abstract purpose of this paper: this paper presents an analysis toward understanding the business value components that a health care organization can drive by adopting rfid technology into its system. this researcher proposes a framework for evaluating the business value of rfid technology. to do so, emphasis is put on delivering business value through refining business processes and expanding...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) and community case management with long-acting artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) for the control of malaria in areas of extended seasonal malaria transmission. METHOD Individually randomised, placebo-controlled trial in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A total of 2400 children aged 3-59 months receiv...

BACKGROUND Case management has been a widely accepted approach to practice in various care settings. This study aimed to explore how community aged care case managers allocated their time to case management functions, how frequently they performed specific case management activities, and what factors influenced the frequency of their activities. METHODS The study involved 154 survey participa...

PROBLEM Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality of children aged under five in Nepal. Research conducted by John Snow Inc. in the 1980s determined that pneumonia case management by community-based workers decreased under-five mortality by 28%. APPROACH Female community health volunteers were selected as the national cadre to manage childhood pneumonia at community level using oral antibioti...

Waste management must start from the initial waste disposal site, both at household, institutional and temporary sites. The involvement of shareholders is very much needed in operational activities, because they have their respective duties which include starting stages taking, processing, then final disposal, utilizing waste. Likewise, government certainly has other ways controlling by involvi...