Malta, like many other countries, is faced with the problem of sustaining the coverage and quality of the services offered by its public health system in the face of a rapid rise in health care costs. Within this context, local public health services must undergo the necessary transformation in order to meet future needs, expectations and demands of health care consumers. The aim of this paper ...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a global epidemic with the Mediterranean island of Malta being no exception. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified Malta as one of the European countries with the highest obesity prevalence. METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted (2014-2016) under the auspices of the University of Malta. The prevalence of overweight-obesity in Malta was calculated and ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate birth prevalence of tetralogy of Fallot (TF) in Malta. DESIGN Retrospective data collection and analysis, and comparison with earlier epidemiological studies dealing with congenital heart disease. SETTING Regional hospital providing exclusive diagnostic and follow up services for the entire country of Malta. PATIENTS All Maltese live births diagnosed as having ...

Brucellosis, also called Malta fever, is a contagious disease caused by Brucella species and can affect one or more organs of the body. Globally, number brucellosis cases in past five years (2016-2020) 500,000 infections per year. However, Saudi Arabia, are extremely low same with range 4,167 Therefore, goal conducting this cross-sectional study to measure prevalence incidence rates Majmaah cit...

Undulant fever is not confined to the small island of Malta where it was first recognized but is known to occur all over the world. It has been reported from North and South America, England (Cruickshank and Barbour, 1931; Wade, 1933), from various parts of Europe particularly Denmark; from China, the Philippine Islands, Africa and Australia. It has also been reported from various parts of Indi...

It seems surprising that the medical history of an island which is of about the same area as the Isle of Wight can justifiably be extended to 586 large pages. This splendidly produced volume however contains little that is irrelevant, covering as it does in considerable detail the early history-which is similar to that which would be applicable to most parts of the Mediterranean basin-the patte...

The government of Malta ratified this Agreement on abolishing visas for refugees on January 17, 1989.

Kevin Mulligan FDSRCS, MOrthRCS Faculty of Dental Surgery University of Malta Medical School, Guardamangia