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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 427 - 30 Aug 2003 UN efforts at raising awareness over the past decade have failed to improve access to routine healthcare for indigenous people worldwide, and many are dying prematurely, according to the BMJ. A report published jointly by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Health Unlimited showed that access to Western healthcare is still restricted by cultural, financial and geographical barriers for such people, and that Western medicines are considered too costly. Moreover, indigenous people are disinclined to use available services, as they consider staff to be unfriendly, discriminatory and insensitive, says the report. Tayal U. UN policy fails to tackle health needs of indigenous people. BMJ 327: 413, No. 7412, 23 Aug 2003 800943260 1 PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 30 Aug 2003 No. 427 1173-5503/10/0427-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved

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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 427 - 30 Aug 2003

■ UN efforts at raising awareness over the pastdecade have failed to improve access to routinehealthcare for indigenous people worldwide, andmany are dying prematurely, according to the BMJ. Areport published jointly by the London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine and Health Unlimitedshowed that access to Western healthcare is stillrestricted by cultural, financial and geographicalbarriers for such people, and that Western medicinesare considered too costly. Moreover, indigenouspeople are disinclined to use available services, as theyconsider staff to be unfriendly, discriminatory andinsensitive, says the report.Tayal U. UN policy fails to tackle health needs of indigenous people. BMJ327: 413, No. 7412, 23 Aug 2003 800943260

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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 30 Aug 2003 No. 4271173-5503/10/0427-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved