Oxfam must shed its ideological bias to be taken seriously

Oxfam must shed its ideological bias to be taken seriously

Citing its "analysis of data from demographic and health surveys in 15 sub-Saharan Africa countries with comparable data categories for private providers," 2 Oxfam shows that only 3% of all patients visiting the private sector go to doctors and that 40% of private provision in Africa is &q...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2009-03, Vol.338 (mar23 2), p.b1202-b1202, Article b1202
1. Verfasser: Montague, Dominic
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bias
Developing Countries
International Cooperation
Organizational Policy
Private Sector
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Zusammenfassung:Citing its "analysis of data from demographic and health surveys in 15 sub-Saharan Africa countries with comparable data categories for private providers," 2 Oxfam shows that only 3% of all patients visiting the private sector go to doctors and that 40% of private provision in Africa is "just small shops selling drugs of unknown quality."
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.b1202