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Quality key to healthcare reform in developing nations

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Funding medical care projects in low- and middle-income countries with Performance-Based Financing (PBF) increases the number of patients treated but often falls short of improving the quality of health services…

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The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent large disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which healthcare settings can contribute to the spread of infections, harming patients, health workers and visitors,…

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An increase in measles cases in January and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a heightened risk for the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases and could trigger larger outbreaks, particularly…

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World Malaria Day 2022 is being marked under the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.” No single tool that is available today will solve the…

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As World Malaria Day approaches, more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a…

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The World Health Organization has welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and Government Group to accelerate progress towards the SDG target for noncommunicable diseases – a one-third reduction…

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To mark World Health Day, the World Health Organization issued an urgent call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health, and mitigate the climate…