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West African Healthcare: Problems and Solutions

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 1 week ago: In this post, Guest Blogger, Udo Obiechefu attempts to start a conversation on some of the issues im … more →

Tags: Healthcare, ECOWAS, Who?, Health Financing, physicians, West Africa

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Witch Doctor wrote 2 weeks ago: The Witch Doctor is having a little rest just now. So am I. The two of us have temporarily faded awa … more →

Tags: Health Economics, Department of Health, GMC, Creep, Staffordshire hospitals, ethics, Guidelines and Protocols, nhs111

The law of supply and demand : Part 22 comments

Witch Doctor wrote 1 month ago: Dumbing down in the NHS might seem a good idea to all of those involved in designing The Skills Esca … more →

Tags: NHS, Health Economics, EWTD, law of supply and demand

Waiting for April Fool's day1 comment

Witch Doctor wrote 1 month ago: My Black Cat is reminding me that they brought in people like window-cleaners to man the ‘flu helpli … more →

Tags: Creep, General Practice, GMC, Guidelines and Protocols, Medical UK, patient experience, telephone consultations, nhs111

An African Public Health Story-The Zambia Malaria Initiative Part 11 comment

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 2 months ago: The Zambian National Malaria Control Programme appears to be a growing success.  Estimates from the … more →

Tags: News, malaria, Africa, zambia, USAID, GFATM, NMCC, rbm, ITM

THE NHS IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME!!!3 comments

Witch Doctor wrote 2 months ago: Are you hard-wired to be a follower rather than a leader? Are you susceptible to Creep? “My pa … more →

Tags: Health Economics, Department of Health, Creep, Chang'e 2, Commissioning, NHS Reforms, Health and Social Care Act, National Health Action Party, privatisation of the NHS

Presidential Problems

Teagan wrote 2 months ago: In honor of our former Commanders in Chief and in preparation for Monday’s #PubHT, let’s look at our … more →

Tags: #pubht ambassadors, Public Health, Presidents

Introducing Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS)8 comments

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 3 months ago: The topic of Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS) brings up great controversy among pro-life and pro … more →

Tags: Mental Health

Health Inequalities: Wealth is Health13 comments

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 3 months ago: The slogan on the Global Health Africa website reads “Health is Wealth” but “Wealth is also He … more →

Tags: health inequalities, Health & Wealth, marmot, Africa health, Empowerment

Blowin' in the Wind1 comment

Witch Doctor wrote 4 months ago: Hearing of any death from appendicitis always brings back horrible memories to The Witch Doctor beca … more →

Tags: NHS, patient safety, Creep, telephone consultations, Guidelines and Protocols, Serco, protocols, triage, Competent Clinical Decison Maker

Healthy Policies: Regulating the Nigerian Aviation Industry for Disaster Prevention2 comments

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 5 months ago: The recent aviation disaster in Nigeria is a call to the Nigeria Government to examine practices wit … more →

Tags: avaiation, News

Will the Future be Better?

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 6 months ago: The flooding situation in Nigeria which has claimed the lives of close to 500 people and displaced m … more →

The UK has a new political party!1 comment

Witch Doctor wrote 7 months ago: NATIONAL HEALTH ACTION PARTY “The National Health Action party was formed by a group of like-minded … more →

Tags: NHS, Healthcare, NHS Reforms, Health and Social Care Act, National Health Action Party

Social Media and Healthy Policies in Africa11 comments

GlobalHealthAfrica wrote 7 months ago: As I watched Social Good Summit 2012 recently held by Mashable, so many questions came to my mind. O … more →

Tags: Social Media

Big Society is not a child of David Cameron.1 comment

Witch Doctor wrote 9 months ago: The Witch doctor thinks it might be time to revisit a post from from some time ago. She and My Black … more →

Tags: Patient nutrition, Charity, Third Sector, The Third Sector, Think Tanks, The Third Way, Intertwinglements, Chang'e 2, The Big Society

Two tragic avoidable deaths5 comments

Witch Doctor wrote 10 months ago: Dr No is on to the case of a young man, Kane Gorny, who suffered from the uncommon condition “diabet … more →

Tags: Medical workforce, patient safety, Consultant Delivered Service

Whither your pensions then?2 comments

Witch Doctor wrote 11 months ago: Andrew Marr considers the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to be: “undoubtedly the most influenti … more →

Tags: NHS, Health Economics, Department of Health, Creep, The Economy, NHS Reforms, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS privatisation, Institute of Economic Affairs

Strike Action : The Witch Doctor's modus operandi3 comments

Witch Doctor wrote 11 months ago: What on earth is the medical profession playing at, My Black Cat? Why on earth would the public care … more →

Tags: Department of Health, patient safety, GMC, CPD AND REVALIDATION (sort of), Revalidation, Consultant Delivered Service, The Third Way, communitarianism, NHS Reforms

Global Health Weekly News Round-Up

Vani wrote 11 months ago: Politics and Policies Health officials from 194 countries endorsed a immunization strategy – the Glo … more →

Tags: News, rotavirus, Radiation, Hepatitis C, skin cancer, Gene, Cannabis, HIV, Type 2 Diabetes


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