Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are now steering the global health
and development agendas. Notably, the SDGs contain no mention of primary health care …

In the first paper in this Series we assessed theoretical and empirical evidence and
concluded that the health of people living in slums is a function not only of poverty but of …

Summary Background The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) established the goal
of a 75% reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100 …

" Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most
health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and …

Turkey has successfully introduced health system changes and provided its citizens with the
right to health to achieve universal health coverage, which helped to address inequities in …

Aims To investigate physical activity levels of nursing and medicine students, examine
predictors of physical activity level and examine the most influential benefits and barriers to …

Many developing countries are looking to scale-up what works through major systems
strengthening investments. With leadership, conviction and commitment, systems thinking …

Substantial changes are needed to achieve a more targeted and strategic approach to
investment in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic that will yield long-term dividends …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the greatest single cause of mortality and loss of disability-
adjusted life years worldwide, and a substantial portion of this burden falls on low-and …

National health systems need strengthening if they are to meet the growing challenge of
chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. By application of an accepted …