Migration means that both locally and globally our world is getting more and more multicultural. From 1975 up to the year 2000, the number of migrants in the world doubled to 175 million, which is 3% of the world’s population – half of them living in low-income countries [1]. This figure includes labour migrants, permanent migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, while undocumented migrants and ...

Effective treatments already exist for many global health problems, yet access to diagnostic equipment often limits the speed and quality of diagnosis and treatment. This is true in developed countries but more so in the developing world, where medical facilities are extremely limited or even nonexistent. Therefore, it would be exceedingly valuable for doctors to have immediate access to advanc...

Private healthcare services in Vietnam are seen as a major part of the solution to the rapid increase in need and demand for healthcare services. Formally recognized over 20 years ago, the private health services coexist with public services and are available all over the country. However, the scale and size of private sector is still small compared to the public sector and public acceptance an...

introduction: health care is one of the most important sectors in the development of each country and disparities in their distribution will reduce the level of development. the aim of this study was to examine the access to healthcare and degree of development in health care resources in the west of iran in 2011. method: this was a cross-sectional and retrospective study. the study setting was...

Background Health is a complex phenomenon and equity as a basic human right an integral part of constitutions in almost all countries in the world. In Republic of Macedonia (RM), Tuberculosis (TB) is clustered regionally and in certain ethnic groups. The main objective of this study was to analyze Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and equity in access to healthcare services for TB patients in...

The main asset of farmers is their labour and the utilization of healthcare services will help to improve their health and thus productivity. Some of the problems inhibiting proper utilization of healthcare services in Nigeria include non-availability, inaccessibility and high cost of medical care. The aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of the Utilization of Healthcare Services am...