scholarly journals How Sanctions Have Impacted Iranian Healthcare Sector: A Brief Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Hossein Akbarialiabad ◽  
Asghar Rastegar ◽  
Bahar Bastani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Care Treatment

Many studies have shown the crippling effects of sanctions on the healthcare sector of different countries, including Iran. Long-standing sanctions against Iran escalated recently and severely limited commercial activities with Iran. The devastating consequences of these embargoes have affected all aspects of health care delivery in Iran, limiting the availability of critical medicines and medical devices, and negatively impacting primary health care, treatment of complex diseases including cancer, medical tourism, and medical education and research. The present novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered this long-standing crisis in the Iranian health care sector. In this communication, we briefly discuss selected aspects of these sanctions and their impact on the health care system and people of Iran during this critical time.

COVID 19 and Special Care Dentistry: A Narrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1473-1476
Author(s):  
Ashwika Datey ◽  
Soumya Singhai ◽  
Gargi Nimbulkar ◽  
Kumar Gaurav Chhabra ◽  
Amit Reche
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Special Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Care Needs

The COVID 19 outbreak has been declared a pandemic by the world health organisation. The healthcare sector was overburdened and overstretched with the number of patient increasing and requiring health services. The worst-hit population always are the people with special needs, whether it is children, pregnant females or the geriatric population. The need for the emergency kind of health services was so inflated that the other special population which required them equally as those patients with the COVID 19 suffered a lot. Dentistry was not an exception, and even that is also one of the important components of the health care delivery system and people requiring oral health care needs were also more. Those undergoing dental treatments would not have completed the treatment, and this would have resulted in various complications. In this situation, some dental emergency guidelines have been released by Centres for Disease Control (CDC) for the urgent dental care those requiring special care dentistry during the COVID 19 pandemic. Children with special care needs were considered more vulnerable to oral diseases; hence priority should have been given to them for dental treatments moreover in the future also more aggressive preventive measures should be taken in order to maintain oral hygiene and prevent many oral diseases. Guardians/caregivers should be made aware and motivated to maintain the oral health of children with special health care needs. This review mainly focuses on the prevention and management of oral diseases in children's with special care needs.

scholarly journals The effect of preceptorship on nurses' training and preparation with implications for Qatar: A literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajer Arbabi ◽  
Jessie Johnson ◽  
Daniel Forgrave
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Newly Graduated Nurses ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
High Level

Background and objective: The Primary Health Care Corporation in Qatar was established in 2012 and is comprised of 23 Health Centers. One of its goals is to create excellence in its workforce. A preceptorship program needs to be initiated at the Primary Health Care Corporation to ensure a high level of training for its nurses. The purpose of these preceptorship programs is to ensure nurses are equipped to carry out Qatar’s National Health Strategy and in doing so the Primary Health Care Corporation has this as its goal. This study amis to assess the effectiveness of preceptorship program models that can eventually be used for adoption as training programs for nurses in Health Centers in Qatar.Methods: A literature review of twenty articles published between 2006 and 2017 that focused on different models of preceptorship programs was conducted. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to assess the quality of these studies. The data was analyzed by categorizing the included articles in a matrix sheet based on study design.Results and conclusions: Preceptorship programs are effective in four key areas: increasing nursing knowledge, supporting effective and safe care delivery by newly graduated nurses, increasing organizational support, and decreasing turnover rate and cost. 

scholarly journals Improving primary health care delivery in Bihar, India: Learning from piloting and statewide scale-up of Ananya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L Darmstadt ◽  
Kevin T Pepper ◽  
Victoria C Ward ◽  
Sridhar Srikantiah ◽  
Tanmay Mahapatra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Primary Health

Medical Students Training In Community Settings: An Essential Requirement To Meet Growing Health Needs Of Pakistani Population

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Sara Shakil
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Essential Requirement ◽  
Pakistani Population ◽  
Primary Health

The successful provision of adequate primary health care delivery for the underprivileged population in the Asian subcontinent has remained a pressing issue over quite some time. Major reforms in health professions education have taken place across the globe including Asia. Unfortunately, the health education system implemented in Southern Asia (including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc.) has not been able to decrease morbidity and decrease the figures of adult and infant mortality rates in this region

Non-Invasive Data Acquisition and Measurement in Bio-Medical Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Sandeep Patil ◽  
Ajit N. Babu ◽  
P. S. Ramkumar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Mathematical Techniques ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Technology Trends

Non-invasive medical measurements have expanded into several types of diagnostic and monitoring activities in health care delivery. They are being used in handling a number of non-infectious diseases such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, etc., as well as infectious diseases such as cholera, malaria, etc.. Non-Invasive Medical Devices (NIMDs) are naturally preferred over invasive methods considering patient convenience, reduced patient risk, increased speed, and operational simplicity. However non-invasive methods are often perceived to be less accurate than their invasive counterparts. Over the last decade, technological advances and mathematical techniques have improved significantly, challenging this perception across the board. The chapter will discuss this important transformation in health care diagnostics and monitoring. The chapter will also provide further insight into some of the currently available non-invasive measurement products and explore how futuristic techniques and technology trends which have great potential to transform healthcare into a significantly different paradigm than the one we experience today.

Healthcare System in Namibia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Vistolina Nuuyoma ◽  
Daniel Opotamutale Ashipala
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Delivery System ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care

Primary health care is an approach adopted for the delivery of health services to the Namibian population. In terms of this approach, these services are made universally available, accessible, affordable, acceptable, and appropriate to meet the needs of communities. The health care delivery system in Namibia comprises services provided by both the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and the private sector. In addition to these services, some people consult traditional health care providers. All in all, health care comprises a combination of promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services. In addition to government funding, donations and technical support are also provided by non-governmental organisations. The MoHSS health care delivery system is coordinated at national, regional and district levels. This chapter elaborates on the Namibian health care delivery system, the structure and functions of each coordinating level, primary health care services in Namibia, as well as successes and challenges experienced.

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