Many areas of the developing world are experiencing a massive inflow of people from rural areas into urban areas. In some countries, this is giving rise to “megacities,” cities with 10 million inhabitants or more. The growth of some of the megacities is not in response to economic opportunity (i.e., a surplus of jobs), rather, it is a matter of basic survival prospects and often results in peop...

Mental health services in India are neglected area which needs immediate attention from the government, policymakers, and civil society organizations. Despite, National Mental Health Programme since 1982 and National Rural Health Mission, there has been a very little effort so far to provide mental health services in rural areas. With increase in population, changing life-style, unemployment, l...

BACKGROUND Staff shortages could harm the provision and quality of health care in Uganda, so staff retention and motivation are crucial. Understanding the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff contributes to designing appropriate retention and motivation strategies. This research aimed 'to identify the influence of HIV/AIDS on staff working in general hospitals at district level in rural areas and to exp...

Analysis of numerous works on the historical development agri-food production and organisation systems convincingly demonstrates that each stage was organised to successfully meet challenges civilisation. Based analysis results, I hypothesise there have been five stages systems. Nowadays, both national regional are increasingly introducing institutions innovative system 6.0. The 6.0 is based a ...

A key proposition set out in Setting Priorities for the B.C. Health System and a subsequent document on B.C. Health System Strategy Implementation: A Collaborative and Focused Approach is that the current utilization of hospitals is neither sustainable nor the best delivery system for meeting the needs of several key populations. The documents argue the need to radically rethink and reposition ...

OBJECTIVES Describe the population, Medicaid, uninsured, and otolaryngology practice demographics for seven representative rural southeastern states, and propose academic affiliated outreach clinics as a service to help meet the specialty care needs of an underserved rural population, based on the "medical mission" model employed in international outreach clinics. STUDY DESIGN Needs assessmen...

Germany’s population is decreasing and experiencing accelerated ageing. In 2060, more than a third of the population will be aged 65 years or older. With demographic change, many rural regions are struggling to ensure supply of appropriate public infrastructure while becoming less densely populated and experiencing an increasing share of immobile population groups. One of the major issues at st...