scholarly journals Partnership of the community in support of health for all

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-787
Author(s):  
A. Abdullatif

Health for all is a people-based approach to health which considers the community as its focus. Community partnership is an important principle of health for all. This paper describes the many aspects of community partnership and gives examples of community partnerships initiatives in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region, such as the basic development needs approach. The main agenda of community partnership for health for all is discussed and some opportunities conductive to community partnership in the Region are outlined

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 1588-1590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lama H. Nazer ◽  
Mohamad Elaibaid ◽  
Nada Al-Qadheeb ◽  
Ruth Kleinpell ◽  
Keith M. Olsen ◽  
...  

Vaccine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (21) ◽  
pp. 2403-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Allison ◽  
Nadia Teleb ◽  
Salah Al Awaidy ◽  
Hossam Ashmony ◽  
James P. Alexander ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 707-711
Author(s):  
Leila Mounesan ◽  
Ehsan Mostafavi

The honorable Abdul Hussein Tabatabaei was born in 1911 in Iran and received his medical education in the United Kingdom. Famously known as Dr. A.H. Taba, he was a well-respected man for his significant impact on the improvement of the national and global healthcare services and support for social justice. Before joining the World Health Organization (WHO), he was twice elected to the Iranian national assembly and served as the under-secretary of health services in Iran. Later, he joined the WHO and was elected as the Director of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) in Alexandria in 1957 – a position he maintained for 25 years. During his tenure as the Regional Director, he rendered valuable assistance to the development and expansion of major health issues such as development and expansion of the health workforce, improvement of the national health services and controlling of various communicable diseases in the member countries and across the WHO regional offices.


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