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PubMed1985

Health personnel training in the Nicaraguan health system.

The "Unified National Health System" of Nicaragua was established in 1979, in an attempt to transform some of Latin America's worst health indices. This system, based on the stated principles of planning, regionalization, public participation, and primary care, has prioritized the development of health professions training programs appropriate to its special needs and principles. Public Health and Epidemiology training was inaugurated in 1982. A new campus of the School of Medicine was opened in 1981, increasing the number of medical students by a factor of five. Formal residency training (never before available within the country) in primary care specialties has been established. Training for allied health personnel has been formalized in several fields, with the establishment of the Polytechnical Institute of Health. The rapid increase in number and size of training programs has created a tremendous need for educational resources both human and material. This article reviews the status of health personnel training in Nicaragua today, the integration of these programs into planning for the health system, and problems arising from their rapid appearance.

Allied Health Personnel↗
PubMed1985

Myths and misconceptions in primary health care: lessons from experience.

Primary health care (PHC) is neither new nor cheap. It is a step forward in the consistent commitment of the public health movement over the past century and a half to seek out and redress the wrongs of society, paying particular attention to those most in need. PHC is not 2nd class medicine; it is not simpler but rather more complex. Selective PHC and primary medical care are significant parts of PHC but not the whole. PHC is essentially a combination of task-oriented basic health services and process-oriented community development. The former is a community-desired service, the latter less so. Community participation and community self-help in health care is more productive if based on an informed community, rather than otherwise, and is open to abuse. Health education and health legislation are the trusted tools of health advancement. Medical schools and other institutions of higher learning have a significant, if not vital, role to play in research education, evaluation, and services. They also have a coordinating role to promote PHC team effort. The selection and preparation of voluntary health workers and paid auxiliaries is at least as difficult as that for professional health workers. The preparation of their teachers is a sadly neglected aspect, without which there is little hope of any major progress in improving the image of PHC. Traditional practitioners could and should have an important role in promoting modern PHC since it is simply an update of their traditional role. Data and information systems require revision to meet the needs of local communities rather than those of central intelligence.

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PubMed1991

AIDS in Thailand.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1999

[Memisa and home care for AIDS patients in Zambia].

Health care in Zambia has since long been receiving support from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like Memisa. Church organizations bear responsibility for a considerable part of the national health services. During the last 15 years, growing attention has been given to improvement of basic services in the villages and to recruitment and organization of groups in the community active in the field of health care. The combat against AIDS is a major focus. Many NGOs give health education on HIV and AIDS, are coaching HIV-positive individuals and are trying to organize support for AIDS patients and their relatives and relief for women and children after the death of husband or father. The community home care projects established in the urban areas of Copperbelt province in Zambia provide a decent terminal phase for AIDS patients and assist the surviving families in maintaining a certain socioeconomic level of existence.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1975

Lessons from the Chinese experience: China's planned birth program and its transferability.

This article describes the most salient developments in the planned birth program of the People's Republic of China during the 1970s and discusses the potential for transfer of some features to other countries. Many Chinese activities are of interest because they are designed for a country with scarce resources for development and a low-income population. Some particular program features worth noting are: the encouragement of local initiative and experimentation: specific methods for the diffusion of innovation; and total integration of the health system with other development-political, administrative, economic, and social-at the grass-roots level.

Birth Rate↗