PROBLEM Significant regional disparities in human resources for health deployment in Senegal weaken the country's health system and compromise population health. APPROACH In recent years, the Ministry of Health adopted measures to improve the posting, recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote areas. One was the introduction of a special contracting system to recruit heal...

Published incidences of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Black population of sub-Saharan Africa underestimate the true incidence of the tumor because of the many instances in which hepatocellular carcinoma is either not definitively diagnosed or is not recorded in a cancer registry. Despite this, it is manifestly evident that the tumor occurs commonly and is a major cause of cancer deaths in Bla...

The characteristics and the needs of the developing countries based on agriculture is rely on one of the integrated approaches known as the Traditional Village Development Approach is stressed for the regional development in Malaysia. This scenario occurs due to the failure of the previous regional development policies, particularly the limited spillover effects, has encouraged a more integrate...

extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, the demand for applying strategies related to ict for rural development in developing countries has provided a lot of capabilities and facilities for creating an evolution. achieving abundant opportunities for a large part of the population of rural regions to pass digital gaps and access information resources as well as providing services by i...

 In this paper the population for male of rural area in Bangladesh is predicted by using the geometric growth rate method. The predictions are computed in a three-step procedure. In the first step, the prediction are computed using an exponentail model estimated by Quasi-Newton method for the years 1974, 1981, 1991, and 2001 using the package STATISTICA. Using the cross-validation predicti...

the natural result of the application of modernization approach in developing countries is the formation and development of large-scale migration from rural to urban areas. this has changed the sex structure of population in a number of rural settlements in the country. as the current situation maintains, it is clear that women will be the main beneficiaries of the development plans in rural ar...

The world is witnessing a dramatic shift of settlement pattern from rural to urban population, particularly in developing countries. The rapid Addis Ababa urbanization reflects this global phenomenon and the subsequent socio-economic and environmental impacts, are causing massive public uproar and political instability. The objective of this study was to use remotely sensed Landsat data to iden...

Australia's rural hospitals face most of the same issues and challenges faced by metropolitan hospitals. However they also face additional challenges around geographic isolation, their iconic status and role as major employers in local communities, and their close relationship with community based health services. Future opportunities include more formal integration with community service throu...

BACKGROUND Dental diseases negatively influence people's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and thus their perceived need for dental care. QoL is increasingly acknowledged as a valid, appropriate and significant indicator of service need and intervention outcomes in contemporary public health research and practice. OBJECTIVES (1) To assess the psychometric properties of oral health ...