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The evolution of HIV/AIDS care has resulted in a wide range of caregivers who work out of public and private hospital facilities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based facilities. Others are volunteers and community health and social workers based at facilities or community sites....
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PMID: 12349766
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Dr. Mam Bunheng, Undersecretary of State for Health, Cambodia, provided an overview of the health situation of women and children in Cambodia during a visit to JOICFP on December 8. He also expressed his country's desire to seek collaboration with JOICFP in the future. Providing background on the...
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PMID: 12290710
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Despite the fundamental transformations occurring in health care, academic medicine can maintain, and actually enhance, its value to society. But to do so will require a shared vision of where academic medicine should go. The author offers his own vision, one that includes (1) establishing true part...
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PMID: 8615922
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Local health strategies had identified training for GP and clinic receptionists as a way to help meet targets on reducing unwanted teenage pregnancy and sexual health. As the "gateway" to the surgery, receptionists have a vital part to play in making young people feel welcome. The practice nurse i...
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PMID: 12287882
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WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA have produced a joint statement on training traditional birth attendants (TBAs), putting the issue of such training into the context of local conditions. It followed considerable debate on the issue. It says: "Because of the current shortage of professional midwives and ins...
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PMID: 12344827
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During the 1980s, there was 2 prominent changes in family planning: more women went to general practitioners (GPs) for contraceptive advice and there was an upturn in the use of condoms due to safer sex campaigns in the mid-80s. In this study of 769 women requesting a pregnancy termination, the aut...
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PMID: 12287165
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We made progress. One day a doctor would make the appointment timetable more flexible, and the next a nurse would come to help develop counselling sessions. This support has helped to change the attitude of other health professionals towards these young people. Now a child on the streets can be t...
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PMID: 12285897
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