background: medial educations' models should train physicians with competencies and commitment to meet health needs in the community. this social accountability in medical education is not a new concept but provides equity, quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness in health care system. the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of faculty members towards the situation and activiti...

results this study showed that the existence of unused drugs and the number of unused drugs in household have significant difference in four zones (p = 0.01, p < 0.001). also, health insurance coverage was statistically different in various health centers (p = 0.002). also, there is a significant association between unused medication in the household and family size, father’s occupation, and a ...

Health care is expensive in the Philippines because of the lack of medical experts and facilities that are able to reach remote areas in the country. At the same time, access to real time health information is also undermined by several layers of paper based data entry. In areas where there are existing information systems, the burden is placed on the health worker in using several information ...

Background Health systems are based on 6 functions that need to work together at all times to effectively deliver safe and quality health services. These functions are vulnerable to shocks and changes; if a health system is unable to withstand the pressure from a shock, it may cease to function or collapse. The concept of resilience has been introduced with the goal of strengthening healt...

The role of competition in healthcare is much debated. Despite a wealth of international experience in relation to competition, evidence is mixed and contested and the debate about the potential role for competition is often polarised. This paper considers briefly some of the reasons for this, focusing on what is meant by “competition in healthcare” and why it is more valuable to think about th...

establishment of medical research centers at universities and health-related organizations and annually evaluation of their research activities was one of the strategic policies which followed by governmental organization in last decade in order to strengthening the connections between health research system and health system. the aim of this study is to scrutinize the role of medical research ...

the health sector, a foremost service sector in nigeria, faces a number of challenges; primarily, the persistent under-funding of the health sector by the nigerian government as evidence reveals low allocations to the health sector and poor health system performance which are reflected in key health indices of the country.notwithstanding, there is evidence that the private sector could be a key...