Book Review: Planning Pharmaceuticals for Primary Health Care: The Supply and Utilization of Drugs in the Third World

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-48
Author(s):  
Gill Walt
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Third World

Health and Family Planning Services in Bangladesh: A Study in Inequality

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Gish
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Third World ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
The Third ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
The Third World

The development of health and family planning services in Bangladesh is examined in the context of the country's political economy. Inequities of power, influence, opportunity, and the ownership and distribution of assets and income are seen to lie at the root of the “Bangladesh crisis.” In this, the country is not unlike many others in the Third World, only more so. The internal and external pressures which have contributed to a coercive attitude toward the problem of too rapid population growth are discussed. The allocation of Bangladeshi health service resources is examined in terms of expenditure, manpower, and facilities; they are found to be both inequitably distributed and inefficiently applied. Some alternatives to present patterns of development are touched upon. It is concluded that despite the country's poverty, most people do not have to go without basic primary health care (including family planning), which can be afforded even by countries as economically impoverished as Bangladesh.

scholarly journals The unique requirements of primary health care in Southern Africa

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
D. P. Knobel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Power Base ◽  
Heterogenous Population ◽  
The Third World

The critical need for primary health care in Southern Africa with special reference to the demands of the heterogenous population is measured against the background of the declaration of Alma Ata at the WHO/UNICEF conference in 1978. In particular the provision of primary health care to the Third World communities of the RSA as an essential part of the security power base of the State is underlined and it is analised in terms of how shortcomings in this service can be exploited in a subversive revolutionary onslaught.

scholarly journals Mental health in primary care

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. Famuyiwa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Third World ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Primary Health Care System ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Third World

The expression primary health care (PHC) gives the impression of an ensemble of control of communicable diseases, infant care, avoidance of insanitary personal habits and curbing environmental pollution. These indeed constitute the main elements of the scheme but are not exclusive to it. An integral but often ignored aspect is the community dimension of mental health whose importance is underscored by the fact that a significant majority of people in the third world live in rural areas with minimal or no access to formal psychiatric facilities. In this paper, I shall review the conceptual framework and practicality of primary health care with special reference to community mental health, highlight some notable limitations to policy execution and finally propose an organisational model structure for the community mental health services within the primary health care system.

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