Cultural Barriers...
While researching on the WHO website, I ran across this site I have never heard of. Is anyone else familiar with this organization? Info: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), founded in 1902, works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and raise the quality of life of their peoples. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of WHO.
International Day of the World's Indigenous People Highlights Health Gaps
Washington, D.C., August 9, 2006 (PAHO)—On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People observed today, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) experts noted that 40 percent of indigenous people in the Americas still lack access to conventional health care services.
Read about how social and cultural barriers are preventing the gaps in health care at the link below.
For further information, please visit their website at http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/pr060808.htm
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Cultural barriers is very common in countries which are consisted of many enthic groups (like Malaysia). When we are used to our own cultures, it is difficult to accept the others'.
Just wondering... why the indigenous people couldn't speak the national language of their country?
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