an extensive political aim for 35 years. It wasn’t until the late 1980’s the change of direction was predisposed by the audit commission in 1986 and then the Griffiths report in 1988. The NHS and community care act was formed within the UK in 1990 (DOH 1990). This enabled local health and social services to take charge over their own budgets‚ therefore assisting them in becoming the consumer and supplier of care. (Ryan‚ A. A. et al). This essay will discuss how community nursing can enhance the care
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Development Results in the Philippines 3. KNOWLEDGE-BASED PRACTISE IN 2 SELECTED SECTORS 6 3.1 NDRRMC‚ Philippines: ‘lives-on-the-line’ role demands real time response 6 3.2 DOH‚ Philippines: ‘lives-are-at-stake’ role requires ‘universal’ access 7 3.3 State of knowledge use in NDRRMC and DOH; situation in other departments 7 4. MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT‚ PHILIPPINES 9 4.1 Measure of performance and decision making in focus 9 4.2
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Introduction Despite the all pervasive talk of globalization‚ the seasoned international business traveler will be acutely aware of differences in the ‘way of doing things’ from country to country and from region to region. Such differences are seldom more apparent than in the field of organization and management. Not only will this traveler be aware that conventions for doing business are culture- bound‚ but also that systems and structures for ‘the management of people’ are uniquely determined
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DOH alarm: HIV cases in first-half 2012 exceed full year of 2010 The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases during the first half of the year has already surpassed the record for the whole 2010‚ the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday‚ underscoring the alarming rise in incidence of the virus that causes the dread disease AIDS. The bulk of the spike was traced to a rise in male-to-male transmission and the sharing of needles among injecting drug users in Cebu province. DOH Assistant
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Palm Oil; Poverty Fighter or Environmental Killer? The rapid globalization and dismantling of trade barriers is resulting in many changes in today’s international trade environment. According to Luthans (1) globalization is the process of social‚ political‚ economic‚ cultural and technological integration among countries around the world. Many challenges are facing agro-food producers‚ but also retailers such as our company Tesda‚ an international supermarket based in UK‚ that seek to remain
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Water Refilling Station Business in the Philippines Not All Water Refilling Stations Are Created Equal ACCORDING to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ about 3.4 million people die annually from water-related diseases. About a million Filipinos get sick with water-borne diseases yearly. And these are diarrhea cases alone. They don’t include other water-borne disease like amoebiasis‚ crypto-sporidiosis and cholera. Water refilling stations can help address the water contamination problem.
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This statement has existed for a very long time and I strongly believe that with the support of recent studies and researches‚ there will never be a time that this assertion will be null and void. In the Philippines‚ the Department of Health (DOH) has urged healthcare facilities that provide services to pregnant mothers‚ new mothers and newborns to follow the “10 steps to successful breastfeeding” recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
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General Practice (Department of Health‚ DoH‚ 2012‚ online)‚ sets out what General Practitioners (GPs) can do to improve mental health and enhance care and support offered to those with mental health conditions in the community. This document also states that one in four GP consultations account for mental health problems (DoH‚ 2012‚ pg8‚ online). Treatments for those with mental health issues cost the NHS in the United Kingdom approximately £105 Billion per year (DoH‚ 2012‚ pg8‚ online). Primary care plays
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Guidelines for the Institutionalization and Decentralization of the Department of Health Drug Consignment System‚ the advantages of the said system are: 1. It will enhance the availability of low cost‚ high quality drugs and medicines in DOH hospital pharmacies‚ without entailing additional cost or investment on the part of the government; 2. The income the Hospital will earn from the direst sales of these drug products may be used for the improvement of hospital operations‚ thereby
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The word “homeless” is used to describe many different kinds of people with a variety of problems; the “homeless” includes veterans‚ the mentally ill‚ the physically disabled or chronically ill‚ the elderly on fixed incomes‚ men‚ women‚ and families that have lost their source of income‚ single parents‚ runaway children who’ve been abused‚ alcoholics and drug addicts‚ immigrants‚ and traditional tramps‚ hobos‚ and transients (Martin‚ 1999). In “Helping and Hating the Homeless”‚ Peter Martin claims
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