Imperial College London
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ProfessorSalmanRawaf

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Director of WHO Collaborating Centre
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8814s.rawaf

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Ela Augustyniak +44 (0)20 7594 8603

 
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Location

 

311Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

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@article{Nashat:2020:10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210,
author = {Nashat, N and et, al and Quezada, Yamamoto H and vn, Wheel C and Rawaf, S},
doi = {10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210},
journal = {European Journal of General Practice},
pages = {1--6},
title = {Primary care healthcare policy implementation in the eastern Mediterranean region; experience of six countries: part ii},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210},
volume = {26},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: Primary healthcare (PHC) is the cornerstone of health systems for the rightfulaccess and cost-effective. It is a key factor in the global strategy for universal health coverage(UHC). Implementing PHC requires an understanding of health system under prevailingcircumstances essential to implement PHC, but data are unavailable.Objectives: This paper describes and analyses the health systems of Algeria, Kuwait,Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq and PHC status.Methods: Data were collected during a Workshop at 2018 WONCA East MediterraneanRegional Conference in Kuwait. Academic family physicians (FP) and general practitioners(GP) presented their country reports using the WONCA framework of 11 PowerPoint slides.WHO EMRO reflected on how countries’ experiences can contribute to their Frameworks onIntegrated People-Centered Health Services and UHC..Results: The six countries had achieved a great improvement in populations’ health, butcurrently face challenges of health financing, small number of certified family physicians,difficulties to access service and bureaucratic process. Main concerns were the absence of afamily practice model, brain drain and immigration of FPs. Countries differed in building acoherent policy.Conclusion: Priorities should be focused on: developing PHC model in Eastern MediterraneanRegion with advocacy for community-based PHC to policymakers: capacity building forstrengthening PHC-oriented health systems with FP specialty training and restrict practicingto fully trained FPs; engage communities to improve understanding of PHC; adopt quality andaccreditation policies for better services; validation of the referral and follow-up process; and,develop public-private partnership mechanisms to enhance PHC for UHC.
AU  - Nashat,N
AU  - et,al
AU  - Quezada,Yamamoto H
AU  - vn,Wheel C
AU  - Rawaf,S
DO  - 10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210
EP  - 6
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1381-4788
SP  - 1
TI  - Primary care healthcare policy implementation in the eastern Mediterranean region; experience of six countries: part ii
T2  - European Journal of General Practice
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13814788.2019.1640210
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71803
VL  - 26
ER  -
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