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...

b a ckground: malaria is still a public health problem in the world. one of the main objectives of world health or-ganization is capacity building of authorities who are involved with malaria control activities. m e t hods: the first course was conducted in 1996 in bandar abbas training center. the course was conducted jointly by the ministry of health and medical education of iran, who-emro an...

The mere association of the words sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, and sexuality, to Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in any discussion, social or academic, seems to elicit heated debates and controversy. The MENA region is, in the minds of many, an area where socio-cultural sensitivities surrounding sex and disease still abound. Are there HIV epidemics shrouded be...

The World Economic Forum in Davos in 2008 highlighted the quotation by French Poet, Paul Valery, “the problem of our times is that our future is not what it used to be”. Nothing could be truer today as we face outbreaks of Ebola at unprecedented levels, which threaten our social fabric globally. What is disappointing is that we have experienced past epidemics and pandemics (SARS, H1N1, H5N1, et...

The James Lind Library is available online at: http://www.jameslindlibrary.org/ More than 50 000 unnecessary cot deaths in Australia, Europe and the United States of America (USA) occurred over a 25-year period from the mid-1970s because Dr Benjamin Spock, the American child health guru of the 1950s, told parents to put babies to sleep on their fronts. There was no evidence that this was benefi...

as medical sciences become more advanced and grow each day, so do the challenges of medical education. to overcome the new obstacles which are an inseparable part of science evolution, it is necessary to renew and improve the educational system .achieving this, requires individuals who are educated in the new methods of learning and therefore can lead others through educational system developme...

BACKGROUND Reducing the potential for large scale loss of life, large numbers of casualties, and widespread displacement of populations that can result from natural disasters is a difficult challenge for the individuals, communities and governments that need to respond to such events. While it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to predict the occurrence of most natural hazards; it is po...

In his plenary talk at the EMMJ5 Medial Journals Conference organized by Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medial Editors (EMAME) in collaboration with Pakistan Associations of Medial Editors (PAME) at Karachi in 2010, Jane Nicholson from WHO EMRO laid emphasis on local, indigenous research. She further opined that journals should publish research which is relevant to the country, community,...