All posts tagged health care

Survival needs or health care? Challenges accessing health care among female migrants in Accra, Ghana

By Samantha R. Lattof, PhD (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Background

Every week whilst collecting the data for my recent article in Health Policy and Planning, I heard reports of female migrants dying in Accra, Ghana.  Some of these deaths were accidental.  Others, like deaths from malaria or…

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Making healthcare “choices”

By J. K. Lakshmi, BHMS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad

Reports (1) of changing trends in the use of particular systems of medicine, and policymaking to support or counter these trends, abound in the academic and lay literature. Most such reports suggest an increase or…

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