Clinical Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Selected Developing Countries

The Impact of Corruption on Military Burden in Selected Developing Countries

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of corruption on the military burden of developing countries during the 2000-2015 period. To achieve this goal, a general model of military expenditures , two indexes of corruption including corruption perceptions and control of corruption, Panel Co-integration analysis and two-stage system generalized method of moment estimator (SGM...

Developing countries face double burden of disease.

News In focus Developing countries face double burden of disease Following 18 months of multi-stake-holder consultations, and two days of tense negotiations at the 57th World Health Assembly in May, the Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health was finally — and unanimously — adopted by WHO Member States. The adoption of the nonbinding strategy opens the way for policy-makers to dev...

Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries.

Clinical and economic burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults: a multicenter hospital-based study

BACKGROUND Streptococcus pneumoniae causes a broad spectrum of illnesses ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infections to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Quantitative data on the burden of pneumococcal disease, important for the establishment of appropriate vaccination strategies, is currently lacking in adults. METHODS This multicenter, retrospective cohort study was designed to ...

The burden of orthopaedic disease in developing countries.

The global burden of musculoskeletal disease in low and middle-income countries is large, growing, and neglected. While there is considerable funding for the control of communicable disease, there has been little attention paid to either the prevention or the treatment of orthopaedic problems in developing countries. "Safe Roads" was the theme for World Health Day 2004, and this paper examines ...