... Antenatal Care Intrapartum Care Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Routine Postnatal Care Newborn care Infant andYoung Child Feeding (IYCF) Prevention of malaria using LLINs and IPT Priority areas ... a bold and new thinking on fast tracking comprehensive actions to change the course of maternal and child health • proposes a new way of thinking, resourcing and putting to action a minimum range ... impact interventions, while simultaneously identifying and removing system-wide constraints that impede health care delivery MNCH Implementation Along the Continuum of Care • Spans life's beginnings:...
... differences between the sexes.11 We were interested in whether the elderly men demonstrated the same changes in gait that were demonstrated by the elderly women We were also interested in whether ... high-speed cinematography resulting in synchronized front and side views of 24 healthy male volunteers, 12 between 20 and 32 years of age and 12 between 60 and 74 years of age Youngmen were recruited ... computer# and used for calculating the variables The procedure described by Sutherland and Hagy17 and validated in 1980 by Sutherland et al18 was followed in this study to obtain the measurements...
... trouble with young men: coming of age insocialexclusion 40 In the headlines: interpersonal violence and gang involvement 57 No place at school: low-income youngmenand educational attainment 81 ... low-income youngmenand employment 98 In the heat of the moment: relating to women, having sex 113 Learning to live with women, becoming fathers 129 Dying to be men, living as men: conclusions and ... that all involved in these incidents were youngmen Framing a way of understanding youngmen These personal incidents started my questioning and led to a multi-year interest and engagement as...
... baseline clinical visit Patients with CIS and neuromyelitis optica were not included The collected data included demographic and clinical information, statin use history, height and weight and ... endothelium, lead to the induction of adhesion molecules, and the recruitment of monocytes [13-15] Associations between dyslipidemia and increased inflammation are well established in conditions such ... relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model of MS [35] Cholesterol is a major component of myelin and statins may hinder remyelination by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis in...
... detection within the healthcare system In conclusion, our results indicate that menand women in Argentina are accessing HAART according to established treatment guidelines.[2] However, a considerable ... previously mentioned variables were included in the final analyses Categoric variables were compared using contingency tables (Pearson chi-square test and Fisher exact test) Comparisons of continuous ... results to all HIV-infected individuals in Argentina Finally, other variables including income, education, other co-infections or comorbidities, and availability of healthcare services cannot...
... from a general population, van Diemen and coworkers showed associations between SNPs in ADAM33 and annual decline in FEV1 in cigarette smokers who were compared to the larger population[17] These ... However, the risk alleles in our study were opposite to what were reported by Simpson and van Diemen [16,17] These five SNPs are confined to two regions in ADAM33 gene (one containing Q-1, S1 and ... association between ADAM33 and COPD As in Van Diemen's report we saw associations between SNPs Q-1, S1 and S2 and COPD; however with opposite allele Other differences between that study and the current...
... thereby injured three people The two detainees were released after 45 days after having received a warning However, when they continued to pursue their complaints they were detained again in August ... people were living in 187 poor communities in 1994; 375,000 were living in 569 poor communities in 2003 Poor communities include squatter settlements on public or private land, and settlements ... stable and predictable and donors report that their response is increasingly co-ordinated So-called “joint monitoring indicators” have been agreed upon between the government and donors and have...
... This is in agreement with Uchendu (1993)’s finding “that nominal savings interest rate is the main determinant of financial savings inNigeria However, real rate is still Bank Savings and Bank ... channel through which savings are transformed into investments However, not all savings are used to finance investment despite high demand for credit because the credit market inNigeria is rationed ... the financial sector has been on deepening and broadening financial markets in developing countries and on improving financial sector regulation, supervision, and governance The increasing participation...
... important social resources in rural areas, providing informal care and supporting the cultural andsocial lives of their communities.7 The health andsocial care system has a role in enabling older ... focused in the right areas If we were to continue providing health andsocial care in the same way as we today, some suggest we would need £5.4 28 Reshaping the System, McKinsey 2010 Independent ... is high at 30.2% compared to 24.1% in England and 25% in ROI Investment in Mental Health, Learning Disability and Children and Family Services in NI is up to 30% less than in other parts of the...
... to accessing, understanding, regulating, and distinguishing the valid from the invalid are not trivial However, whilst some of the issues are challenging theyare not xi insurmountable and great ... national boundaries, and that the creators and providers of information include experts and non-experts (in a particular domain, as well as in technology use and understanding) we can see that the ... telemedication and teleconsultation and those which remain as yet unconnected? How too can we move towards a more innovative and evolutionary view of thinking about and organising our healthcare systems and...
... Funds has been put into operation in the case of the lagging areas, the declining industrialised areas and the rural areas Urzainqui and de Andrés present the case of the lagging regions of the ... surely interested in improved development of their problem areas: if the Community interventions are well designed, they have an interest in implementing them But, from a more short-term viewpoint, ... the actions are multiple and complex, and as the rules are cumbersome and the standards ill defined, uncertainty and vagueness are again present But when uncertainty or vagueness are present,...
... workers’ and the economically inactive who are of working age (i.e 18 to 59 years inclusive for women, and 18 to 64 years inclusive for men) In some analyses the unemployed (using the expanded definition) ... spending priorities and the extent to which they support ‘welfare state-related’12 spending in general andsocial assistance spending in particular Respondents were given a list of government ... also be a source of employment for local people These findings can help inform debates initiated by the Department of Social Development in its discussion document ‘Linking Social Grant Beneficiaries...
... andSocial Networking in Medical Practice The following guidelines are recommended for physicians who use social media andsocial networking in their personal and professional lives Interacting ... employer’s social media or social networking policy for direction on the proper use of social media andsocial networking in relation to their employment Medical Board Sanctions and Disciplinary Findings ... Avoiding requests for online medical advice Acting with professionalism Being forthcoming about their employment, credentials and conflicts of interest Being aware that information they...
... Whitehead M, Holland P, Burstrom B (2001) The role of income differences in explaining social inequalities 252 Int J Sociol Anthropol in self-rated health in Sweden and Britain J Epidemiol Community ... temporary ailments to be higher in the rural areas where health facilities and services were less easily available than in the urban setting, since a bird in hand is worth thousands in the bush ... provided The instruments were translated into the local language and pilot tested during the training processes and before the actual Field Work Spot-checks and pre-checks on sample data were done...
... class, power and struggle have gone out the window in development discourse in many parts of the world, mainstream economics has jumped into development thinking and policy (including in South ... depoliticising, they also open up new possibilities Periodising post-war D/developments The distinction I am suggesting between Development and development shares certain affinities with Cowen and Shenton’s ... 1990s Articulated in Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation address and again in his opening of Parliament in May 2004, they include an increase in government spending, a slowdown in the privatisation...
... lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UBA, and is currently working as JTP in Latin American Social Geography and Resources and Society She is a teaching mentor in the School of Training and ... technologies for treating and/ or recycling these residues, thus allowing further application of international agreements and commitments regarding chemical substances, and fomenting and reaching the necessary ... settlement of marginal dwellers The contrasts are so striking between rich and poor, opportunities and threats, and this is not only the case in Buenos Aires, but in all Latin America After having...
... Funds has been put into operation in the case of the lagging areas, the declining industrialised areas and the rural areas Urzainqui and de Andrés present the case of the lagging regions of the ... surely interested in improved development of their problem areas: if the Community interventions are well designed, they have an interest in implementing them But, from a more short-term viewpoint, ... the actions are multiple and complex, and as the rules are cumbersome and the standards ill defined, uncertainty and vagueness are again present But when uncertainty or vagueness are present,...
... Raghunandan, 1996) Findings also suggest that audit committees are effective in reducing the occurrence of earnings management that may result in misleading financial statements (Defond and Jiambalvo, ... non-financial institutional ownership The main difference between both groups is related to core business of investor The core business of financial institutions is investment but not for non-financial institutions ... (EDOWN) were based on percentage of share owned in relation to the issued capital of the company Furthermore, financial institution (FINOWN) and non-financial institution ownership (NFINOWN) were...