The author critiques the long-standing belief that there will be too many physicians, particularly specialists, a view put forth by the Bureau of Health Professions and the Council on Graduate Medical Education in the 1990s and held by many medical organizations, including the Association of American Medical Colleges. He cites his own research, which predicts, to the contrary, that the United S...

T contribution of forestry sector in Nepal’s economy is significant. As 39.06% of the country’s area is forests, this sector has diverse economic potential. This sector can contribute towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal (Kanel, 2004). The country lies within tropical to alpine climates and hosts a wide diversity of plant and animal species. For instance, Nepal has docume...

Responding to budget shortages, many developing nations around the world have adopted formal or informal systems of user fees for health care in public hospitals and health centers. In most countries user fee proceeds represent a small share of total public health facility recurrent costs, but they tend to account for a significant proportion of the resources required to pay for non-personnel c...

College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists Sri Lanka formed a committee to manage the impact economic crisis which made patient care extremely challenging due various shortages. Several steps were taken identify critical shortages by liaising with authorities, finding donors, updating supporting membership face problems faced.