See Also: health services needs and demand(medicine)
health services(medicine)
maternal health services(medicine)
health services accessibility(medicine)
health services, indigenous(medicine)
suburban health services(medicine)
urban health services(medicine)
women's health services(medicine)
Wishard Health Services(health)
Mercy Health Services(health)

Fertile Crescent (sh) and health services needs and demand (medicine)


Fertile Crescent (sh)




Region, Middle East.

The term describes a crescent-shaped area of arable land, probably more agriculturally productive in antiquity than it is today. Historically the area stretched from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea around the Syrian Desert north of the Arabian Peninsula to the Persian Gulf; in General, it often includes the Nile River valley as well. Sedentary agricultural settlements in the Fertile Crescent can be dated to งใ 8000 BC. It was the scene of the struggles and migrations of some of the earliest known peoples, including Sumerians, Assyrians, Akkadians, various Semitic groups, Babylonians, and Phoenicians.


health services needs and demand (medicine)


Health Services needs and demand
Health Services required by a population or community as well as the Health Services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for. It includes the identification and assessment of the needs as measured by objective criteria and standards.