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Health practitioner regulation and national health goals
Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Sep 1;101(9):595-604. doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287728. Epub 2023 Jun 29.ABSTRACTThe role of health practitioner regulation in ensuring patient safety is well recognized. Less recognized is the role of regulation in addressing broader health system priorities. These goals include managing the costs, capacities and distribution of health professional education institutions; ensuring the competence and equitable distribution of health workers; informing workforce planning and mobilization; enabling the use of digital technologies; and addressing challenges related to the international mobility of heal...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Agya Mahat Ibadat S Dhillon David C Benton Martin Fletcher Francis Wafula Source Type: research
Simultaneous screening for COVID-19 and tuberculosis, India
CONCLUSION: Simultaneous screening for COVID-19 and tuberculosis in India is operationally feasible and can improve real-time on-site detection of COVID-19 and tuberculosis.PMID:37397177 | PMC:PMC10300779 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.22.288960
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Keertana Duppala Rajashree Sen Shubhada Shenai Mangala Gomare Daksha Shah Pranita Tipre Madhav Joshi Jayeeta Chowdhury Sarabjit S Chadha Sanjay Sarin Source Type: research
A rapid increase in coverage of COVID-19 vaccination, Central African Republic
Bull World Health Organ. 2023 Jun 1;101(6):431-436. doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.289155. Epub 2023 Mar 31.ABSTRACTPROBLEM: In 2021, Central African Republic was facing multiple challenges in vaccinating its population against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including inadequate infrastructure and funding, a shortage of health workers and vaccine hesitancy among the population.APPROACH: To increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage, the health ministry used three main approaches: (i) task shifting to train and equip existing community health workers (CHWs) to deliver COVID-19 vaccination; (ii) evidence gathering to understand peopl...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Adidja Amani Phionah Atuhebwe Franck Fortune Mboussou Nsenga Ngoy Nicaise Eloi M'boufoungou Fred Osei-Sarpong Celestin Traore Richard Mihigo Ted Chaiban Source Type: research
Rectal artesunate for severe malaria, implementation research, Zambia
CONCLUSION: Despite the effects of the coronavirus disease, our results confirmed that pre-referral rectal artesunate administered by community health volunteers can be an effective intervention for severe malaria among young children. Our results strengthen the case for wider expansion of the pre-referral treatment in Zambia and elsewhere when combined with supporting interventions.PMID:37265679 | PMC:PMC10225942 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.22.289181
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cathy Green Paula Quigley Tendayi Kureya Caroline Barber Ernest Chanda Busisiwe Moyo Bernard Mpande Kenneth Mubuyaeta Mutinta Mudenda Likando Mundia Ruth Nyirenda Auxilia Piringondo Hans Rietveld Sebastian Simpasa Dennis Simuyuni Garikai Zinumwe Source Type: research
