OBJECTIVE Rwanda's Ministry of Health, with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, implemented the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. The purpose of the program is to train and retain high-quality health care professionals to improve and sustain health in Rwanda. DESIGN In May 2011, an oral health team from Rwanda and the United States proposed that oral health be included in the HRH Pr...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (currently the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) has been working to prepare infrastructure that will enhance the health of the Japanese people by establishing a system of medical check-ups for the elderly, creating local health centers and other facilities, and training fitness instructors, as a part of the “First-phase Measures for National Health Promo...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) publishes clinical practice guidelines on Chronic Hepatitis B Infection to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based guidance on managing important medical conditions. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on Chronic Hepatitis B Infection...

background maturity and its related sexual and mental changes are one of the most important events in the life of every individual. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of puberty health education based on health belief model on health behaviors and preventive among students boy first secondary school in marivan city in 2015. materials and methods this research is an experiment...

background: investing in the health of children in learning situation is one of the most important health interventions. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health promoting schools in improving the health status of schools in urmia, north west of iran.methods and materials: this interventional study was conducted on 155 schools executing the health promoting schools program th...

hepatitis b (hb) is an infectious disease occurring worldwide which can be transferred by some professions, including hairdressers. health education is an essential component of public health campaign about this disease. the purpose of this study was to test the utility of the health belief model (hbm) in understanding and predicating the intention of hairdressers in prevention of hb in their c...

The development of a health-care system depends on a country’s economic, political, social and cultural background. Because of China’s transformation over the last 20 years from a socialist economy to a market economy, China’s healthcare services have been converted from social and public goods to market goods without government planning or intervention. Liu’s article (1) in this issue clearly ...