Objectives Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are effective in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), but associated with a small (0.6%) increase serious infection risk, patient burden due to need for self-injection high costs. Treat-to-target (T2T) tapering might ameliorate these drawbacks, high-quality evidence on T2T strategies is lacking PsA axSpA. <h3...

ANNALS EDITORIAL the six decades of Indian independence have witnessed too many plans, papers and proposals giving top priority to the health issues in India. Unfortunately, despite huge economic growth, health continues to be the greatest predicament. Even the WHO slogans 'Health for All', 'Millennium Development Goals and more recently 'universal health care have not translated into meaningfu...

background health policies are important instruments for improving population health. however, experience suggests that policies designed for the whole population do not always benefit the most vulnerable. participation of vulnerable groups in the policy-making process provides an opportunity for them to influence decisions related to their health, and also to exercise their rights. this paper ...

health sector can be directed to a great deal of improvements by formulation of proper policies. however, policy making in human resources, the most important resource, was not regarded as much necessary as the health sector. therefore, this study aimed to compare core stages of policy making in human resources for the health sector (hrh). such a research can be considered as an important step ...

policy capacity focuses on the managerial and organizational abilities to inform policy decisions with sound research and analysis, and facilitate policy implementation with operational efficiency. it stems from a view of the policy process that is rational and positivistic, in which optimal policy choices can be identified, selected, and implemented with objectivity. by itself, however, policy...

Las políticas sanitarias en materia de salud dental se han desarrollado en las edad escolar y se pueden analizar en tres periodos sucesivos. El primero comenzó con la realización de estudios epidemiológicos al final de los años sesenta de la pasada centuria; en el segundo –años 80– tuvo lugar la instauración de un programa de atención odontológica preventiva infantil; y en el último periodo ha ...