... indicative only.
hydrodynamics of dolphin mother-calf interactions, with
the purpose of identifying possible reasons for loss of
contact between mother and calf during chases.
The hydrodynamics of the ... model). At distances of 25-50% of body
radius, where the calf may be found, the effects are therefore
negligible, to the level of accuracy of the present discussion.
Sy...
... of new doctors leads to more competition and lower fees"
(PM #3).
Deregulation of medical education also influences dual
practice. There are an increasing number of newly gradu-
ated professionals:
"In ... alleviation of financial pressures brought by
macro-economic conditions; and closer regulation of such activities to ensure some degree of
collective action over quali...
... fear that the presence of expatriate doctors
would negatively influence the career perspectives of
Malawi nationals. This is a serious misconception as the
pool of Malawian doctors currently in ... influence the retention of Malawian doctors.
Results: Since the start of the COM 254 students have graduated with an average of 17 students
per year. Most (60%) are working in Malawi....
... with a severe doctor
shortage, such as Zambia, expatriate volunteer doctors
only represent a relatively small proportion of the overall
number of doctors, even of the expatriate doctors. How-
ever, ... 25% and 30% of these are medical doc-
tors. We estimate therefore that there are a grand maxi-
mum of 1500 expatriate volunteer doctors working in
sub-Saharan Africa. The number of...
... sector had only 7645 doctors (of the 30 000
registered). The Institute found the number of doctors
"alarmingly low": "the local doctor to population ratio
was 0.7 doctors per 1,000 ... professions, exacer-
bating the problem of migration of health workers to the
private sector and wealthier countries.
Approach
Under the auspices of South Africa's National Departme...
... pharmacies because of the isola-
tion and lack of recognition of pharmacists as health care
professionals. The lack of trained personnel and the
resulting lack of contact of pharmacists with ... contributing factors towards the lack
of recognition of the pharmacy profession.
In 2003, the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) began to be
offered as a five-year professional degree prog...
... proportion of the health workforce glo-
bally. In most countries, they are the first, and often the
only, point of contact for patients, and in many rural areas
they often provide as much as 80% of required ... perceptions
of community towards immunizations (54.6%), trans-
Table 1: Profile of respondents, routine tasks and service conditions
Variable Sudan (n = 26) Zambia (n = 22)
N...
... fol-
lowing documents: a) proof of identity; b) proof of com-
pletion of, or exemption from, military service; c)
certification of vaccination against smallpox and
typhoid; d) certification of physical ... conclu-
sion of their studies were expected to occupy the
function of specialized public health i nspectors in the
federal offices of the National Department of Health
(DNS...
... The t-test was used
to compare the mean scores of the d ifferent sub-groups
of factors.
(Table 1, 2 and 3 shows the results of testing).
Results of the survey
(See Figure 1 and Tables 1, 2 and ... supplied a list with names and
addresses of health professionals. Almost 30% of the
respondents indicated that they have regular PA every
year. Most of the respondents worked in nursin...
... toward input capsids in the absence of
new viral protein synthesis. If so, altering the rate of intra-
cellular trafficking and uncoating of rAAVs by the use of
specific drugs or serotype modifications ... sys-
tem features of high level of safety combined with clinical
efficacy and versatility in terms of potential applications.
Consequently, rAAV are increasingly becoming the...