• The World Health Report 2006: Working together for health, Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006. (who.int)
  • World Health Organization (2010). (who.int)
  • WHO, Development of human resources for health in the WHO African Region: current situation and way forward , Brazzaville, Congo, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, 2007, AFR/RC57/9. (who.int)
  • Over recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted the concept of universal health coverage (UHC), emphasizing the need for access to services at an affordable cost to protect households from CHE [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (WHO SAGE), Wave 1, implemented 2007-2010, was utilized. (jheor.org)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Study, CVD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with high systolic blood pressure accounting for 56.6% of disability-adjusted life-years in 2021. (jheor.org)
  • 5. NSSO (National Sample Survey Organization) Household Consumption Expenditure in India, 2007-08. (ac.ir)
  • Quality assurance in general practice is defined by the World Organization for National Colleges and Academies of General Practice/Family Medicine (WONCA) as "a continuous process of planned activities, based on performance review and setting explicit targets for good clinical practice with the aim of improving the actual quality of patient care" [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Based on World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, every year approximately 44 million households worldwide (or more than 150 million individuals) face catastrophic health expenditure, and about 25 million households (or more than 100 million individuals) are pushed into poverty by the need to pay for health services [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis kills more adults each year than any other single pathogen, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Much of this is promoted by "health experts" in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). (price-pottenger.org)
  • The prevalence of overweight and obesity is growing and has been classified as an epidemic according to the WHO (World Health Organization) [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • Data were collected through national level key informants' interviews, observations, group discussion and scoring using the HIS framework and assessment tool developed by World Health Organization Health Metrics Network (WHO/HMN). (who.int)
  • Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) "six building blocks" model and Donabedian's "Structure-Process-Outcomes" framework, an intervention package was developed to increase financial and human resouce investment to strengthen basic health care and strive for a better quality of pediatric care. (frontiersin.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for girls aged 9-14 years for cervical cancer prevention and encourages vaccinating multiple cohorts in the first year to maximize impact. (cdc.gov)
  • According to 2015 World Health Organization data, 92 million children under five years old (15%) were underweight in less developed regions. (medscape.com)
  • Image courtesy of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (medscape.com)
  • It is also theoretically possible to 'eliminate' a disease in humans while the microbe remains at large, as in the case of neonatal tetanus, for which the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1989 declared a goal of global elimination by 1995. (cdc.gov)
  • The lished, including bloodstream related bacteremia due to Streptomyces in a World Health Organization/Interna- infection (1,4) and focal invasive patient receiving holistic infusions. (cdc.gov)
  • Geneva, World Health Organization,2012. (who.int)
  • For the first time, celebration of World Health Day in April 2000 was prepared jointly with the Federation. (who.int)
  • The successful eradication of smallpox in 1977 and the ongoing campaigns to eradicate dracunculiasis by 1995 and poliomyelitis by 2000 should ensure that eradication of selected diseases will continue to be used as a powerful tool of international public health. (cdc.gov)
  • Driven by data availability, our analysis covers 46 countries when the fiscal variables are not considered, while 41 and 38 countries are respectively included in the models involving government expenditure and tax revenue from 2000 to 2016. (bvsalud.org)
  • After checking its completeness, all household consumption expenditure was done by mathematical analysis using Microsoft Excel. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Out of 633 households surveyed, 110 (17.4%) were in catastrophe, which exceeds 10% of total household expenditure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Following standard procedure, CHE was defined as the health expenditure above 5%, 10%, and 25% of total household expenditure. (jheor.org)
  • Hence, the objective of this study is to assess the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure and associated factors among households in non-community-based health insurance districts in the Ilubabor zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, but there does not appear to be any that have assessed the incidence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) relating to TB care in China. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The incidence of CHE was 66.8 % using the household income measure and 54.7 % using non-food expenditure (capacity to pay). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Catastrophic health expenditure incidence from TB care is high in China. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This is in stark contrast to an incidence of around 23% in developing countries where women's health care remains under-resourced and many women delivery at home, without professional assistance ( 10 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Benefit incidence analysis can be used to estimate the distribution of current public health sector expenditure, with geographical resource allocation formulae and health system reform being the main government policy levers for improving equity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Weigel, 2017), with far reaching implications to are often transferred from one person to another during reproductive health, family health and the sanctity of sexual activity. (who.int)
  • 2017) and to meet Target 3.4 tional exposures, as well as unequal Universal health coverage (UHC), of the United Nations Sustainable access to cancer care. (who.int)
  • Despite substantial improvements to health system performance in recent decades [ 2 ], empirical analyses of health equity have found that inequalities have persisted between and within countries, many of which were described by Marmot and colleagues in their landmark report on global inequalities in 2008 [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Wagstaff and colleagues, meanwhile, analysed 64 LMICs over the period 1990-2011 and found that socioeconomic inequalities in health status increased in over half of the countries [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The "100% Santé" (100% Health) reform was intended to address the major problem of social inequalities in access to dental care in France. (bvsalud.org)
  • Huang F, Gan L. The impacts of China's urban employee basic medical insurance on healthcare expenditures and health outcomes. (ijhpm.com)
  • Furthermore, although cooling of the neonate results in improved neurological outcomes for a small proportion of treated infants, it does not provide any benefit to the other organ systems affected by asphyxia at birth. (frontiersin.org)
  • Unfair differences in healthcare access, utilisation, quality or health outcomes exist between and within countries around the world. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods from the economics literature can provide policymakers with a toolkit for addressing multiple aspects of health equity, from outcomes to financial protection, and can be adapted to accommodate data commonly available in low- and middle-income settings. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Health inequity can be defined as the differences in healthcare access or utilisation, quality of care or health outcomes that are considered avoidable and unfair, such as those associated with socioeconomic status, ethnicity or geographical region. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Difference in difference model and a logistic regression model for binary outcomes were used to estimate the effect of the implementation of UHC on the health-seeking behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite the incredible advances made in the prevention and management of diabetes over the past few years, the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise, health outcomes for people living with diabetes (PwD) are not improving in line with innovations and there remain many unmet medical needs for PwD. (idf.org)
  • Countries with systematic use tend to have horizon scanning fully integrated in a system for the management of new medicines, and they use horizon scanning outcomes to inform decisions as to whether or not a Health Technology Assessment will be conducted and price negotiations be started. (egms.de)
  • After that, we con- that would help to address inequali- ed in Fig. 10.1 identifies three goals - sider some key features of a health ties in cancer outcomes. (who.int)
  • Overweight/obesity is not only a health burden in itself but also linked to many metabolic diseases. (springer.com)
  • The resting metabolic rate is the body's total caloric requirement over a 24-hour period to sustain all its functions at rest, including vital organ functions, maintaining body temperature, thought processes, and respiration. (acsh.org)
  • Your resting metabolic expenditure, another term for RMR, varies with your body size, age, muscle mass, and climate - the rate is lower in warmer climates because you need to expend less energy to maintain your body temperature. (acsh.org)
  • The reduction in your resting metabolic rate is a natural protective mechanism by the brain to prevent what it interprets as insufficient calories to maintain vital organ function and all the related physiological functions that occur 24 hours per day, seven days a week. (acsh.org)
  • The body's reduction in resting metabolic expenditure in the face of "diminishing caloric intake" is a major issue overlooked by most consumers. (acsh.org)
  • This contributes to more intensive oxygen enrichment of internal organs and acceleration of metabolic processes occurring in the body. (world-pharmacy.life)
  • Due to its potential role as a metabolic modulator and performance enhancer, Cardarine was added to the list of banned substances controlled by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2009 ( 1 ). (healthline.com)
  • They are only cheap (as promoted by various MPs) when the costs of their negative metabolic effects are externalised to personal health care and public health budgets. (nutrilink.co.uk)
  • Fat and carbohydrate are continually used to maintain your basic daily metabolism as you constantly require energy for brain activity, the pumping of your heart and the functions of your internal organs. (mydr.com.au)
  • Out-of-pocket health expenditure is the proportion of total health expenditure that is paid by individuals and households at the time of health service. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed in the Ilubabor zone on non-community-based health insurance scheme districts from August 13 to September 2, 2020, and 633 households participated in the study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Also, the regional health bureau should improve their budget share of 10% to increase the coverage of poor households. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Relatively small expenditures for common illnesses may have serious financial implications for poor households [ 1 , 6 - 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In theory, TB can be diagnosed and treated without any out-of-pocket health care expenditures by patients or their households. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The share of medical expenditure in total household spending was higher among households with CVD in Ghana and South Africa. (jheor.org)
  • This results in significant out-of-pocket payment for health services by Cameroonians with catastrophic consequences to households. (bvsalud.org)
  • Some 75% of the direct European expenditure on diabetes, which stood at €176 billion in 2021, resulted from diabetes-related complications. (idf.org)
  • Several global initiatives were launched designed to improve diabetes prevention management and care, such as the WHO Global Diabetes Compact (2021), the World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution for reducing the burden of NCDs (2021), the Global Targets for Diabetes at the 75th WHA (2022) and the new European Parliament Diabetes Resolution (2022). (idf.org)
  • everyday world wide (WHO, 2021). (who.int)
  • Since low-income people are unhealthier, inequity in benefits exacerbates health inequity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, if the basic medical insurance system cannot effectively provide more benefits to low-income people, then the corresponding financial subsidy will play a role in further promoting the inequity of health care utilization. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aims to assess inequity in expenditure on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in India and Kenya. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The societal distrust of public health alongside the complex, intersecting, and large public health crises of today and our future requires a transformation of the education of the next generation of public health leaders. (bvsalud.org)
  • Timely recognition of emerging infections requires such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) early warning systems to detect new infectious dis- and TB vividly illustrate that no nation can be compla- eases before they become public health crises. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 2014, the Indonesian government has been running a national health insurance scheme, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional-Kartu Indonesia Sehat (JKN-KIS), aimed at achieving UHC for all citizens by 2019 [ 2 , 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The estimated global direct health expenditure on diabetes in 2019 was USD 760 billion and is expected to grow to a projected USD 825 billion by 2030 and USD 845 billion by 2045. (nutrilink.co.uk)
  • In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) organized the first typhoid conjugate vaccination campaign in Africa in response to a recurring typhoid outbreak in a large urban setting. (cdc.gov)
  • Strengthening financial risk protection mechanisms, such as community-based health insurance, could help to improve healthcare equity and quality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Ten years of China's new healthcare reform: a longitudinal study on changes in health resources. (ijhpm.com)
  • Thus, targeting and prioritizing the health needs of individuals with regard to healthcare financing interventions in SSA is needed. (jheor.org)
  • Interventions should include healthcare financing mechanisms to protect and care for vulnerable and at-risk populations with a long-term strategy of increasing the financial remuneration for health workers in developing countries to prevent the brain drain. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, the demand for healthcare among elderly people is large and will increase even further in the future due to the aging world population [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary care (PC) allows patients to address most of their health needs and is essential for high quality healthcare systems. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Inhaled anesthetics help in reducing patients' overall healthcare expenditure. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • Patients who have undergone surgery and are critically ill are usually admitted to ICUs, which increases their healthcare expenditure due to an increase in the duration of hospital stays. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • However, this is not possible in case of intravenous form which helps reduce the patient's overall healthcare expenditure. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • The frequent outbreaks of pandemic diseases such as Influenza, Ebola, and the recent COVID-19, has put enormous pressure on healthcare authorities and health services to draft and discuss preparedness plans that includes the increase in number of ICU beds, to accommodate critically ill patients. (thebusinessresearchcompany.com)
  • The effective implementation of essential primary health services through UHC has resulted in efficient healthcare utilisation, which is reflected in the health-seeking behaviour of the community. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although the implementation of UHC has improved utilisation of public health facilities, the presence of people who are not covered by health insurance is a potential problem that could threaten future improvements in healthcare access and utilisation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chimed-Ochir O, Amarsanaa J, Ghotbi N, Yumiya Y, Kayano R, Van Trimpont F, Murray V, Kubo T. Impact of COVID-19 on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management System: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Workforce Management in COVID-19. (who.int)
  • Your Kidney Health Matters is an education campaign launched to increase understanding of the implications of kidney disease in type 2 diabetes management. (newswire.ca)
  • Since the efficacy of some type 2 diabetes medications decreases with declining kidney function, there is a need for effective treatments that tightly manage glycemic control at any level of kidney function," said Dr. Andrew W. Steele, FRCPC, Medical Director and Chief of Nephrology, Lakeridge Health Corporation and Lead Nephrologist Ontario Renal Network, Central East Local Health Integration Network. (newswire.ca)
  • Your Kidney Health Matters campaign was launched today to educate Canadians about the risk to kidney health associated with diabetes and how best to manage their diabetes at all stages of kidney function. (newswire.ca)
  • To learn more about diabetes and kidney health, please visit www.kidney.ca . (newswire.ca)
  • There is an associated health risk with being over-fat and even more so with obesity, as it increases our risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. (mydr.com.au)
  • Traditional markers of cardiometabolic health may be lower in Black individuals, but the development of diabetes is more common in those with African ancestry. (uab.edu)
  • November 1 marks the beginning of Diabetes Awareness Month , setting the stage for the celebrations of World Diabetes Day on November 14, the world's largest diabetes awareness campaign, reaching a global audience of more than one billion people. (idf.org)
  • The burden of diabetes is also reflected in the economic loss for health systems which bear huge costs linked to an inefficient allocation of resources supporting the treatment of diabetes-related complications rather than their prevention . (idf.org)
  • ABSTRACT Reliable and timely health information is fundamental for health information systems (HIS) to work effectively. (who.int)
  • 10 years of health-care reform in China: progress and gaps in universal health coverage. (ijhpm.com)
  • Li L, Fu H. China's health care system reform: progress and prospects. (ijhpm.com)
  • The pursuit of equity is one of the basic principles behind the strengthening of health care reform. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mechanism analysis demonstrated that high-income people have higher medical insurance applicability and can utilize better health care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since the 1990s, addressing health inequities and improving the health of vulnerable groups have been the core goals of health care reform in many countries [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The realization of residents' health equality is an important goal of health care reform [ 6 , 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to the system design, individuals with higher health care utilization can receive more reimbursement, and such differences in health care utilization will lead to differences in the associated benefits [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The goal of basic medical insurance is to ensure that every citizen has access to medical services, with a focus on providing low-income people with better health care [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This focus should be not only the basic principle of China's health care system reform but also the value orientation of China's social security system. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and research and analysis of health care policies. (who.int)
  • Since the number of elderly people increases and the potential labor force remains the same or even declines, the costs of health care will increase [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The negative evaluation of primary care reflects the growing crisis in the health care system in Poland. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary care (PC) is the first level of professional medical care, which allows patients to address their health needs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A variety of studies have demonstrated that solid primary care systems are associated with effective health care delivery [ 2 - 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The WHO World Health Report 2008 emphasized the need for a renewal and strengthening of primary care [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Donabedian also paid attention to the importance of examining health care quality from more than one perspective [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • there are three levels of quality analysis that need to be considered in primary care: the patients' (customers') perspective, views of different health care professionals (service providers) and administrative level (managers) [ 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study coordinated by the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), following the same logic, aims to evaluate primary care systems in Europe at three levels of care: the system level of PC, provision level and the level of users of PC services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A condition or complaint either coexisting with the principal diagnosis or arising during the episode of admitted-patient care (hospitalisation), episode of residential care or attendance at a health-care establishment, that requires the provision of care. (aihw.gov.au)
  • The overall nature of a clinical service provided to an admitted patient during an episode of care (admitted care), or the type of service provided by the hospital for boarders or posthumous organ procurement (care other than admitted care). (aihw.gov.au)
  • The financial burden of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care seeking in LMICs has not been widely explored in the literature. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Addressing the financial barriers to SRH care access is also critical to improving progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 ( MDG 5: Reduce Maternal Mortality & Achieve Universal Access to Reproductive Health), MDG 6 (Combat HIV/AIDS) and to some extent MDG 3 (Promote gender equality and empower women) and MDG 4 (Reduce Child Mortality). (biomedcentral.com)
  • This approach should include policies focused on improving access to risk-based screening, eliminating health care system inefficiencies and prioritizing education and training of health care professionals. (wavy.com)
  • Treatment for patients with kidney failure places huge costs on health care systems and harms the environment immensely. (wavy.com)
  • Many countries spend 2-3% of their annual health care budget and collectively use about 265 billion litres of water to provide dialysis therapy and kidney transplants annually. (wavy.com)
  • Chris Forbes , steering committee member and CEO of Kidney Health Australia, relates: "Chronic kidney disease is costing the Australian economy $9.9 billion per year in productivity-related losses and health care expenditure to provide dialysis and kidney transplants. (wavy.com)
  • Bringing together advocates from around the world, the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health envisions health care systems that treat chronic kidney disease as a public health priority by ensuring at-risk patients can access comprehensive screening and early treatment. (wavy.com)
  • They can be further caused or compounded by the relative under-utilisation of health services by the worst-off and least healthy, a phenomenon known as the inverse care law [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Medical (Not Health) Care Costs Are Rising, Stupid! (price-pottenger.org)
  • Health care costs represent the number one political issue in America today. (price-pottenger.org)
  • Health expenditures, 3 health care, 3 health problems 4 and health care provider 4 are typical examples. (price-pottenger.org)
  • The same substitution can be made for expenditure, care or issues, all of which are discussed in relation to the word "health. (price-pottenger.org)
  • We can reduce the confusion simply by defining what health care really is. (price-pottenger.org)
  • Here is a superb demonstration of health care in action with all its simplicity and total absence of cost. (price-pottenger.org)
  • There is plenty of evidence of health care from other equally simple and cost-free demonstrations. (price-pottenger.org)
  • The article bitterly criticizes the tendency of developing countries to blindly accept the American model of health care and medicine. (esamskriti.com)
  • The disease patterns as well as financial structures of developing countries are different from those of developed countries, and accepting the health-care patterns of the latter in poor countries is bound to produce disparities in health-care access and also economic imbalance. (esamskriti.com)
  • With the rapid improvement in social and economic conditions and the changes of disease spectrums among children, the focus of pediatric health care has shifted from a goal of "survival" to "thriving and prosperous", resulting in growing demands for high-quality health care ( 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Despite the significant reduction in child mortality globally, the increasing prevalence of premature, congenital abnormalities, injury, mental illness, and chronic conditions among children pose an unprecedented challenge to the present pediatric health care systems across countries ( 3 ), particularly in the context of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (frontiersin.org)
  • Australian Health Care Homes trial: case study. (who.int)
  • Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing. (who.int)
  • Int J Qual Health Care. (diabetestalk.net)
  • In countries where measles is rare, health-care-setting transmissions remain problematic. (who.int)
  • Details of health-care presentations resulting and not resulting in measles transmission were also analysed. (who.int)
  • There were 168 confirmed and two probable cases resulting in 405 documented health-care presentations. (who.int)
  • Thirty-four secondary cases acquired in health-care settings were identified, including 29 cases resulting from 14 source cases and 5 cases whose source could not be identified. (who.int)
  • Health-care-acquired cases accounted for 20% of all cases in this outbreak. (who.int)
  • In countries where measles is rare, transmissions in health-care facilities have been important in amplifying outbreaks 8,9 and challenging retention of measles elimination status. (who.int)
  • Although numerous measles outbreak reports have been published describing health-care transmissions, 10-12 many lack details of case demographics and transmission characteristics that are crucial for improving control and response guidelines for post-elimination settings. (who.int)
  • INTRODUCTION: Surgical care is a significant component of the overall health expenditure in low- and middle-income countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Less than 2% of the population is enrolled in a health insurance scheme leading to a propensity for catastrophic health expenses when accessing care. (bvsalud.org)
  • To assess the perceived barriers and motivations for health insurance subscription among health-care users in Cameroon. (bvsalud.org)
  • A total of 37 health-care users (health insurance subscribers and nonsubscribers) were purposively identified. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: The six major themes identified as barriers to health insurance subscription were lack of trust in the existing health insurance schemes, inadequate knowledge on how health insurance works, premiums believed to be too expensive, the complexity of the claims processing system, minimal usage of health-care services and practice of self-medication. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the United States and elsewhere, infectious dis- health care reform, it is crucial that emerging infectious eases increasingly threaten public health and contrib- disease threats be addressed and that the basic tenets ute significantly to the escalating costs of health care. (cdc.gov)
  • As society, technology, and the environment change, gral component of plans for health care reform. (cdc.gov)
  • However, existing largely or completely preventable, current approaches systems to monitor these trends domestically and to health care, which neglect public health, hamper internationally are inadequate. (cdc.gov)
  • Kieny et radiation, air pol ution) and occupa- primary health care" (WHO, 2016b). (who.int)
  • First, we briefly present the ana- include both the delivery of health- municable diseases (NCDs) includ- lytical framework used in this chap- care services and broader individu- ing cancer (UN, 2015). (who.int)
  • The focus improving health (both the level and system required to address inequal- the distribution), promoting financial is on key issues related to access ities in access to cancer care in the risk protection, and ensuring user to affordable and high-quality can- context of UHC, before providing satisfaction (satisfaction of the pop- cer care in the context of UHC. (who.int)
  • Atun and the health-care system (Pen- and actions whose primary interest et al. (who.int)
  • Health system functions in relation to cancer care. (who.int)
  • In order to assist governments and policymakers in making equitable health resource allocation decisions, a range of quantitative methods can be used to measure and analyse health equity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods: We utilised data from 17 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2003 and 2007 in sub-Saharan Africa to assess the net effects of socio-demographic factors on men's and women's attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) using multiple logistic regression models estimated by likelihood ratio test. (cyberleninka.org)
  • strengthened: WHO and OECD are working together on surveillance and biosafety in organ transplantation, especially xenotransplantation, to develop a shared system for monitoring regulatory changes. (who.int)
  • Life-saving surgical procedures such as brain surgery, open-heart surgery, or organ transplantation would not have been possible without general anesthesia, thereby, boosting the demand for inhaled anesthetic drugs. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • 17th World Nephrology Summit will discuss the latest Research Technologies and Therapeutic aspects developed for various kidney diseases which include Renal Transplantation, Dialysis Equipment and other procedures involved in the treatment of Chronic Kidney Diseases and End Stage Renal Diseases. (nephroconferences.com)
  • Marisol Robles , whose home country Mexico has the sixth highest premature death rate in the world from CKD, says: "It's important to educate at-risk people about how to keep their kidneys healthy but in heavily burdened countries, governments have an obligation to implement policies that reflect international best-practice. (wavy.com)
  • The kidneys are matched retroperitoneal organs that lie at the dimension of the T12 to L3 vertebral bodies. (nephroconferences.com)
  • It has a critical role in the formation of the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs in the baby. (worldhunger.org)
  • Factors affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses in China: policy implications of universal health insurance. (ijhpm.com)
  • Our study aimed to examine the changes in health-seeking behaviour before and after the implementation of UHC in Indonesia and to identify what factors determine these changes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This narrative review could initiate critical thoughts and discussions on the factors in skewed marital unfaithful and the contribution to reproductive health and family life. (who.int)
  • Motivational factors included the knowledge of having access to quality health services even without money in the event of an unforeseen illness and having a large family/household size. (bvsalud.org)
  • MMT patients in these mountainous areas perceived high levels of stigma and discrimination which were associated with mental health disorders, unemployment, and HIV infection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Inhalation anesthesia is considered to be the best alternative for patients who are on ventilation for more than 24 hours as it becomes easy to monitor the patient's health. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • Some researchers set CKD grades as discrete health states, and the transition probabilities between these states were dependent on the CKD grades (disease grade-based microsimulation, MSM-dg), while others set estimated glomerular filtration rate value which determines the severity of CKD as a main variable describing patients' continuous status (kidney function-based microsimulation, MSM-kf). (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, when we intend to analyze in a longer time horizon like CKD, which is lifelong disease, it is difficult to observe health utilities derived from treatments directly, because following patients for such a long time is typically not feasible. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The 2010 NSW Public Health Act requires all measles patients to be notified to local public health units by doctors and laboratories. (who.int)
  • WASHINGTON , Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventeen patient advocacy organizations from North and South America , Europe , Asia and the Middle East have formed the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health . (wavy.com)
  • Out-of-pocket payment AOR: 31.201: 95% CI (12.965-49.673), daily income less than 1.90 USD AOR: 2.081: 95% CI (1.010-3.670), living a medium distance from a health facility AOR: 6.219: 95% CI (1.632-15.418), and chronic disease AOR: 5.647: 95% CI (1.764-18.075. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this study, family size, average daily income, out of pocket payment and chronic diseases were statistically significant and independent predictors for household catastrophic health expenditure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Like many chronic health conditions, CVD predisposes families to catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), especially in SSA due to the low health insurance coverage. (jheor.org)
  • Utilisation of public health facilities increased significantly after implementation of UHC, from 34.9% to 65.4% among the respondents with acute episodes and 33.7% to 65.8% among those with chronic episodes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Five years after the implementation of UHC, we still found respondents who did not have health insurance (26 and 19 respondents among those with acute episode and chronic episode, respectively). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Consortium led by UAB researchers in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and School of Public Health received additional funding to further study chronic hypertension and preeclampsia epigenetics participants enrolled in the CHAP trial. (uab.edu)
  • Disparities in socioeconomic status (SES), one of the controllable variables, may be a key area to address to lower the risk and minimize CHE inequality in megacities towards the path to universal health coverage (UHC). (ijhpm.com)
  • NEPHROLOGY-2022 invites all the participants across the world to attend the " 17th World Nephrology Summit " which is scheduled on June 27-28, 2022 at Osaka, Japan . (nephroconferences.com)
  • This additional energy expenditure will therefore increase your use of fat and carbohydrate, some of which will come from your body's stores. (mydr.com.au)
  • If moving to a colder climate is not your way of altering your RMR, you can increase the resting energy expenditure by being more physically active, increasing muscle mass. (acsh.org)
  • With an increase in the rate, the amplitude of vertical movements, the activity of the ligamentous-muscular apparatus, the intensity of energy expenditure increase. (world-pharmacy.life)
  • Compounds such as Cardarine act upon energy metabolism in the cells and are thought to increase energy expenditure. (healthline.com)
  • With most Cameroonians in the informal sector and underemployed, it is imperative to put in place a national strategic plan to overcome existing barriers and increase health insurance coverage especially among the poor. (bvsalud.org)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major, global public health problem, particularly in low-income countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Interest in the development of new vaccines for tuberculosis (TB) has increased in recent years as the disease continues to be a major, global public health problem. (cdc.gov)
  • Strengthening pediatric service delivery is critical to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals, including the reduction of maternal mortality, child mortality, and disease burden resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria ( 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Health Assembly adopted3 the WHO Global Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel in 2010. (who.int)
  • General to develop and submit a new Global Strategy for HRH (GSHRH) for consideration at the sixty-ninth World Health Assembly in May 2016. (who.int)
  • As in most other countries, the Chinese government has attached great importance to health insurance reform in the past decade and aims to improve the fairness of medical insurance and accessibility to medical services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Epidemiology Branch, initially in the Ministry of Health syndrome (DSS) in subsequent infections ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Ministry of Health, system was implemented in 1968 ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, to overcome financial risk, the Federal Ministry of Health should develop different guidelines and modalities by considering household per capita and income to improve the enrolment of community-based health insurance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For starters, Upgraded ™ Coffee promoters claim it improves energy, mood, productivity and overall health… much more than regular old coffee. (precisionnutrition.com)
  • This means that many people have an imbalance between their energy intake (food and drink) and their energy expenditure (general metabolism and physical activity). (mydr.com.au)
  • while fasting mice were observed to exhibit a reduction in oxygen consumption, respiratory exchange, and energy expenditure, of which all were completely abolished by refeeding, parallelling results observed in humans. (worldhealth.net)
  • A study published in The Journals of Gerontology found that calorie restriction reduces energy expenditure. (mdolla.com)
  • AstraZeneca has provided a financial sponsorship to the Global Alliance for Patient Access as the secretariat of the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health. (wavy.com)
  • Significant determinants of CHE were: age, household size, employment status, health insurance status, patient income as a percentage of total household income, hospitalization and status as a minimum living security household. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Maintaining a healthy level of body fat is a matter of balancing calorie intake (food) with expenditure (our basal metabolism and exercise/physical activity). (mydr.com.au)
  • In other words, being on say, an 800-calorie diet is likely to lead to nutrient deficiencies which can seriously harm your health. (mdolla.com)
  • [6] Just make sure that you reduce your calorie intake by 300-500 calories as recommended by Harvard Health Publications. (mdolla.com)
  • In addition, this analysis aims to measure the extent to which payments are catastrophic and to explore coping mechanisms used to finance health spending. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study aims to describe patterns of PrEP persistence and discontinuation among predominately Latino MSM accessing PrEP in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in El Paso, Texas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Horizon scanning aims to systematically identify upcoming health technologies and thus allows policy-makers to be better prepared for the entry of new medicines with possibly high price tags into the national health system. (egms.de)
  • The widespread use and its burden on health and economy has raised concerns in the Region, although the extent of the problem is not well assessed. (who.int)
  • This perspective piece explores the challenges that individuals of African and Caribbean populations face when confronted with the burden of TTR-CA. Key issues include the absence of rigorous disease registries, deficits in human resources, a lack of infrastructure for testing and treatment, poor awareness and health literacy, financial limitations including an inadequate public health budget, and the absence of social safety nets. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cardiac amyloidosis, specifically transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (TTR-CA), poses a significant health burden in communities of African descent. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This review presents a picture of the extent of the problem, elaborates on related existing research initiatives and international treaties, policies and health service provisions, and outlines best policy and programme interventions in khat-use countries. (who.int)
  • Techniques from the economic evaluation literature, such as extended and distributional cost-effectiveness analysis can be used to identify 'best buy' interventions from a health equity perspective. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We then interventions within the health sector analytical framework (Atun et al. (who.int)
  • The idea is that a household that is impoverished by out-of-pocket spending was forced by an adverse health event to divert spending away from non-medical budget items such as food, shelter, clothing, etc. to such an extent that its spending on these items is reduced below the level indicated by the poverty line. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Impoverishment can be computed as the change in poverty headcount with and without out-of-pocket spending included in consumption or income [ 1 ] .Out-of-pocket spending surpassing 10% of total consumption or income by budget share approach with two thresholds, as well as out-of-pocket spending exceeding 40% of nonfood consumption, is considered catastrophic health spending. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Agreement (the Suva Agreement) between the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States and the European Union provides the basis for broad programmes on the reduction of poverty and health development in these countries. (who.int)
  • The current Ebola crisis has demonstrated that in the absence of an effective health system, including well-trained HRH, an epidemic can spread rapidly, causing enormous human suffering and economic loss. (who.int)
  • A resilient and flexible health system that is capable of responding to emerging health challenges should have at its core a substantive and sustained strategic investment in HRH backed by political will and commitments. (who.int)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on the pediatric health system over two different periods in Guangzhou. (frontiersin.org)
  • The health insurance system in Indonesia was transformed in 2014 to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). (biomedcentral.com)
  • PwD and/or their relatives/carers need to manage the condition seven days a week, 24 hours a day, to prevent the development of life-altering complications which can affect every organ system in the human body. (idf.org)
  • For effective and safe use of insulin, institutions need to consider Implementation of hospital-wide initiatives Effective communication and collaboration among caregivers Clinical Guidelines and Medication Alerts American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania. (diabetestalk.net)
  • It might also help stimulate the immune system and protect organs. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The health system framework depict- and affordability. (who.int)
  • Health systems and cancer mediate objectives) of equality, ef- vices, and refers to the degree of fit control fectiveness, efficiency, and respon- between an individual or community A health system consists of all actors siveness (Tandon et al. (who.int)
  • Gil- is to promote, restore, or maintain alities with the WHO health system son, 2007). (who.int)
  • Health system and context. (who.int)
  • This study used data from the Health Services Survey Beijing (HSSB) 2018. (ijhpm.com)
  • We provide an overview of the major tools that have been developed to measure, evaluate and promote health equity, along with the data required to operationalise them. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to NCBI data, around 310 million major surgeries are performed across the world every year, out of which approximately 40-50 million are performed in the U.S. and 20 million in Europe. (grandviewresearch.com)
  • Disaster and public health emergency health data collection and management: A scoping review. (who.int)
  • A descriptive study was conducted using measles case data obtained from metropolitan Sydney local health districts in NSW in 2012. (who.int)
  • Since 1974, greater than 100 different surveys have been carried out throughout the developing world to estimate the prevalence of lameness due to poliomyelitis. (who.int)
  • The interactive effect of an unregulated economy and government expenditure worsens and improves the environment at low and high emissions levels, respectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • Evidence has been found by University of California scientists of fasting affecting circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can lead to improved health and protection against aging associated diseases, as published in Cell Reports. (worldhealth.net)
  • Report 2006 drew specific attention to HRH challenges affecting countries.2 The launch of the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the convening of three global fora on HRH (in 2008, 2011 and 2013) represented milestones of the HRH agenda in the last decade. (who.int)
  • Fuel combustion, air pollution exposure, and health: the situation in developing countries. (ac.ir)
  • 4. Bruce N, Perez-Padilla R, Albalak R. Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge. (ac.ir)
  • 14. Gall ET, Carter EM, Earnest CM, Stephens B. Indoor air pollution in developing countries: research and implementation needs for improvements in global public health. (ac.ir)
  • Additionally, the role of pharmaceutical companies in ensuring inclusive access and health equity, while recognizing economic challenges in low- and middle-income countries with predominantly Black populations, must be examined. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The World Bank estimates that the disease accounts for greater than 25% of avoidable adult deaths in developing countries (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Obesity is one of the fastest-growing epidemics in the world, affecting both developed and developing countries. (buckingham.ac.uk)
  • Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is one of the targets set by countries when they adopted the sustainable development goals in 2015 [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The environmental effect of government expenditure changes from favourable to unfavourable as the countries move from low to high emissions levels. (bvsalud.org)
  • The storage of this excess fat causes many people in the developed world to become overweight or, to be more accurate, 'over-fat', which in more extreme cases is classified as obesity. (mydr.com.au)
  • Obesity in women also increases risk for labor complications and poor child health (Delisle, 2008). (worldhunger.org)
  • b National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory. (who.int)
  • Evans DB, Etienne C. Health systems financing and the path to universal coverage. (ijhpm.com)
  • Zhu K, Zhang L, Yuan S, Zhang X, Zhang Z. Health financing and integration of urban and rural residents' basic medical insurance systems in China. (ijhpm.com)
  • 266-272 The first modern rationing systems were imposed during the First World War. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1999, WHO and OECD reached agreement on a Framework for Co-operation, which covers important areas related to health, including health systems, biotechnology, food safety and chemicals management. (who.int)
  • Public health systems releasing funds to procure the needed hospital infrastructure, with ICU beds being one of the important requirements. (thebusinessresearchcompany.com)
  • The SSAH has several unique features, including standards for staff performance and expertise, coverage goals and health objectives, and payment systems [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Strategies for Strengthening the Resilience of Public Health Systems for Pandemics, Disasters, and Other Emergencies. (who.int)
  • There appears to be a discrepancy between the perceived importance of horizon scanning based on some eye-opening examples in the past and its actual implementation in European health systems. (egms.de)
  • In this chapter, a health systems its key functions and goals. (who.int)
  • Health systems framework (WHO, 2007). (who.int)
  • However, a study by the World Bank [ 3 ] found that increased health insurance coverage does not promote health equity, as it is not poor individuals who benefit more from health insurance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • New paths of investigation have been opened by this study which may lead to the development of nutritional strategies to improve human health. (worldhealth.net)
  • Long Q, Jia Y, Li J, Lou Z, Liu Y. National Basic Public Health Services Programme in China: case study. (who.int)
  • This study examines the direct and indirect environmental impacts of the unregulated economy and the fiscal instruments of government expenditure and tax using the panel quantiles regression technique. (bvsalud.org)
  • The field of public health's goals of health equity for all cannot be advanced until our field interrogates and resists the prison industrial complex (PIC), which maintains White supremacy and (re)produces health inequities. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Committee made detailed recommendations for action by the three organizations on reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity (including use of micronutrients), adolescent health and development, HIV/AIDS (with a focus on mother-to-child transmission), coordination of the follow-up to ICPD, and immunization. (who.int)
  • The unpredictable nature of the many obstetric complications that contribute to intrapartum asphyxia, in addition to the multi-organ damage associated with intrapartum oxygen deprivation ( 11 ), presents a unique set of challenges to clinical and research professionals in their endeavor to implement effective treatments for intrapartum asphyxia. (frontiersin.org)
  • Illicit drug misuse is a major global public health issue. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Birth asphyxia is a significant global health problem, responsible for ~1.2 million neonatal deaths each year worldwide. (frontiersin.org)
  • Additionally, pharmaceutical companies need to play an active role in promoting inclusive access and global health equity in the access to the new treatments for TTR-CA which predominantly affects Black populations. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Beijing Medical and health facilities special planning. (ijhpm.com)
  • From information reported on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (death certificate), each death is classified by an underlying cause, according to rules and conventions of the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems . (aihw.gov.au)
  • Examination of randomly chosen issues of two major American medical journals, including the advertisements, book reviews, letters, and major communications revealed that the word "health" was encountered approximately twice per page in 150-170 pages per issue. (price-pottenger.org)
  • In every instance, the statements become more meaningful only when "health" is replaced by "medical. (price-pottenger.org)
  • Should it be medical insurance rather than health insurance? (price-pottenger.org)
  • Forty percent of people in the US are either without or with insufficient health insurance, and medical services are so expensive there that it is nearly impossible. (esamskriti.com)
  • Catastrophic health spending is defined as out-of-pocket spending exceeding 10% of total consumption or income by the budget-share approach with two thresholds, as well as out-of-pocket spending exceeding 40% of nonfood consumption. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Burning biomass emits toxic fumes that are found to be associated with numerous health problems such as respiratory diseases, etc. (ac.ir)
  • Those who survive often suffer from a range of health issues including brain damage-manifesting as cerebral palsy (CP)-respiratory insufficiency, cardiovascular collapse, and renal dysfunction, to name a few. (frontiersin.org)
  • The choice of the degree of intensity and duration of walks should be based on the state of health and condition of the body. (world-pharmacy.life)
  • The GSHRH should fit within the frameworks of the sustainable development goals and the ongoing WHO strategy on people-centred and integrated health services. (who.int)
  • The UHC monitoring framework highlights some obstacles to expanding health services. (who.int)
  • Provision of medication abortion in student health centers is safe and effective, but no public universities in Washington state provide such services. (bvsalud.org)