Search Tag: Developing world
2021 20 Nov
Plans for universal health coverage must first address the substantial carbon emissions produced by the healthcare systems of low- and middle-income countries, urged researchers from Switzerland, India, Belgium and Brazil in a recent analysis published in The BMJ . The estimated total amount of greenhouse gases released into the environment...Read more
2017 07 May
A win-win for the simultaneous involvement of both public and private funding in the provision of global healthcare. In a casual suburb of Hyderabad, India, a growing family is struggling to cope with the main breadwinners’ gastrointestinal disorder. Help arrives from a new concept of day care where major endoscopic surgical procedures...Read more
2017 07 May
RAD-AID is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote radiology in global health with emphasis on sustainability through education. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 3-4 billion people are at risk for widespread loss and death that could be treated or avoided if radiology was available. Additionally,...Read more