E-Health Strategies for Developing Nations

Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

Locally Advanced Breast Cancer – Strategies for Developing Nations

Worldwide, cancer incidence and cancerrelated deaths are steadily rising. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, new cancer cases rose from 12.7 million in 2008 to 14.1 million in 2012 (1). Similarly, 7.6 million cancerrelated deaths occurred in 2008 compared to 8.2 million in 2012. A significant proportion of these cases are attributed to breast cancer, the predominant m...

Water, sanitation and hygiene for the health of developing nations.

The water and sanitation needs of the poor in developing countries are huge. To meet the target of water and sanitation for all by the end of 2025, some 2.9 billion people will have to receive improved water supplies, and 4.2 billion improved sanitation. The technologies used must be appropriate and, in particular, simple, affordable and sustainable.

Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations

This article is organized around a number of sections. The introduction outlines the rationale of the article and deals with some aspects of open source software (OSS) that make it attractive for software development in the health domain for low-income countries. The methodology section then introduces the framework of assessment that is being used. The majority of this article describes a case...

Berwick health care Lessons from developing nations on improving

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