Small Fixes - Volunteers Forge Better Health Care in Rural Thailand - NYTimes.com: "Thailand’s Village Health Volunteers, as they are known, have been a source of reliable caretakers in a country perpetually beset by military coups and changing governments. Health care has marched forward in Thailand even as its politics have been mired in conflict.
The volunteer system has helped even out inequalities in a society where wealth — and medical resources — are heavily concentrated in the sprawling metropolis of Bangkok. Volunteers, who number more than one million in a country of 65 million people, spread awareness of disease and screen for chronic illnesses. They have also helped bring down the infant mortality rate to one of the lowest levels in Asia by assisting pregnant women."
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
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