The paper describes applied research efforts, requested by the Swaziland Ministry of Health and funded by U.S. AID, aimed at providing an information base for new government policies regarding traditional healers in Swaziland. Information reported relates to: health care manpower in the traditional sector; treatment seeking behavior in a pluralistic medical setting; traditional health beliefs a...

Three rounds of pulse polio immunization in January, February and March, 2007 were evaluated in Valsad and Vapi cities. Randomly selected team members of 50% booths and teams working during house to house activity were interviewed. Approximately 80% of eligible children were immunized on booths whereas remaining eligible were covered during house to house activity. In February, 2007 round, mOPV...

A new problem in technology policy-a discipline hitherto largely concerned with the modern industrial sector-is posed by the need for technology suited to creating productive jobs and providing minimum public services at a cost and level of sophistication within the reach of poor people in developing countries. Careful consideration must be given to overall and sectoral development objectives, ...

The British Paediatric Association (BPA) has carried out a national survey of paediatric medical manpower in the hospital and community child health services. The results of the survey relating to England and Wales are presented and compared with Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) manpower statistics. On the basis of the survey findings and current trends in the pattern of paediatr...

Multiple challenges are faced by educators and trainees. These challenges are multidimensional and pertain to a scenario in which trainees have to become in a short period of time competent technical neurosurgeons, while at the same time conscious of economic and professional factors that will influence their practice. It is the duty of societies and leading educators to come together in develo...

The changes of the labour market have strong characteristics compared to earlier eras. These are primarily happening due process digitalization coming foreground which will significantly transform structure market2. time shift between terminating workplaces and new ones resulting from application technologies retraining employees result in an intermediate interval. maximal use this interval be ...

An outpatient pharmacy of a tertiary hospital in Singapore had uncertainty over the impact of different manpower scheduling strategies on the length of time (that is, cycle time) that their patients needed to spend during their visits. This article illustrated how this uncertainty could be addressed via application of discrete-event simulation (DES). Recent service rates of pharmacy staff and m...

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Slephanie Pressel/CT. J'vI.s., OTR, 1:.1 Director, Education Division, 1'101'1'1. Issue Statement In several recent Nalionally Speak­ ing columns the authors have de­ scribed changes the occupational therapy profession is experiencing on a number of different fronts, including practice delivery sys­ tems, regulations governing health care, and so on. The profession is indeed undergoing changes,...