These include the small number and size of 'alternative' producers in both locales, with most still locked into industrial forms of production; the restrictive influence of bureaucracy; the shortfall of key intermediaries in both regions' food chains; and the poor provision of key physical infrastructures (e.g. roads, railway and telecommunications).
This variance between labour pain perception by parturients and the poor provision of analgesia by care givers is therefore worrisome.
Furthermore, the model used in our study does not consider other possible or known risk factors for suicide, such as the rise in alcohol use, drug use, domestic violence, and the poor provision of mental health care.
But many of the government activities are in support of the poor, provision of health and education, and even foreign aid in countries without political motive.
Communication between provincial localities and bureaucratic departments was poor, and a lack of formal organisation meant poor provision of public health information, partly as a result of a separation between military and public healthcare [ 3].
In a recent Indian study, focus group discussions among health care workers suggested that poor provision of documentation and a lack of detailed knowledge about required procedures may be reasons for poor IPT delivery [ 21].
Along with his frustration over the slow pace of rebuilding -- many Iraqis, not just in Tikrit, suffer from poor provision of basic services and high unemployment -- Jamal also voiced another commonly-cited frustration: the apparent rise in sectarianism since Saddam's fall.
Nonetheless, issues such as poor provision of personal care and the need for more staff training were common concerns [ 49].
The problems related to poor service delivery, particularly irrational use of services, irrational treatment, poor provision of health education and poor referral system, were also reported by the focus groups study of the PHC providers that preceded this study [ 9].
