Background: As one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. The present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the World Health Organization (WHO).   Methods: Analytical model was developed based on the literature review. P...

background: the human development index (hdi) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which apart from measuring the socio-economic development of countries can predict health outcomes. the current study aimed at determination of the effects of hdi individual components on infant and child mortality. materials and methods: at a cross- sectional ...

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introduction: based on iran’s 20-year prospective national vision document, iran may be seen as the most developed country in science and technology in the region by 2025. in this report, bibliometric indicators are used to compare the research productivity in endodontics between iran and 28 selected asian countries. materials and methods: medical subject headings keyword-searching of pubmed up...

As Medical sciences become more advanced andgrow each day, so do the challenges of medicaleducation. To overcome the new obstacles whichare an inseparable part of science evolution, it isnecessary to renew and improve the educationalsystem .Achieving this, requires individuals whoare educated in the new methods of learning andtherefore can lead others through educationalsystem development. Duri...

The introduction and evolution of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) could be traced back to 1950s, to the studies on interactions among irradiation, covering spleen and bone marrow from it and injection of bone marrow cells. Today, HSCT is considered a well-established, effective and promising means of therapy for various malignant and non-malignant medical conditions, both in chil...

BACKGROUND Comprehensive and contemporary estimates of the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria are not currently available, particularly for endemic areas outside of Africa. We derived global estimates of the number of women who became pregnant in 2007 in areas with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax transmission. METHODS AND FINDINGS A recently published map of the global limits of P. f...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharziasis is caused by snail transmitted parasites of the genus schistosoma that inhabit the human vasculature.(1,2) It is among the most important parasitic diseases worldwide, with a significant socio economic impact(3). More than 200 million people are infected, and about 200,000 may die from the disease each year. On a global scale, one of thirty individual...