International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 23 Issue 3

“Epidemics in a connected world” can come to you

David Birnbaum, Michael Decker

Development of a surgical site infection surveillance programme in a Scottish neurosurgical unit

Michael Canty, Edward Jerome St George

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common complication in surgical practice. SSIs represent almost a fifth of healthcare-associated infections in Scotland, and have deleterious…

The need for informed climate-health governance

Brittany Shea, Kim Knowlton, Jeffrey Shaman

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the existing opportunity to educate future health professionals on the health impacts of climate change in order to facilitate more…

Informal payments for health care in Iran

Mohammad Meskarpour Amiri, Abbas Assari, Mohammadkarim Bahadori, Ramin Ravangard, Sayyed Morteza Hosseini-Shokouh

Reducing informal payments (IPs) for health services has always been a top priority for health policymakers all over the world. As the newest attempts to reduce IPs, Iran’s…

Medical education governance based on strategic planning: An example of Kazakhstan medical universities

Sabina Nurakynova

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the medical education strategic planning to align with international best practices in university governance.

From policy to practice: the challenges facing Uganda in reducing maternal mortality

Grace Edwards

The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenges faced by health professionals in meeting Millennium Goal 5 and reducing maternal mortality in Uganda.

Self-regulation and medical direction: Conflicted approaches to monitoring and improving the quality of clinical care in paramedic services

Peter O’Meara, Gary Wingrove, Michael McKeage

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse two approaches to paramedic service clinical governance and quality management from the perspective of two groups of…

Patient satisfaction and an international dental graduate workforce programme

Tony Skapetis, Shilpi Ajwani, Sameer Bhole

The New South Wales International Dental Graduate (N-IDG) programme was an Australian state government workforce initiative to support rural public dental services. The purpose of…

Health professional education, governance frameworks and the elephant in the room

Fiona MacVane Phipps

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