scholarly journals Early Impact of the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution on Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study Using Semistructured Interviews with Key Experts

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Carrasco ◽  
Hamilton Inbadas ◽  
Alexander Whitelaw ◽  
David Clark
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
World Health Assembly Resolution ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

scholarly journals There should be a World Health Assembly resolution for malaria eradication

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oumar Gaye
Keyword(s):  
Research Capacity ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
World Health Assembly Resolution ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Malaria Eradication ◽  
Major Donor ◽  
High Level ◽  
Consistent Information

Abstract Several efforts are being made now for malaria elimination with a goal for eradication. New tools and strategies are being developed and there is currently renewed political engagement and interest. Several technical groups have produced a guide on elimination for policymakers and indicated different research questions to be addressed. The World Health Assembly resolution and the United Nations General Assembly convened a high-level roundtable “From High Burden to High Impact: Getting back on track to end Malaria”. In Africa, the Head of states pronounced a vision for an Africa free of malaria and launched the slogan “Zero malaria starts with me”. Massive efforts to sustain research capacity in the endemic countries will be critical. It will be important to both increase domestic financing, and advocate to sustain and increase funding from major donor countries. It is unethical to continue to observe deaths of so many children in malaria endemic countries, the most vulnerable populations. Considering malaria eradication as a vision and working with all the opportunities we now have could accelerate the process. Eliminating malaria with a country regional approach and progressing step by step will give us consistent information on our way towards eradication.

Addressing World Health Assembly Resolution 60.22: A Pilot Project to Create Access to Acute Care Services in Uganda

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Hammerstedt ◽  
Samuel Maling ◽  
Ronald Kasyaba ◽  
Bradley Dreifuss ◽  
Stacey Chamberlain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Care ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
Care Services ◽  
World Health Assembly Resolution ◽  
Acute Care Services

scholarly journals Should there be a World Health Assembly resolution for malaria eradication? Opinion against

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Jacob John
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Effective Vaccine ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
World Health Assembly ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
World Health Assembly Resolution ◽  
Eradicate Polio ◽  
Health Experts

Abstract A resolution for eradicating malaria, if passed by the World Health Assembly (WHA), will have a distracting effect on all countries with malaria. The continued prevalence of malaria is indicative of weak public health infrastructure. True, smallpox was eradicated by international efforts following WHA resolution: the success factor was primary prevention using a safe and effective vaccine. A resolution to eradicate polio was passed in 1988, with a target year of 2000, but even in 2019 success is not within reach. Public health experts are hesitant to move forward with measles eradication before polio is eradicated. Country by country elimination of malaria is a better way, ensuring the strengthening of public health infrastructure, with many other health benefits.

Providing Palliative Care in the Medical ICU: A Qualitative Study of MICU Physicians' Beliefs and Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 1309-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Gatta ◽  
Jessica Turnbull
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Hospital ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Enhance Patient Care

Context: With the current and projected shortage of palliative care (PC) specialists, an integrative model of PC will be needed to meet the needs of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Prior studies of PC interventions suggest that success depends upon meeting the needs of individual institutions or ICUs. Objective: The objective of this study was to qualitatively explore the beliefs and practices of one institution’s medical ICU (MICU) physicians in regard to providing an integrative model of PC. Methods: This qualitative study used semistructured interviews of 17 physicians within a Department of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at one large academic hospital. Interviews were conducted, transcribed, and coded according to qualitative research methods. Selected interviews were tested for interrater reliability and negotiated agreeability. Results: All critical care physicians interviewed affirmed that providing PC was part of their job, and the majority expressed that providing PC gave them professional or personal satisfaction. Physicians also identified many ways that PC consultants enhance patient care in the MICU. They discussed several motivations for obtaining a PC consult, with the most frequently acknowledged motivation being lack of time. Conclusion: Developing an integrative model of PC in the ICU ought to take into account both studied interventions shown likely to be effective in the ICU setting and the specific needs and barriers to PC in that unit. This study demonstrates one way that needs and barriers can be identified and provides important findings that might be applicable to other institutions.

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