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Global Family Medicine

WEBThe aim of this project is to develop a map of family medicine around the world. Although family medicine has existed for decades, it is not completely understood what the …

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Dominican Republic — Global Family Medicine

WEBThe health system is defined as a social security model. In 2014 the Dominican Republic adopted a model of care based on the primary health strategy and the Integrated …

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Guatemala — Global Family Medicine

WEBHealthcare is guaranteed by the Guatemalan constitution, many indigenous families living in rural areas have a hard time accessing healthcare due to language, culture, lack of …

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United States of America

WEBtraining. Year Family Medicine was Established: 1968 (AAFP Foundation) Length of Medical School: 4 years (Stanford Medicine) Length of Training Program: 3 years (USA Health) …

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Nigeria — Global Family Medicine

WEBThere is a need to expose family medicine trainees in Nigeria to more primary health care/community-oriented care in a community setting. practice (Ngong, Cyprian, MBBS), …

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Bolivia — Global Family Medicine

WEBBolivia has 400 trained family medicine specialists, each doctor working in the public health system, managing a team which cares for a population between 2500 to 10000. Bolivia …

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Mexico — Global Family Medicine

WEBMexico has a mixed model of public and private provisions of services within their health system. Though for many years the country has been criticized because of its structural …

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Colombia — Global Family Medicine

WEBThe health system in Colombia is universal. In 1993, a reform transformed the healthcare system into a publicly funded system (Evans, 2014 & ABHI). Family medicine is …

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Ethiopia — Global Family Medicine

WEBtraining. Family medicine is a new specialty in Ethiopia. The first seven family physicians graduated in February 2016 from Addis Ababa University. There are still some …

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Norway — Global Family Medicine

WEBThe health care system in Norway is public, as the population is covered by public health insurance for general practice services (Kringos et al., n.d.) training 4 universities in …

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Uruguay — Global Family Medicine

WEBpractice . In addition to family physicians, there are pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists. Family physicians in Uruguay focus on teaching, researching and clinical …

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Nicaragua — Global Family Medicine

WEBThe health care system in Nicaragua is a mixed healthcare system that is both public and private. training. Training to become a family physician requires several steps. Firstly a …

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Argentina — Global Family Medicine

WEBpractice. Number of family doctors: A vast majority of primary care is done by family physicians (78.38%) (WHO) Physician to population ratio: On average, the ratio of family …

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Costa Rica — Global Family Medicine

WEBLife Expectancy: Females 2017: 82.4 years. Males 2017: 77.7 years. Mortality rate 2017: 2017 Males: 107 per 1,000 male adults. 2017 Females: 58 per 1,000 female adults. …

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Palestine — Global Family Medicine

WEBFamily doctor to patients ratio: Roughly 20 in entire country (Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine, n.d.) Physician to population ratio: 160 …

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Malawi — Global Family Medicine

WEBpractice. Other primary care deliverers involve nurses, medical assistants or clinical officers, and community health workers. (Makwero, Martha T, et al., 2018.), A clinical leader and …

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El Salvador — Global Family Medicine

WEBtraining . Year of family medicine established: Family medicine was established in 1987, though failed and was re-established in 2002 (Ventres, 2018) Type of Training: There …

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Kenya — Global Family Medicine

WEBTraining . The year family medicine established: 2005 Type of Training: 4-year residency program leading to Master of Medicine degree in Family Health. Length of Training: 6 …

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Afghanistan — Global Family Medicine

WEBAFGHANISTAN. Population (2017, M): 35.53. Income per Capita, (2018, USD): 618.30. Percentage of GDP on Healthcare, (2015): 10.30. Year family medicine was established: …

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Malaysia — Global Family Medicine

WEBThe ministry of health administers the public sector health service through the central, state and district health offices (Chew et al., 2016). General practices are mostly solo …

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India — Global Family Medicine

WEBFamily Medicine is the practicing discipline for a majority of the medical graduates in India and this includes medical officers in the government sector, family physicians, and …

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Germany — Global Family Medicine

WEBFemales 2017: 83.5 years. Males 2017: 78.6 years. Mortality rate 2017: 2015 Males: 92 per 1,000 male adults. 2015 Females: 50 per 1,000 female adults. Infant Immunization …

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