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Global neuroinformatics: the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility.

There is a growing awareness in the neuroscience community of the need for databases extending from genes to cognition and disease mechanisms. Such databases are important for data sharing as well as for modeling and use of computational tools at different levels. The development of this area, neuroinformatics, would benefit from a major concerted action. For this reason 12 member countries of ...

Need and demand for parenting programmes in general practice.

AIMS To establish the prevalence of behaviour problems and the level of interest in parenting programmes in a population sample of parents of children aged 2-8 years, and to assess to what extent they are associated with socioeconomic factors. METHODS Postal survey of parents of children aged 2-8 years registered with three general practitioner surgeries; 70% response rate. RESULTS One fift...

Antimicrobial stewardship programmes: the need for wider engagement.

To cite: Charani E, Holmes AH. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:885–887. Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as a major global health threat and is now on the political agenda with world leaders recognising the necessity to act to preserve the potency of antimicrobial agents and invest funds to discover new ones. Despite the majority of antimicrobial prescribing and consumption occurring in primar...

Need for improved access to HIV prevention programmes

HIV prevalence continues to grow worldwide. The United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that there are 33.4 million people living with HIV, a total that is more than 20 per cent higher than in 2000. India accounts for half of Asia’s HIV prevalence, with approximately 2,270,000 persons living with HIV in India in 2008. Like many Asian countries, India has a concentrated epidemic, in ...