state and basically they performed a social welfare function. This health care system greatly improved the population health conditions but many problems started to emerge in 1980s when the economic reform started. Since then, the government has ...

This study examines the level of health care coverage and health care concerns among a sample of 222 West Central Wisconsin residents. More than 68% of respondents felt that Wisconsin health care has at least major problems, and only 2.7% felt that there were no problems. Approximately 60% were extremely or very worried about not being able to afford health care services, whereas more than 70% ...

Co-Chair, WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Chief Scientist for Nursing & Midwifery, Department of Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Co-Chair, WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice; Principal and Professor Emeritus, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columb...

One of the clearest findings of Mercer's annual National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans is that more companies are thinking of adopting a consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) approach, and more employees are enrolling in CDHPs at the companies that offer them. The authors discuss the advantages for organizations that offer CDHPs, as well as outline key considerations for companies lo...

originally, public health actions turned to the living conditions that prevented the development of countries in the process of increasing urbanization, especially protecting their workers and tackling economic losses. the actions were primarily directed to infectious diseases. today, the process of urbanization in most countries of the world is consolidated, and new health problems that affect...