Primary Eye Care in Developing Nations

Cell-phone medicine brings care to patients in developing nations.

A t ten o’clock in the morning, a clinic in Mexico City’s Condesa neighborhood is buzzing with activity. It serves some 7,000 patients and is operated by the Mexico City government, making it one of the largest facilities in Latin America devoted to treating patients with HIV/AIDS. More than forty people wait in line at the clinic pharmacy: hipsters in skinny black jeans; heavy-set middle-agers...

Developing primary care informatics.

This issue of Informatics in Primary Care adds to our knowledge base, setting out how we might develop the use of IT in family practice. The issue contains a number of thought provoking articles about what influences the uptake of IT, how it can catalyse change and our expectations for the next generation of electronic patient records as well as insights into how computerised decision support a...

Developing primary health care.

Primary health care is best provided by a primary health care team of general practitioners, community nurses, and other staff working together from good premises and looking after the population registered with the practice. It encourages personal and continuing care of patients and good communication among the members of the team. Efforts should be made to foster this model of primary care wh...

Consumption in Developing Nations

Language Education Policy in Developing Nations from Colonization to Postcolonialism

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role that colonization played in language education policy and illustrate the need for first language instruction. Using postcolonial scholar Franz Fanon, the reasons for and consequences of using a second language medium of instruction in postcolonial nations are explored. Colonial languages were used to reinforce the imperialistic goals of ...