Sentence examples for for basic health from inspiring English sources

Dr. Paul Farmer, a founder of Partners in Health, recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award and a long-time provider of and advocate for basic health care for the poor is under consideration by the Obama Administration to head a newly overhauled foreign assistance program, according to sources close to Farmer.

As baby-boomers age and millions of Americans gain insurance, demand for basic health services will surge.

Either way, the burden for paying for basic health care would fall on the government, not on older Americans.

The World Health Organization's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health says every country should spend at least $34 per person each year for basic health care.

Last year we produced 36 tonnes of Fairtrade beans and we used some of the premiums for basic health insurance for the whole village.

In 1994, Congress passed legislation that allowed supplement makers to sell products without first getting approval from the F.D.A. for their ingredients or for basic health claims.

The United States is the only developed country that allows for-profit companies to eat up 20 cents of every premium dollar to provide insurance for basic health care.

The authority also voted to set a maximum deductible for basic health plans of $2,000 per individual per year, and a maximum out-of-pocket cost of $5,000 if providers within an insurer's network are used.

Geoffrey Keele of the IFC queried the figures in the report, but said in a statement: "The World Bank group shares Oxfam's concern that the health network in Lesotho is being overburdened as it attempts to fulfil greater-than-anticipated public demand for basic health services.

The population coverage for basic health services increased from 9%% in 2002 to 82 % in 2006.

To know the usefulness and applicability of an information system for basic health areas put into operation 16 years ago.