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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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World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7th April and marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948. Each year draws attention to a specific…

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More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to healthcare costs New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows…

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Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…