Film and book about KON-TIKI II

The Himba tribe is one of the most colorful and unique peoples of Africa, living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region, near the border with Angola. It is a mistake to assume that these people are wild. Many Himba have dual citizenship - Himba and Namibia (not many of us can boast passports from two countries :)), but they do not fully recognize Western laws. Their culture, way of life and appearance have remained virtually unchanged for centuries despite globalization. It is understandable that young people leave for the cities, but they also often return to their roots. And why? Let's try to figure it out together...

Information about the history of medical institutions Tyumen, which used to belong to the Tobolsk province, has been preserved a little. It is known that in 1741 there was a hospital in the city, which had 3 attendants. The hospital was located at the monastery. In the first half of the 19th century (1845), there was already one hospital in the city. There were 5 officials (doctors) and 7 lower attendants (orderlies) in the medical department. In 1859, the city hospital was opened, considered by contemporaries to be the best in Western Europe. Siberia, which has six hospital rooms, a laboratory, a pharmacy, and an anatomical theater... The whole story

The article makes it clear that the problems of public health service are strategic in nature. That is why only tactical strategic decisions on its development can significantly influence such basic indicators as the sickness rate, the life-span and the ability to work of the population. The conceptual nature of public health service, substantiating the necessity of its conceptual restructuring, is revealed. The scenario of public health service innovative upgrade based on the conceptual technologies, taking into account of the system approach and the cultural context in their inseparability is suggested.

Keywords: Public health care, conceptual restructuring, innovative scenario, system approach, the cultural context

Later we may ask ourselves where we are going and why. This thought came to my mind under the sign “CANNIBALISM POLICE”…  But it was too late, we had to go farther consoling ourselves with the thought that we were among the very few people in the whole world who had made some steps forward from the sign.  Read more...