Immobilized Tetraselmis sp. for reducing nitrogenous and phosphorous compounds from aquaculture wastewater.

Removal of nitrogenous and phosphorus compounds from aquaculture wastewater by green microalgae (Tetraselmis sp.) was investigated using a novel method of algal cell immobilization. Immobilized microalgae removed nitrogenous and phosphorous compounds efficiently from aquaculture wastewater.

Policy Discourses: Shifting the Burden of Healthcare from the State to the Market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has modified from a predominantly free, public, and comprehensive system under a welfare model to more of a mixed-economy model of healthcare. The welfare state slowly moved to a liberal model, emphasizing market forces to dominate in the provision of healthcare and the private sector was trusted to provide a better provision of healthcare. The country has to confront enormous problems in the health sector due to population growth, lifestyle changes, the shift of disease patterns, elevated expectations, escalated healthcare costs, limited infrastructure and resources, and poor management practice in the provision of healthcare.

Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development: State Capacity to Revitalize the Healthcare System in Saudi Arabia.

Vision 2030 is a social and economic strategic program by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) aimed at diversifying the nation's economy and stimulating numerous changes in its social and economic sectors, including in healthcare. Sustainable Development (SD) 2030 is a global consensual agreement among nation-states to build a sustainable, desirable and progressively interrelated world. The Saudi government highlighted Vision 2030 to improve population health and the world body reiterated that SD 2030 will contribute to "healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Private sector healthcare in Bangladesh: Implications for social justice and the right to healthcare.

Based on a brief examination of private sector healthcare in Bangladesh, this article examines two questions: (a) the compatibility of social justice and the right to healthcare with the private provision of healthcare, (b) the implication of the private sector's role in realising social justice and the right to healthcare. It is based on an extensive review of both published and unpublished documents including journal articles, government reports, policy and planning documents, as well as reports of United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the World Bank. Different search engines and databases were used to collect the documents.

The Privatization of Health Care System in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 highlights the development of the health care sector through privatization. This study examines the factors that prompted the privatization of the health care sector in Saudi Arabia. This is a scoping review based on an extensive review of both published and unpublished documents.

The privatisation of healthcare system in Bangladesh.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that triggered the privatisation of Bangladesh's health sector.

Design/methodology/approach: This study follows systematic reviews in its undertaking and is based on an extensive review of both published and unpublished documents. Different search engines and databases were used to collect the materials.

What drove the health system reforms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? An analysis.

Purpose: The primary objective of this article is to present the key directions taken by the Saudi health care system, following the announcement of the Saudi Vision 2030. The changing international scenario, together with reduced oil revenues, high population growth, emerging lifestyle diseases, and demands for better quality of care, has impacted the development of the Saudi health system. The government is now ardently pursuing private sector development and has initiated privatization and marketization as a core strategy of reforms in its health system.

Human rights, health and the state in Bangladesh.

Background: This paper broadly discusses the role of the State of Bangladesh in the context of the health system and human rights. The interrelation between human rights, health and development are well documented. The recognition of health as a fundamental right by WHO and subsequent approval of health as an instrument of welfare by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights (ICSECR) further enhances the idea.