Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, Ruth Talnir, MD, Samuel Gross, MD, MPH, Daniel Chemtob, MD, MPH, DEA, Shoshanah Aspler, RN, Isack Kandel, MA, PhD and Mohammed Morad, MD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, Zusman Child Development Center, Soroka University Medical Center...

a group of public health leaders in Canada called for the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) to establish an ongoing open forum for systematic reflection on public health system(s) elements in Canada as part of its annual conference. This call recognized that health system(s) reform in the country requires systems thinking in public health. CPHA recognized this need and offered us the op...

Are more dangerous strains of tuberculosis spreading in Southern Africa? LSHTM investigators: Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Ruth McNerney, Kim Mallard, Helen Ayles. Collaborators: ZAMBIA: ZAMBART Project; University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka; MOH Chest Diseases Laboratory. Malawi: Community Health Sciences Unit of the Ministry of Health and National TB Programme; EQUI –TB Knowledge Programme (Liverpo...

Although Brazil has a tradition of conducting nationwide epidemiological surveys such as the oral health surveys in 1986, 1996, and 2003, it was only in 2006 that the country created a specific policy for including oral health surveillance as a crucial component of both the National Oral Health Policy (PNSB) and the Ministry of Health’s overall health surveillance policy. In this context, it is...

Eco – epidemiology: challenges and opportunities for tomorrow’s epidemiologists Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Paschal Kum Awah Centre for Population Studies and Health Promotion, Yaounde, Cameroon, Department of Military Health, Ministry of Defence, Yaounde, Cameroon, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon Corresponding author: Luchuo Engelbert Bain, C...

CDC is assisting ministries of health and working with other organizations to end the ongoing epidemic of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in West Africa. The updated data in this report were compiled from situation reports from the Guinea Interministerial Committee for Response Against the Ebola Virus, the Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanita...

BACKGROUND Recent economic growth in Kazakhstan has been accompanied by slower improvements in population health and this has renewed impetus for health system reform. Strengthening strategic planning and policy-making capacity in the Ministry of Health has been identified as an important priority, particularly as the Ministry of Health is leading the health system reform process. CASE DESCRI...

introduction: with the advent of new technology and creating virtual training centers, e-learning and training have achieved a specific place in training centers. this article has been studied the feasibility of distance learning via internet for librarians working in central libraries of the ministry of health and medical education in tehran, iran. methods: in this descriptive survey data from...

Background: A systematic review of evaluations of innovative eHealth implementations was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to inform information strategy. A key trend of interest to the Ministry was person-centered healthcare, including systems where health consumers use health information technology (IT) directly. Herein we report, analyze and reflect on the review findings with res...