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The FINANCIAL -- Coinciding with the opening of the 2014 eHealth forum in Athens held under the Greek Presidency, EPHA highlights the necessity that eHealth solutions must meet the needs of all end users including individuals with specific health conditions and their

The FINANCIAL -- Zagreb –World Bank health experts working across Europe and Central Asia learned about Croatian health sector reforms and reforms in the region during their study tour in Croatia this week, according to the World Bank Group.

The FINANCIAL -- Zambia is facing a shortage of health professionals, particularly in rural areas where few people with the right skills want to work. Since training enough doctors would take decades, Zambia’s Ministry of Health decided to address the problem by

The FINANCIAL -- Concerns about public health are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, and there is considerable support in the region for making public health challenges a top national priority. In particular, people want their governments to improve the quality of hospitals and

The FINANCIAL -- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved support to the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country strives to strengthen management of its health and education systems and make rapid and sustainable progress towards the Millennium Development

The FINANCIAL -- The University of Liverpool is leading a £2 million Food Standards Agency (FSA) project to map the occurrence of norovirus in food premises and industry workers, according to the University of Liverpool. 

The FINANCIAL -- The young people who conform most strongly to norms of masculinity and femininity—the most “feminine” girls and the most “masculine” boys—are significantly more likely than their peers to engage in behaviors that pose cancer risks, according to a new

The FINANCIAL -- Two projects in the Gaza Strip will respond to health and environmental threats and provide long-term solutions to the treatment of sewage and solid waste. 

The FINANCIAL -- In looking ahead to this fall’s elections, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to view a candidate’s position on the Affordable Care Act as very important to their vote.

The FINANCIAL -- Facing rapidly rising costs, a third (33 percent) of European hospitals are reporting operating losses, generating negative earnings after tax, according to a new nine-country study released by Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.