Emerging priorities for HIV service delivery

Understanding mechanisms for integrating community priorities in health planning, resource allocation and service delivery

Foresight & Research Priorities for Service Oriented Computing

Service-Oriented Computing is a new computing paradigm that utilizes services as the basic constructs to support the development of rapid, low-cost and easy composition of distributed applications even in heterogeneous environments. The promise of Service-Oriented Computing is a world of cooperating services where application components are assembled with little effort into a network of service...

Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood diarrhoea

1 Program for Global Pediatric Research, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2 Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan 3 Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA 4 Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA 5 Depart...

Assistive Technology: Use and Service Delivery

As individuals with long-term disabilities and other older adults face declines in health and function, there is a greater need for assistive technology (AT) or assistive devices and environmental interventions (EI) to help them maintain their independence and community participation. These aids can help older adults and individuals with disabilities function in work, home, recreational, and ot...

Cellular Service for Drug Delivery

F inding ways to deliver drugs to specific, hard-toreach areas of the human body remains a major challenge in drug development. Drug molecules that enter the body via a pill or an injection circulate in the blood until they reach the target locationa process that can be slow and imprecise. For years, many chemists have been building synthetic nanomotorsnanoparticles that propel themselvesto ...