Christian articles on gloabl issues in healthcare
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Christian Medical Fellowship have got a new website, with a helpful index of articles on gloabl issues -- http://www.cmf.org.uk/index/global_issues.htm
They have articles on topics such as "Poverty and Health", "Developing World Drugs".
The CMF file on Globalisation is also useful:
http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=146
The author of the above article, Steve Fouch, a nurse, has also written an article on suffering in the developing world:
http://www.uccf.org.uk/yourcourse/csnm/resources/SufferingInTheDevelopingWorld.pdf
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More from CMF
Christian Medical Fellowship's latest publications have more articles on poverty:
Poverty and Health, by Steve Fouch, CMF
A couple of articles I saw on
A couple of articles I saw on the BBC...
G8 'must stop medic brain-drain'
Nurses' and doctors' leaders have called on the UK Government to tackle the "poaching" of overseas healthcare workers, at next month's G8 summit...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4100892.stm
UK 'crippling Africa healthcare'
The UK is crippling sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare system by poaching its staff, UK doctors have warned....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4582283.stm
More articles from CMF The
More articles from CMF
The brain drain - A multilateral problem requiring a global response
http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1640
AIDS in Russia - Institutions are waking up to the churches’ role
http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1638
Articles
Some of the links in the Health Care Sphere page are now broken...
Inappropriate Drug Donations:
Guidelines for Drug Donations (World Health Organization, Revised 1999) - is available online at:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1999/WHO_EDM_PAR_99.4.pdf
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Affordable Medicines
UNAIDS applauds Clinton Foundation's agreement with pharmaceutical companies to cut prices of AIDS drugs - is available online at:
http://data.unaids.org/Media/Press-Statements01/Clinton_PS_23Oct03_en.pdf
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Breast milk substitutes
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk subsitutes - is now available online at:
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/code_english.pdf
Role of breast-feeding in the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea - abstract is available online at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2243179&dopt=Abstract
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding - is available online at:
http://cdrwww.who.int/child-adolescent-health/NUTRITION/global_strategy.htm
Another article...
Monitoring compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in west Africa - is available online at:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7381/127
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Another issue is the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, many of which are health related.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
The Micah Challenge is a calling for the achievement of these goals:
http://www.micahchallenge.org/home/intro.asp
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Christians Organisations working in healthcare
The Christian Medical Fellowship website section on Global Issues gets new articles every few months
http://www.cmf.org.uk/index/global_issues.htm
HealthServe has a website for health professionals thinking of working in developing countries, and has information for student electives:
http://www.healthserve.org/
The CSNM website has resources for nurses and midwives and there is also the TSCF website for therapy students:
http://www.uccf.org.uk/yourcourse/csnm/
http://www.uccf.org.uk/yourcourse/tscf/