Health workers in poor countries often lack access to basic information that is essential to providing effective health care.
Nepal, 2004 Khemraj Shrestha, Courtesy of Photoshare
As a result, millions die every year from medical conditions that could be readily prevented or treated.
Kazakhstan, 1994 Elaine Lowry, Courtesy of Photoshare
Training is often unavailable to these workers and can be limited in value—lectures not understood; written material rarely read; and comprehension critically reduced by language barriers, complexity of content, and the failure to take into consideration the realities of low-resource settings.
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