Over the last few weeks I’ve been reviewing the cost and affordability of our Community Based healthcare services, which are often given free or at a heavily subsidised, low cost to the patient. During this review, it has become obvious that if we want these programmes to be sustainable then we will have to ration [...]
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Affordability, Rationing and Aid
Posted in Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, Primary Healthcare, tagged Bill Gates, Healthcare Budget, Peter Singer, PHC, Primary health care, Primary Healthcare, Rationing on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Coke and Primary Healthcare
Posted in Primary Healthcare, tagged Coca-Cola, PHC, Primary health care, Uganda on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a simple pleasure; ride my bike through the local communities until exhausted – which for me in this heat and with these hills doesn’t take very long. I’ll admit, at times it might have been better described as “there’s Kevin taking his bike for a walk…” When exhausted stop at a local shop (for [...]
Primary Healthcare in East Africa
Posted in Business of Health Care, International Medical Group, Primary Healthcare, tagged Alma-Ata, IHSU, PHC on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Nick Wooding kindly asked me to write a preface for a book about to be published by International Health Sciences University which discusses the many aspects and issues related to the delivery of primary healthcare in the developing world, and in Uganda specifically. >>> PHC in East Africa: Preface If you are a healthcare [...]


