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    Renewing primary health care in the Americas

    Pan American Health Organization, 2007
    This document states the position of the Pan American Health Organization on the proposed renewal of primary health care (PHC) in the Americas. It highlights reasons for adopting this renewed approach. These include: the rise of new epidemiologic challenges that PHC must evolve to address, and the growing recognition that PHC can strengthen society’s ability to reduce inequities in health.
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    Primary health care comes of age: looking forward to the 30th anniversary of Alma-Ata

    The Lancet, 2007
    This comment published in the Lancet, describes the vision of primary health care (PHC) in the Alma Ata declaration and highlights some of the tensions between this and the selective approach to PHC, which promotes a few cost-effective interventions.
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    Health service delivery in fragile states for US$5 per person per year: myth or reality

    Merlin, 2007
    This report highlights the findings from a conference on health service delivery in fragile states that took place in October 2007, organised by Merlin and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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    Review of primary health care in the African region

    Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organisation, 2008
    This World Health Organisation review examines the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in Africa and identifies strategic interventions that are required to cope with the new challenges facing the health systems in the 21st century. The review addresses PHC policy formation and implementation, the resources that are available for PHC implementation, monitoring and review.
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    A review of codes and protocols for the migration of health workers

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2007
    This Equinet paper reviews current multi-lateral, bilateral and regional agreements, Codes of practice, strategies and position statements that govern the migration of health workers from East and Southern African countries.
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    Delivering health services in fragile states and difficult environments: 13 key principles

    Health Unlimited, 2007
    This report by Health Unlimited draws out key policy recommendations and operational implications for stakeholders involved in delivering health services in fragile states and difficult environments.
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    A case study of community health workers engaged in primary health care in Sri Lanka

    Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health, 2007
    This paper was presented at the second Asia-Pacific Alliance on Human Resources for Health conference on Human Resources for Rural Health and Primary Healthcare.
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    Changing IMF Policies

    IFIwatchnet, 2008
    This paper highlights the shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers hired in developing countries. It critically addresses current International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies with a focus on the need to change its practices in order to improve the situation.
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    Health workers for all and all for health workers

    Global health workforce alliance, 2008
    The Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action was formulated at the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health that was held in Kampala, Uganda in March 2008. It recognises the need for immediate action to resolve the accelerating crisis in the global health workforce including the global shortage of over four million health workers that are needed to deliver essential health care.
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    Primary care management of diabetes in a low/middle income country: a multi-method, qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to care

    BMC Family Practice, 2007
    This article from BMC Family Practice looks at factors influencing the primary care management of diabetes in Tunisia, a low/middle-income country with ten per cent prevalence of the disease. The authors surveyed patients, health professionals and organisations for their views.More than 400 factors emerged.

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