HealthLeaders Media Global - March 11, 2008 | Going Global


Going Global Rick Johnson, Senior Online Editor Kenneth Ouriel, MD, was ready to take his career to the next level. He aspired to become the chief executive officer of a large health system. After 15 years as the chairman of Cleveland Clinic's division of surgery, he felt it was time for a change but wondered where the next challenge would lead him. About 8,000 miles east of Cleveland, as it turns out--in the capital city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. [Read More]
		Mar. 11, 2008

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Africa hard hit by health worker gap
As health systems in the US and Britain recruit physicians and nurses abroad, the world-wide shortage of healthcare workers is becoming increasingly evident. The shortage is hitting African and other developing nations hardest. In this AP article, experts gathered in Uganda to discuss the problem and considered asking rich countries to compensate poorer nations for the staff they recruit and to pay to train health workers in the developing world. One expert quoted in the story says that there are more Ethiopian doctors on the east coast of America than there are in Ethiopia. [Read More]

Egyptian doctors threatening to strike
Physicians across Egypt complain of long hours, shrinking respect for their profession, lack of medicine and broken equipment. The nation's doctors have been protesting for weeks and have set a March deadline for a nationwide strike. The Doctors Union is demanding an immediate minimum monthly salary of 1,000 pounds or about $180 for the 93,000 physicians working directly for the state. The current starting monthly pay for doctors in Egypt can be as low as $23. [Read More]

China's healthcare overhaul may prove a tonic for investors
With a government plan for a healthcare overhaul nearing completion in China, analysts say now may be a good time to invest in some Chinese healthcare companies. One major issue for the government is affordability. According to the Health Ministry, China's average personal out-of-pocket payments rose to 52 percent of total healthcare spending in 2005 from 20 percent in 1978. The plan is aimed at "expanding the coverage of basic healthcare services to both urban and rural residents, so as to provide them with safe, effective, convenient and cheap public health and basic medical services," Health Minister Chen Zhu said in 2007. [Read More]

Global Health Headlines

Britons can now combine grocery shopping with doctors' appointments
New York Times, March 3, 2008

Americans spend more to treat spine woes
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