This paper addresses the question of implementing foresight activities in the priority-setting of research councils and national research programmes. The paper is based on a study of strategy processes in national research councils and programs and the challenges their strategy activities are facing. The study analysed two cases: the strategy processes of The Danish Technical Research Council a...

In 2012, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that the National Immunisation Programme for influenza be extended to include healthy children/adolescents aged 2-17 years. In the UK, extension of this new immunisation programme began in 2013-2014 and targeted children aged 2 years and 3 years in primary care. Several implementation pilots were undertaken in primary scho...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance to improve health and social care in England. It currently influences bodies such as the NHS, local authorities, employers, and anyone else involved in delivering care or promoting well-being. NICE is also part and shapes the dominant discourse surrounding “obesity” in England. For example, in 2016, NICE pub...

Hepatitis B and C viral infections are leading causes of hepatic cirrhosis and cancer. The incidence and prevalence of both hepatitis B and C varies across European countries. European wide surveillance data help to understand the dynamic epidemiology of hepatitis B and C, which is important for the implementation and effectiveness of prevention and control activities.Comparison of surveillance...

Most data and evidence on the economic burden of brucellosis and the benefits of its control are from high-income and middle-income countries. However, the burden of brucellosis is greatest in low-income countries. This paper focuses on estimating the economic burdens of brucellosis in low-income countries in tropical Asia and Africa. The prospects for national, technically feasible, and econom...

Experiments are deemed not only useful, but necessary in sustainability transformation to enhance local decision-making. This is especially apparent Finland where national government programmes ...

A growing number of organisations have become involved in the development of guidelines for infectious diseases (ID). The degree of acceptation of guidelines varies from one country to another. Some of these national differences are determining the practices of prescribing antibiotics, and infection control both in hospitals and in the community. This review provides updated information on ID g...

This study aimed to explore the social determinants associated with obesity among Jordanian women using the national data from the Jordan Population and Family Health Survey 2009. We found the overall prevalence of overweight was 30% and obesity was 38.8% among Jordanian women aged 15-49 years. Results of multivariate analysis showed that age; residing in the south region of Jordan, marriage at...

Both countries were affected by substantial youth unemployment during the early 90s, triggering the development of comprehensive activation programmes for this group of unemployed. The Danish programme was introduced in 1996, whereas the British programme, the New Deal for Young People, began in a number of areas in January 1998, followed by national provision in April 1998. Because of this mor...

The paper appraised the procedures involved in development of academic programmes Nigerian Universities and associated Quality Assurance measures by National Commission (NUC). It specifically examined roles Academic Planning Unit, Resource Verification regular Programme Accreditation exercises as critical quality assurance NUC to ensure institutions. challenges with effective implementation str...