background: viral hepatitis is one the main infections that health staff are faced with and nurses are at greater risk of the contracting this disease because of their exposure to patients. the current study was conducted to determine the hepatitis b vaccination coverage and its associated factors in nurses of imam reza (as) hospital in kermanshah, iran. methods: in this descriptive-analytic st...

The purpose of implementation-based testing is to gain a measure of confidence in the correctness of the software by providing adequate coverage of the code. One unit of testing in object-oriented software is a class. However, classes use other classes and if class interactions form a cycle of dependencies then, to test a client class that uses an untested supplier class, stubs must be construc...

purpose: to evaluate the preschool vision screening program coverage and to assess its validity indices including specificity, negative predictive value (npv), sensitivity and positive predictive value (ppv) and the frequency of treatment for visual impairment. methods: a sample of 906 six-year-old children signed up for primary school registration in the shahrood district (semnan, iran) were r...

The views expressed within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the World Bank or any of its affiliated organizations. Foreword S ince the mid 1980s, Uganda has become one of Africa's success stories. Reform measures introduced by the current government have been largely implemented, and the country is on a road toward steady economic recovery. Progress is par...

BACKGROUND Medical and public health scientists are using evolution to devise new strategies to solve major health problems. But based on a 2003 survey, medical curricula may not adequately prepare physicians to evaluate and extend these advances. This study assessed the change in coverage of evolution in North American medical schools since 2003 and identified opportunities for enriching medic...

INTRODUCTION Immunization is the world's most successful and cost-effective public health intervention as it prevents over 2 million deaths annually. However, over 2 million deaths still occur yearly from Vaccine preventable diseases, the majority of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is a major contributor of global childhood deaths from VPDs. Till date, Nigeria still has wild polio vi...

the global investigation of disasters in recent years shows that their number has increased annually and the number of affected people and costs of disasters are increasing

The two cases before the Supreme Court entail more specific objections by specific employers. In both cases, the businesses are for-profit corporations owned privately by members of a single family, and both the owners and the corporations themselves are plaintiffs. In both cases, the plaintiffs object not to coverage of all contraceptive methods and services, but to coverage of and counseling ...