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International Women’s Day: gender inequality persists in the health workforce

“As a woman who wears many hats – a wife, a mother and a health-care worker – I try to achieve a healthy work–life balance, promoting positivity and problem-solving at work, selflessly assisting families in rural areas to access quality health-care services, while also dedicating time to my family,” explains Liljana Ivanovska, a community nurse from North Macedonia.

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https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/08-03-2023-international-women-s-day–gender-inequality-persists-in-the-health-workforce

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Can people afford to pay for health care?

New evidence on financial protection in Romania

Financial protection is central to universal health coverage and a core dimension of health system performance. The incidence of catastrophic health spending is high in Romania compared to many countries in the European Union and higher than expected given Romania’s relatively low reliance on out-of-pocket payments to finance the health system. It is heavily concentrated among poorer households and older people, reflecting gaps in all three dimensions of health coverage (‎population entitlement, service coverage and user charges)‎, weaknesses in purchasing policy and low levels of public spending on health.

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https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289057905

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How Covid-19 advanced the cause of primary healthcare in Eastern Europe

Newly independent GE HealthCare is ready to make an even greater impact on solving the greatest challenges in healthcare that patients and clinicians face today, and in the future in Eastern Europe, says its regional director Konstantinos Deligiannis.

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https://emerging-europe.com/news/how-covid-19-advanced-the-cause-of-primary-healthcare-in-eastern-europe/

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Software as a Medical Device

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/software-medical-device-samd/artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-software-medical-device

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Emotion AI: Why It’s The Future Of Digital Health

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/11/23/emotion-ai-why-its-the-future-of-digital-health/?sh=7d105c4c6516

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Monitoring the rapid evolution of digital health challenging

https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/22-11-2022-monitoring-the-rapid-evolution-of-digital-health-challenging–says-new-report