Promoting family practice-based model of care: the role of WHO's professional diploma in family medicine in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Autor: | Salah H; Regional Advisor, Primary and Community Health Care, Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems (UHS), World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt., Mataria A; Director, Department of Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems (UHS), World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt., Wajid G; Department of Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems (UHS), WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt., Mandil A; Coordinator, Research & Innovation, Department of Science, Information and Dissemination, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt., Hamadeh G; Professor of Family Medicine, Central Michigan University and Past Chair of Family Medicine at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon., Osman M; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon., Al Sharief W; Medical Education and Research Department, Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates., Badr E; Strategy Office, Arab Board of Health Specializations, Amman, Jordan., Hegazy NN; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt., Soliman S; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Family Medicine Consultant, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit [East Mediterr Health J] 2021 Aug 26; Vol. 27 (8), pp. 743-744. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 26. |
DOI: | 10.26719/2021.27.8.743 |
Abstrakt: | Strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) through family practice-based model of care is an essential bedrock in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), as called for in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, target 3.8. However, the shortage of family practitioners worldwide and in most countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is a daunting challenge. The current production rate of family physicians in the EMR is around 700 annually, against the needed estimate of 21 000 physicians per year based on one family physician/1300 population and the current EMR population growth rate, which reflects the huge shortage of family physicians in the Region. (Copyright © World Health Organization (WHO) 2021. Open Access. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo).) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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