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North Korea’s Surprisingly Robust Healthcare System

CCHS — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:08:12 +0000

Harvard study: North Korea takes the health of its citizens very seriously. The commitment is evidenced by constitutionally guaranteed free healthcare, a robust health workforce backed by a steady supply of trained personnel and sustained investment in health […]

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Health Care and Medical Education to Promote Women’s Health in Iran; Four Decades Efforts

CCHS — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:37:45 +0000

by Shima Tabatabai, ; Nasser Simforoosh, Arch Iran Med. July 2020;23(7):469-479 Identifies important trends and challenges. Since 1979, life expectancy has increased by 29% in Iranian women, while female adult mortality rate has decreased by 78%, and maternal […]

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The creeping privatisation of healthcare in the EU, Rachel Tansey

CCHS — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 01:42:11 +0000

The creeping privatisation of healthcare: problematic EU policies and the corporate lobby push, 02.06.2017, by Rachel Tansey for Corporate Europe Observatory. Original post here: https://corporateeurope.org/en/power-lobbies/2017/06/creeping-privatisation-healthcare# Privatisation in its various guises is “spreading across Europe’s health services like a […]

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