EUROPE

GERMAN
1.Outpatient specialist care:

Outpatient specialist care is generally provided by local health units or by public and
private accredited hospitals under contract with them. Once referred, patients are given a
choice of any public or private accredited hospital but are not given a choice of specialist.
Outpatient specialist visits are generally provided by self-employed specialists working
under contract with the National Health Service.

2.Primary care:

Primary care is provided by self-employed and independent physicians, general

practitioners, and pediatricians, under contract and paid a capitation fee based on the
number of people on their list.8 Local health units also can pay additional allowances for
the delivery of planned care to specific patients (e.g., home care to chronically ill
patients), for reaching performance targets (e.g., to reward effective cost containment for
prescribed pharmaceuticals, laboratory tests, and therapeutic treatments), or for delivering
additional treatments (e.g., medications, flu vaccinations). Capitation is adjusted for age
and accounts for approximately 70 percent of overall payment.

3.Long-term care and social supports:

Patients are generally treated in residential (approximately 180,000 beds in 2012) or

semiresidential (14,000 beds) facilities or in home care (approximately 634,000 cases).
Residential and semiresidential services provide nurses, physicians, specialist care,
rehabilitation services, medical therapies, and devices.

MIDDLE EAST N CETRAL ASIA

Turkey

1.Girls to Boys in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education

The gender ratio, defined as the ratio of girls to boys, in primary education was around
94% between 1990 and 1996. Following the raising of the period of compulsory education
to 8 years in 1997-1998 school year, the gender ratio in primary education dropped to
85.7%.

2.Maternal Mortality Ratio Maternal

mortality ratio is estimated based on surveys in Turkey. According to the Demographic

Survey held in 1974-75 for the first time in Turkey, maternal mortality rate was 208 per
100,000 live births. In the Turkish Demographic Survey conducted in 1989, maternal
mortality rate was predicted to be 132 per 100,000 live births for the year of 1981.
3.Under-Five Mortality Rate

It is envisaged that the goal of reducing infant and child mortality will be reached by
providing skilled health personnel assistance in childbirth, improving infant and mother
care services, immunizing children against preventable diseases and increasing the
education level of women.

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Philippines

1.BARANGAY NUTRITION SCHOLAR (BNS) PROGRAM

Description

The Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) Program is a human resource development strategy
of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition, which involves the recruitment, training,
deployment and supervision of volunteer workers or barangay nutrition scholars (BNS).

Objectives

To be able to deliver nutrition and nutrition-related services to the barangay by caring for
the malnourished and the nutritionally vulnerable, mobilizing the community, and linkage
building

2.DIABETES PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM

Diabetes is a global concern that cuts across geographical boundaries regardless

of race, sex, status and age.

GOAL

To reduce morbidity, mortality and disability rates due to chronic lifestyle related non-
communicable diseases through an integrated and comprehensive program on the
prevention and control of lifestyle related diseases.

OBJECTIVES

1. To develop and promote an integrated and comprehensive program on the

prevention and control of lifestyle related diseases in the country.

2. To engage all province-wide or city-wide health systems to adopt an integrated and

comprehensive program on the prevention and control of lifestyle related diseases.

3. To achieve improvement in the following key performance indicators from 2011-

2016.
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Japan

Research Fund Project on Publicly Essential Drugs and Medical Devices

A program of joint research involving funding from MHLW and private companies to
national research institutions in health sciences and drug innovation in four research areas:
development of orphan drugs; regulatory science for drug development; development of
prevention, diagnosis and treatment for publicly important diseases; and use of human
tissues for drug development. Joint research is also conducted to develop pharmaceutical
products for the treatment of AIDS.

General ProjectJHSF

Conducts operations related drug development promotion, regulations & standards,

research resources, technology transfer, and communication of information through
subcommittees operated by supporting member companies.

Health and Labour Science Research Promotion ProjectHLSRP

Covers the following four research areas: Research on Human Genome Tailor-made;
Research on Regenerative Medicine for Clinical Application; Research on Emerging and
Re-emerging Infectious Diseases; and Research on Intractable Diseases. The JHSF
provides support programs such as scientist exchange and young researcher programs to
facilitate the development of these research projects.

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

1.Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases Testing

To assist with national and state surveillance, and subsequent epidemiological

investigations, of infectious diseases by providing an array of molecular and conventional
detection and characterization methods for pathogens of public health significance, such
as those that cause tuberculosis (TB), malaria, influenza (Flu), and vaccine preventable
diseases (e.g. pertussis/whooping cough, bacterial meningitis, measles, and mumps).
2.Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

To identify and monitor selected maternal attitudes, behaviors and experiences before,
during, and after pregnancy.

3.Family Planning and Preconception Health Program

To increase access toward federally funded, high-quality reproductive health and family
planning services to men, women and teenagers.

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

1.HIV 90-90-90 Initiative

To assure that 90% of people living with HIV will know their status; 90% of people living
with HIV will be engaged in HIV care, and 90% of people living with HIV will have viral
suppression, by 2020. RIDOH leads this initiative through an advisory committee that
meets regularly.

2.Drug Overdose Prevention Program

To advance and evaluate comprehensive state-level interventions for preventing drug

overuse, misuse, abuse, and overdose.

3.Perinatal and Early Childhood Health,

To support healthy birth outcomes, positive early childhood development, and school
readiness, and preparation for healthy productive adulthood by providing and assuring
access to quality maternal and child health services.

AUSTRALIA

New Zealand

1.Birth Defects Program

To improve birth outcomes by identifying and monitoring birth defects.

2.Childhood Immunization Program

To protect Rhode Island children, and all Rhode Islanders, from vaccine-preventable
diseases.

3.Comprehensive Cancer Control Program

To assess and reduce the burden of cancer in Rhode Island; use policy, systems, and
environmental change strategies to guide sustainable cancer control; and to create and
implement the state’s multiyear cancer prevention and control place

AFRICA

Algeria

1.Tobacco Control Program

To protect and promote health, prevent chronic disease and death among all Rhode
Islanders using a comprehensive approach to reduce tobacco initiation, use, and exposure
to second-hand smoke

2.Refugee Health Program

To ensure that refugees and asylees enter into a comprehensive system of care that
adequately responds to their unique healthcare needs.

3.Newborn Hearing Screening Program

To identify hearing problems early through newborn screening and diagnosis.

EUROPE

Italy

1.Outpatient specialist care:

Outpatient specialist care is generally provided by local health units or by public and
private accredited hospitals under contract with them. Once referred, patients are given a
choice of any public or private accredited hospital but are not given a choice of specialist.
Outpatient specialist visits are generally provided by self-employed specialists working
under contract with the National Health Service.

2.Primary care:

Primary care is provided by self-employed and independent physicians, general

practitioners, and pediatricians, under contract and paid a capitation fee based on the
number of people on their list.8 Local health units also can pay additional allowances for
the delivery of planned care to specific patients (e.g., home care to chronically ill
patients), for reaching performance targets (e.g., to reward effective cost containment for
prescribed pharmaceuticals, laboratory tests, and therapeutic treatments), or for delivering
additional treatments (e.g., medications, flu vaccinations). Capitation is adjusted for age
and accounts for approximately 70 percent of overall payment.

3.Long-term care and social supports:

 Patients are generally treated in residential (approximately 180,000 beds in 2012) or
semiresidential (14,000 beds) facilities or in home care (approximately 634,000 cases).
Residential and semiresidential services provide nurses, physicians, specialist care,
rehabilitation services, medical therapies, and devices.