Improving Health in the Developing World - What Can National Medical Associations Do? The Case of Professional Association in Sudan

Elsheikh Badr, Abdella Abdelrahman

Sudanese Journal of Public Health, 2006

"[Sudanese Doctors Union] and other health workers associations in Sudan should consider transforming their roles towards more involvement in improving population health. As adequate representation for these associations in policy and management forums should be thought. Professional associations should also work hard to improve conditions of helath staff to raise their awareness so that they can link their demands for better conditions with the thrust to improve standards of health care. SDU is to assume a leading role in this endevour through building its capacity and strengthening its national, regional and international links."

 

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