Public Health of United Territorial Communities in Ukraine
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2019
Pages:
28-31
Received:
3 April 2019
Accepted:
24 June 2019
Published:
26 August 2019
Abstract: The article highlights basic principles of state and public administration of individual health care and public health care of united territorial communities, which are the basis for public community in Ukraine. With the adaptation of the Law of Ukraine “On deliberate union of territorial communities”, a new stage of decentralization of state power, reforms of local government as well as administrative and territorial reforms started in Ukraine. Distribution of budget for health care between district budget and budget of united territorial communities required organizational and structural division of health care system, which provided medical care for individuals of corresponding residential areas. Depending on the health group and the diagnosis, a complex of rehabilitating and restorative curative measures is developed for the formation, preservation and strengthening health of the healthy and for restoration of health of the sick people in the following year. The integrative function of family doctors of the united territorial communities allows to provide: the unified process of formation, preservation and strengthening health of the healthy people of various age and gender groups; early disease detection, primary prevention of diseases, remedial treatment and medical and social rehabilitation of patients and injured people with high quality and efficacy.
Abstract: The article highlights basic principles of state and public administration of individual health care and public health care of united territorial communities, which are the basis for public community in Ukraine. With the adaptation of the Law of Ukraine “On deliberate union of territorial communities”, a new stage of decentralization of state power...
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HIV/TB Integrated Services: Perception of HIV and TB Clients in a Tertiary Health Facility in Lagos State Nigeria
Stellamaris Moronkeji,
Ebenezer Obi Daniel,
Ogunnaike Adewale Adeyemi,
Paul Olaiya Abiodun,
Lily Ize-Iyamu,
Abuworonye Fadeke,
Atabo Unekwu John,
Olayinka Victor Ojo,
Israel Olukayode Popoola
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2019
Pages:
32-37
Received:
27 August 2019
Accepted:
9 September 2019
Published:
18 September 2019
Abstract: HIV/AIDS remains a global public health issue which has claimed an estimated of 35 million lives since the start of the epidemic and further 78 million people still living with the virus. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major disease with high incident cases and over 1.3 million deaths recorded in 2012 even with the availability of effective chemotherapy. This survey is a descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative study among 87 enrolled clients attending HIV/TB integrated service at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH) Lagos in Nigeria. Data collected were analyzed with SPSS version 21 with Chi-square used to test for association. Eighty percent (80) of the HIV clients were female while the TB patients were 41% male. Most of the respondents had only secondary school education and were married as at the time of the survey. Generally, unprotected sexual intercourse with a HIV infected person is the most known mode of spreading HIV among respondents. Majority of the respondents receives treatment for both TB and HIV in the same facility and view antiretrovirals as drugs responsible for preventing death from HIV/AIDS. While over 70% of the respondents agreed to like being visited by healthcare workers, over 60% reported to have never being visited by healthcare workers. The most reported advantages of integrated services for HIV and TB were “save cost for transportation and save time”. The survey revealed good knowledge about HIV and TB among respondents while also showing that perception about integrated HIV and TB services is welcomed among the respondents. Increasing the number of healthcare workers and incentivizing the approach for healthcare workers were recommended.
Abstract: HIV/AIDS remains a global public health issue which has claimed an estimated of 35 million lives since the start of the epidemic and further 78 million people still living with the virus. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major disease with high incident cases and over 1.3 million deaths recorded in 2012 even with the availability of effective chemotherapy. T...
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