Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, the State Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been implementing control measures to reduce the risk of sustained transmission, as well as to minimize the impact on the affected population. Several activities have been taking place over the last weeks including strengthening of the surveillance system, vector control activities, imp...

A Health Technology Assessment (HTA) was conducted in 2011 to evaluate whether transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNE) should be made available at otorhinolaryngology (ORL) clinics in the Ministry of Health facilities. The safety, efficacy or effectiveness and economic implication of using transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNE) were reviewed. This review provides a summary of the HTA and an updated literature...

public health management is a pillar of public health practice. only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. with this in mind, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has developed an innovative program called improving public health management for action (impact) which aims to address th...

Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Maryland, USA 2 Global Change Data Center, Code 610.2, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Influenza Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Regional Office for Central America Region, Guatemala City, Guatemala Influenza Unit, Center for Health Stu...

Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, the State Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been implementing control measures to reduce the risk of sustained transmission, as well as to minimize the impact on the affected population. Several activities have been taking place over the last weeks including strengthening of the surveillance system, vector control activities, imp...

the increasing number of aging people around the world, especially in developing countries, and its economic, social, and health consequences demonstrate the necessity of studies focusing on the elderly. the results of the studies can provide ways for solving the existing and future problems that are associated with the aging population. although research studies on elderly are conducted in ira...

P Santa-Olalla Peralta ([email protected])1, J M Mayoral Cortés2, M J Sierra-Moros1 1. Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias (Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies), Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad (Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equity), Madrid, Spain 2. S.G. Salud Pública y Participación, Consejería de Salud, Junta de Anda...

Author details Bio-statistical Unit, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. Biomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel. Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the N...

hen the Sisters arrived in the U.S. carrying only their ...” Many formation programs for health care ministry leaders begin by retelling the stories of the founders, then inviting participants to tell the stories of their own connections to Catholic health care. This is because we are familiar with the power of story to inspire, to create meaning, to deepen identity, purpose and belonging, and ...