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Improving the healthcare system in Moldova
Written by icostachi
Global healthcare spending has increased faster than global economic growth. This faster pace of growth is due to the lack of effective economic and health policy-making but is also driven by the global economic crisis and the growing number of people using health services. When it comes to healthcare, all […]
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Emergency care in Bulgaria needs serious defibrillation
Written by Nikoleta Popkostadinova
“My mom called me in the middle of the day and said that I should come home immediately because some strangers had brought my father back after he collapsed in the street,” a very close friend told me. “So I took a taxi. When I arrived home, my older sister […]
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Borracho sí, fumador no
Written by vlemus
Abstract: Salvadoran society doesn’t have any problem with heavy drinking but is quite severe with tobacco consumption. Why is it that the country with most alcohol-related deaths worldwide celebrates alcohol consumption yet is quite intolerant with smokers? Regulations and special taxes on both tobacco and liquor consumption are currently standing, […]
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Waking up to the Future, Today: The Growing Political Consciousness of Bhutanese Youth
Written by Manny Fassihi
Bhutan joined the growing number of democratic countries in the world in 2008 when the nation completed its first national elections and the signing of the Constitution. Five years after this historic transition, Bhutan is a young democracy. But Bhutan is not just a young democracy. It’s a democracy full […]
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The Shameful Frailty of the Rural Healthcare System in India
Written by Parthajit Dasgupta
If the healthcare infrastructure in India is not revived in the near future then it is bound to crumble and when that happens – it will severely affect the economy and the people.
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The Need for Private Health Care in Bhutan
Written by karma pem wangdi
The greatest wealth is health- Virgil I do agree with Virgil here. Though no money can buy health, in modern times it seems that money determines access to better healthcare services all over the world as people have started preferring private healthcare services. In Bhutan too it’s no different. The […]
