Strengthening district health care system through partnership with academic institutions: the social accountability of medical colleges in Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
; 52(187): 142-7, 2012.
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Approximately 25-30% of the Nepalese population live below poverty line. Majority of them reside in a geographically inaccessible place while most of the health centers are focused in the urbanized cities of Nepal. Hence, they are deprived of quality health care at that level and need urgent attention by the concerned authorities. The government has not increased its human resource for health in the last two decades, while population has doubled up but the number of doctors serving in public sectors has remained the same as it was in 1990s. We have got 19 medical colleges at the moment. If one district is allocated to each medical colleges, it could help improve district health system at local level in Nepal. This can be accomplished by posting postgraduate resiendts in the peripheral district hospital as a part of their training and later encouraging them to serve for certain years. This could be a perfect example of government envisioned public private partnership in the country. This is a concept that has already been started in many parts of the world that can be moulded further to improve health service at peripheral part of the country. It is also the social accountability of the medical colleges for the development of the nation.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Facultades de Medicina
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Responsabilidad Social
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Servicios de Salud Comunitaria
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Atención a la Salud
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Asociación entre el Sector Público-Privado
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nepal
Pais de publicación:
Nepal