Engineering projects like the West Coast Main Line upgrade nowadays run into billions of pounds, take many years to complete, and involve many people who could be considered to be "clients", "users", or "customers". In fact, since public money is involved, aren't we all customers in ...
health priority.The specific objectives of the report are tobring health equity for persons with disability to the attention of decision-makers in the health sector;document evidence on health inequities and country experiences on approaches in advancing health equity in the context of disability;and ...
certaingoalsormeetneeds.Evenwheninequalitygeneratedbyunequalgendernorms,rolesandrelationsareconsideredandremedialactiontoaddresstheirharmfuleffectsistaken,thismaynotchangeunderlyingcausesofgenderdifferences(5). Gender-transformative Level5oftheWHOgender-responsiveassessmentscale:addressesthecausesofgender- ...
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a silent epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). HBV testing and vaccination are important for PWID to reduce the risk of infection, prevent chronic complications and contribute to public health efforts in addr
Besides, it brings about the recommendations for actions particularly for stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries to increase and accelerate scaling-up of effective HCV interventions [3]. In Europe, the first WHO European Region Action Plan adapted to the GHSS was set up in 2016, taken...
In business, marketing is considered “a strategic approach … focused on maximising sales and shareholder returns” [11]. While all sections of society are targets of marketing strategies, individual mothers, families and health professionals represent particular high value for the CMF industry. ...
"By enhancing the productivity of health care workers, these machines can mitigate the impact of doctor shortages, ensuring broader and more equitable access to medical care." However, alongside thesepotential benefitslie significant risks that must be carefully considered, the WHO warns. ...
were not considered. That explains a lot! It is not possible to establish the harms of SMT (or any other therapy) on the basis of just a few RCTs, particularly because the RCTs in question often fail to report adverse events. I can be sure of this phenomenon because we investigated it...
With the advent of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted global strategy to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by 2030. In Europe, people who inject drugs (PWID) account for the majority of new cases, howeve
Women who use or are in treatment for drug use during the perinatal period often have complex needs and presenting comorbidity. Women who use opioids during pregnancy, and their infants, experience poor outcomes. Drug use by women during pregnancy is a p