Sentences with phrase «as access to treatment»

«There are numerous factors that differ between the African and US or European settings, such as environmental factors, other infections, nutrition, host immunogenetics, HIV viral subtype, predominant mode of transmission, as well as access to treatment.

Not exact matches

Telemedicine services, such as Teladoc, can streamline the treatment process because it connects patients remotely to certified physicians around the US, via phone, video - conferencing, and online, rather than relying on local access to physicians.

He's now being urged to declare a nation - wide «state of emergency» over the issue by a White House commission, as part of a wide - ranging list of recommendations which also encourages easier access to heroin antidotes and mental health treatment.

In a sharply worded press release, a group known as the 9948 Fair Treatment Coalition states that documents it obtained through Access to Information «raise disturbing questions» about the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Department of Finance's conduct in the so - called iPod tax dispute.

Included in the price is a state - sponsored concierge programme, entitling members to VIP access to government agencies dealing with immigration, driving licences, and work permits, as well as complimentary return airport transfers, an annual health check up at a private hospital, and 24 spa treatments and golfing trips a year.

However, in very rare circumstances, Ionis Pharmaceuticals is able to make an experimental drug that we are developing available for patients outside of a traditional clinical trial under an expanded access protocol, sometimes referred to as a treatment protocol.

For decades, female employees pressed for access to the same opportunities and treatment as their male counterparts.

As Gawande notes, a study conducted by Aetna Insurance permitting «concurrent care» — having access to both hospice and life - extending treatments — saw hospice participation rise from 26 to 70 percent of eligible patients.

We are indeed fortunate here in Australia to have ready access to beautiful fresh ginger, which together with all of the properties mentioned above, is really effective as a treatment for the discomfort and distress of motion sickness — glace or crystallised ginger chewed slowly can really help.

Organically raised animals, on the other hand, have greater access to the outdoors, sunlight and clean water, as well as veterinary treatment when necessary.

As part of a major medical center, we can offer our young patients evaluation and treatment that includes access to state - of - the - art equipment, advanced therapies, clinical trials and a team of specialists in pulmonology and from other clinical disciplines.

Some babies do not have access to safe breast milk because their mothers are undergoing medical treatment, such as chemotherapy, or taking medications that have been proven harmful to babies if ingested while feeding.

Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices; Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.

As an academic site for teaching and training future care providers, we incorporate state - of - the - art treatment and access to the latest advanced care.

He unveiled a two - pronged approach to narrowing the health gap; by improving access to primary care and focusing on prevention as much as treatment.

These statements come from a Minister who in the past has attacked secularism as «intolerant and illiberal», has said that religious people contribute more to society than the non-religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

She has also said that religious people contribute more to society than the non religious, has championed religious groups as being at the heart of the «Big Society», and even tried to amend the Equality Bill in a way which would leave humanists unprotected against discrimination and unequal treatment in the provision of, and access to, public services, employment, education, funding, and elsewhere.

Resources include the distribution of free condoms, the #PlaySure media campaign to encourage safe sex practices and access to treatments such as the pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis medications known as PrEP and PEP.

As elected officials struggle to address the ongoing opioid crisis, one of the more controversial proposals has been legal injection sites, where addicts would have access to clean needles, medical staff, and a variety of information and services — including treatment options.

While recounting his ordeal in detention, he regretted the crude treatment meted on him as well his denial to have access to his family, lawyers and his personal doctors.

The relocation of the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center will ultimately provide better opportunities for children to recover in a safe, secure, and state - of - the - art facility, as well as expand access to treatment for children in Western New York.»

The suite of measures agreed to in bills submitted late Monday night have an emphasis on insurance, such as ending prior authorization to allow immediate access for in - patient treatment.

While justifying his call for allocation of oil block to cancer treatment, he said a Mevavoltage cancer therapy machine is available for 33 million Nigerians as against four to about 200,000 Australians, adding, «most patients have little or no access to Radiation Oncology services».

Care deficiencies include a lack of care planning, poor case management, inadequate access to nutritional information or food at appropriate times; insufficient treatment review and blood glucose monitoring; poor understanding of medication and inadequate access to preventative screening services such as foot care and retinal screening..

As a matter of urgency, we need to train more healthcare professional (doctors, nurses, and pharmacist) in paediatric oncology, expand treatment access to at least three others centres (Tamale, Cape Coast and Volta regions); and equip these facilities with good Labourites to be able to detect both solid and blood cancers.

Unfortunately, we know that access to treatments, such as radiotherapy, varies.

According to the report's author, Professor Kate Shannon, factors such as being forced to service clients in cars or public places, inability to access drug treatment and a prior assault by police all correlated with violence against female sex workers.

By providing better testing, increased access to screenings and treatment, collaboration with healthcare providers and the same aggressive approach, we are going to end the Hepatitis C epidemic as well.»

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

We proposed the idea of a Health Technologies Fund as we wanted to offer patients better access to innovative treatments that were not routinely available on the Welsh NHS.

«Anytime we discuss anything involving health care, we would be ignoring our responsibilities if we didn't look at costs,» said Flanagan, who said Senate Republicans do want people to access treatment as quickly as possible, without delays or denials from insurance companies.

That is why we would ensure that patients suffering from mental health will have equal rights to access diagnosis and treatments as those requiring physical health care.

In addition to aiding veterans on the road to recovery via access to treatment for substance abuse, PTSD and other combat - related disorders, the new Veteran Treatment Tracks will provide a range of support services to address associated problems, such as unemployment and hometreatment for substance abuse, PTSD and other combat - related disorders, the new Veteran Treatment Tracks will provide a range of support services to address associated problems, such as unemployment and homeTreatment Tracks will provide a range of support services to address associated problems, such as unemployment and homelessness.

The immigration bill must finalise key issues such as the access that EU citizens will have to Britain's labour market and whether they will have preferential treatment as visitors.

The bills rolled out on Wednesday as part of a bipartisan heroin task force include legislation that would allocate more funding to hire specialists at veterans treatment courts, end a ban on Medicaid reimbursement for drug treatment for incarcerated addicts, crack down on «doctor shopping» for pain medications and expand access to medication - assisted treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, among others.

The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate fears plans for new waiting time targets for people with conditions such as anxiety and depression to access treatment will be scrapped unless ministers plough # 3.5 bn into mental health over the next five years.

David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

The first - line designation means that some patients will have access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments such as chemotherapy.

«Countries using these measures should instead increase the availability of proven opioid - agonist therapies, such as methadone, and ensure there is adequate access to voluntary treatment programs in community settings and facilitate people with opioid addiction to seek treatment.»

Co-author Professor Fabio Levi (MD), Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, (Switzerland), said: «Besides enforcing tobacco control — essentially by increasing taxation — national governments and EU policy makers must ensure that all EU citizens have access to the best screening, diagnosis and treatment, including those from central and eastern Europe where major delays are still observed and where cancer mortality rates tend to be higher as a result.»

«If so, it will be important to link mandated education to medical licensure to avoid having clinicians opt out — since that could lead to reduced treatment access, as well as burnout among the clinicians who opt in,» he added.

As opposed to blunt regulatory solutions that decrease access to opioids in an indiscriminant way, education is a more finely tuned approach that can empower clinicians to make appropriate, well - informed treatment decisions for every patient at each clinical encounter.

Taylor's team of researchers examined Medicaid policies for hepatitis C virus treatment using sofosbuvir, more commonly known as Solvadi, and found that most should change policy to improve access to the treatment.

In some cases, such as in the selection of participants for studies on suicide, the bias in the original studies may have underestimated the association between access to firearms and suicide, because both study and comparison groups were recruited from health care settings where they may have been seeking treatment for suicidal planning.

«As hepatitis C has become a major public health concern in Malaysia, it is crucial to increase access to treatment for the benefit of the nation,» said Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

The findings suggest that benefit is most likely, and risks will be mitigated, when digital communication is used with patients who already have a relationship of trust with the clinical team, and who need to have flexible access, such as when transitioning between services, treatments or lived context.

In the new year, NHS England is set to announce the details of another cull to prescription services — limiting access to treatments for more common ailments, such as eye drops and laxatives.

In an accompanying editorial, Michael Davis, CRNP and Jeffrey Kopp, MD (National Institutes of Health) noted that the study also pointed to various factors — such as having access to alternate dialysis in an integrated system, getting access to transportation, and having a stable social situation — that could be important for avoiding missed dialysis treatments.

The emergency room, experts say, has long been perceived as a great care equalizer, given universal access to it and the highly standardized nature of trauma treatment protocols.

He says acts of ill - treatment by rogue operatives acting alone are more likely to be routine low - grade violence — «the odd slapping» — and neglect, such as withholding food or access to toilets.