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In the case of DOH, this chapter will also explore and discuss the policy agenda on hospital regulatory procedures and system of licensing the hospitals, its implementation mechanisms and evaluation of the practices and processes adopted to attain social development particularly in the health sector....
by calculating the number of public sector salaries equivalent to revenue foregone from a given mining company’s tax incentives and profit shifting, as in the aforementioned ActionAid International study in Malawi [58]. Limitations
Based on the findings from this review, we reiterate evidence-based agenda setting before any policy process. More importantly, policy-makers should research and establish strong evidence to demonstrate the viability of the proposed policy. Additionally, government and political leadership may want to l...
work for the Health in All Policies approach, which draws attention to the need for government action outside the health sector encouraging the systematic consideration of health implications across sectors to improve population health outcomes [8]....
In the Philippines, during Typhoon Haiyan, the major medical and public health needs of the affected people were not injury-related, but the result of a lack of measures to prevent infectious diseases and the worsening of non-communicable diseases due to the lack of access to food, water, ...