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Medical brain drain in Africa - Swivel - 0 views

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    This graph does a great job of showing the areas that are suffering from the brain drain. It is broken down by country and by nurse or physician.
Amanda Stueve

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM-CAMEROON: NGOs Long on Vision, Short on Detail? - 0 views

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  • condemn globalisation, and demand an increase in development aid and local implementation of international labour standards.
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      Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
       
      paradoxical? maybe!
  • Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) overseen by the World Bank and IMF.
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Presents differing ideas on globalization and financial aid to Africa.
Amanda Stueve

HEALTH-MOZAMBIQUE: Stopping Death With a Net - 0 views

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    Explains how giving away free mosquito netting can help the child mortality rate in mozambique.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT: A Little Aid, A Big Favour - 0 views

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    This article gives insight into the reasons that throwing money at issues does not work. It shows where the money goes instead of going to actually buy the things that might solve the problem.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT: Keeping Civil Society on the Straight and Narrow - 0 views

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  • Quite a large number of civil society organisations and NGOs have no organically-evolved mandate from the citizens,"
  • Mkaronda said complaints about NGO conduct may sometimes stem from public misunderstanding about the roles of these groups: "For example, the Zimbabwean community in South Africa expects us to mobilise resources to sort out shelter, feeding and legal (immigration) status. Yet our role is to highlight the crisis in Zimbabwe."
  • believes self-regulation may hold the key to improving matters: "It would be a good idea if NGOs and civil society groups came up with a code of conduct like the one which guides other professionals such as medical doctors and lawyers."
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  • These include working "in genuine partnership" with local organisations and communities; complying with governance, accounting and reporting obligations in countries of operation; and balancing expectations of NGOs with the salaries needed to attract competent staff, when deciding on remuneration.
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Puts forth some ideas that could make NGO's more effective. One thing noted is that even NGO's have to pay their employees wages high enough to have a low turnover rate, or else they cannot be effective.
jcoop11

enforcing global handwashing - Google Search - 0 views

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    There is not miracle drug. Drug resistence limits the amount of drug that can be distributed and what is cost effective.
jcoop11

Health in Your Hands - 0 views

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    Effects of global handwashing. Still not sure why this isn't being enforced!
Amanda Stueve

US Doctors For Africa - 0 views

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  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Describes the solution/plan/methodology of U.S. Doctors for Africa.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: As Long as Crisis Continues, Border Jumping Will - 0 views

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  • Amanda Stueve on 25 May 07
     
    The same reason that these people are leaving Zimbabwe--the political and economic situation--is probably the reason, or at least related to the reason that African healthcare professionals are leaving their countries.
jcoop11

HEALTH- Handwashing Could Save a Million Lives a Year - 0 views

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    My searcher solution. Handwashing is something so simple, but can save millions from disease. We have to look into why the government and health organizations are not pushing this!
Ryan Felber

US Doctors For Africa - 0 views

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  • Ryan Felber on 28 May 07
     
    This is a great website that has a bunch of different programs how U.S. Doctors can help with the low health care in AFrica.
Ryan Felber

Top Ten Countries by Most Patient per Doctor, Top Ten Countries by Most Patient per Doc... - 0 views

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  • Ryan Felber on 28 May 07
     
    This is a map showing the top ten countries by most patient per doctor. A good statistic for our presentation.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Leaving the Country to Earn a Living - 0 views

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africa healthcare migration

shared by Amanda Stueve on 31 May 07 - Cached
  • All of that changed because of the structural adjustments introduced by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ‘‘That forced people to migrate internally and across the border,'' Ines Raimundo, a lecturer of human geography at Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane University, told the gathering.
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