Only 60 of the 500 doctors trained in Zambia since independence
are still there.4 Mozambique has only
500 doctors for a population of 18 million.5
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Stopping Africa's medical brain drain -- Johnson 331 (7507): 2 -- BMJ - 0 views
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Any number of incentives have been tried to persuade doctors to remain in or return to their countries of origin—enhanced salaries, better pensions, cars, and housing allowances. Ethical recruitment codes may make us feel that we occupy the moral high ground. But, as long as the rich countries have plenty of vacancies, the flow of healthcare professionals from South to North will continue.
Poverty in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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13% of Australians live in poverty • 14.9% of children live in poverty • 21.8% of single parent families live in poverty
africa health strategy - Google Search - 0 views
US Doctors For Africa - 0 views
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Another organization similar to Doctors without Borders, but has a centralized focus on Africa. Moving from planner to searcher solution.
Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (DDC) - 0 views
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Real African dieases with real prevention and control plans
Kiva.org - Loans that change lives - 0 views
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Kiva has a pretty revolutionary idea. People (mainly from the US) loan money to people in third world countires as an investment. The "loaners" get a return on their investment and the people receiving the loan are able to get on their feet. This promotes people helping themselves. Great if applied to healthcare.
Ming the Mechanic: Kiva third world micro-loans - 0 views
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Not what I wanted to tag, but does show an example of kiva.
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.
Health education in Africa: 1975-2000 -- Brieger et al. 15 (4): 383 -- Health Education... - 0 views
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Links education with healthcare. Discusses training of healh workers and educating the public.
Africa Foundation - 0 views
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Foundation started in Africa and works to help the people. Promotes stability and doesn't try to be the hero. Seems to know the interconnectedness of healthcare, education, and income.
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.
Health in Your Hands - 0 views
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Effects of global handwashing. Still not sure why this isn't being enforced!
Medical Relief Africa - Lifting Burdens, Bringing Relief - 0 views
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Help specifically in Africa. Buy medical supplies, donating money, etc.
Entrez PubMed - 0 views
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stats on child deaths due to disease
diseases - 0 views
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information and third world disease that can be treated.
Brain drain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Clarifies and illustrates the brain drain which contributes to why Africa has poor healthcare.
Cures for the Third World's problems - 0 views
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'Scientific" way of solving global healthcare issue. Can be very rewarding, but will not help the problem now. This cannot stand alone, it shoule be paired with other ideas that are affective today.
OneWorldTV / tv / Youth / Free Healthcare for Africa - 0 views
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Planner solution. All the money in the world won't save the world. What they need is personal attention, not personal checks.
BBC NEWS | Health | UK 'crippling Africa healthcare' - 0 views
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This shows why healthcare in Africa is so poor. We need to keep this in mind while searching for solutions.
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