health scope in iran: the way forward

health promotion thinking, interpretation and implementation in iran: capacities, and the way forward

On the Way Forward for Mental Health

In this thesis so far, we have explored the need for integrated services (Chapter 10), the potential for using existing resources and building on existing capabilities to enhance access (Chapter 9), and promotion of rights for persons with mental illness (Chapter 5-8). Based on the results thus far, it is unclear whether a transition towards an accessible integrated and rights-based system is l...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

The way forward in the Soviet health service.

The Russians have a saying to the effect that it is better to see something once than to hear about it a hundred times. For a visitor to the Soviet Union, however, the evidence of one's own eyes may prove far from easy to evaluate, as we discovered during a recent study tour. Organised by the International Hospital Federation, this tour included visits to a range of health service units in Leni...

Health challenges in Africa and the way forward

Africa is confronted by a heavy burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Cost-effective interventions that can prevent the disease burden exist but coverage is too low due to health systems weaknesses. This editorial reviews the challenges related to leadership and governance; health workforce; medical products, vaccines and technologies; information; financing; and services delive...

Mental health services in new Libya: the way forward

T he general health system in Libya has been marred by many systemic problems, most notably inadequate mental health services (1 4). Psychiatric services are hospital-based and are mostly centralised in major cities, with underdeveloped community and specialised services. Post-war reports predicted gloomy prospects and indicated that thousands of people in Libya will need treatment for mental h...