The 2008 WHO Primary Health Care: Now More Than Ever Report ...

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The 2008 WHO Primary Health Care: Now More Than Ever Report reflected the ongoing commitment to the Alma-Ata Declaration and identified four reforms necessary to achieving the health for all goal. Which reform would meet this commitment?
 
  A) Universal access to physical health protection
  B) Service delivery reforms to reorganize health services around people's needs and expectations
  C) Universal health care insurance reforms
  D) Leadership reforms to promote more inclusive and autocratic leadership

Question 2

Which of the following contributes to the critical shortage of nurses in low-resource countries? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Challenges related to HIV/AIDS
  B) High-stress work environments
  C) Gender-based discrimination and violence
  D) International migration of nurses
  E) High infant and maternal mortality rates

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
The 2008 WHO report reflected the ongoing commitment to the Alma-Ata Declaration and identified four reforms necessary to achieving the health for all goal: universal access to social health protection; service delivery reforms to reorganize health services around people's needs and expectations; public policy reforms; and leadership reforms to promote more inclusive and participatory leadership.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A, B, C, D
Factors that contribute to the shortage in low-resource countries include challenges related to HIV/AIDS, high-stress work environments, gender-based discrimination and violence, and international migration of nurses. Many high-resource countries, faced with their own nursing shortages, contribute to this problem by recruiting nurses from lower-resource countries, further compounding the problem. Although many low-resource countries have high infant and maternal mortality rates, this is an outcome of the nursing shortage rather than a cause.