FYI - from this weeks BMJ which focuses heavily on health care in the Arab world which may be of interest to some of you
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Can action on health achieve political and social reform?
BMJ 2006;333:837-839 (21 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.38980.664074.94
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/333/7573/837?etoc
Samer Jabbour, public health researcher1, Abbas El-Zein, senior lecturer in environmental engineering2, Iman Nuwayhid, professor of occupational health3, Rita Giacaman, professor4
1 PO Box 9633, Aleppo, Syria, 2 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 4 Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, PO Box 154, Ramallah
Excerpt from the intro
Public debate about health is rare in Arab countries. But getting the social and political issues underlying health problems onto the agenda could have wider effects on the region's political stagnation
Arab countries face major challenges, including foreign occupations, deficient liberties, poor governance, squandering of resources, economic regression, inequities, and illiteracy.1 Arab reformists have advocated political, economic, and social change since the late 19th century. However, despite decades of local pressure for change, reforms remain elusive. We consider how action on health can contribute to realising these reforms using examples from Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.....
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