The national strategy against pandemic influenza essentially consists of 3 prongs: (i) effective surveillance, (ii) mitigation of the pandemic's impact, and (iii) render the population immune through vaccination. When the pandemic hits Singapore, the response plan aims to achieve the following 3 outcomes: (i) maintenance of essential services to limit social and economic disruption, (ii) reduct...

This study aimed to evaluate the implementation of the Family Health Program in municipalities of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil at two different periods (2004 and 2008). Two hundred forty-four (83%) municipalities with complete health information data comprised the sample. Indicators of coverage, evidence of change in the healthcare model, and impact were calculated based on health system...

OBJECTIVE In Yemen, morbidity and mortality due to malaria is high. We explored malaria-related treatment seeking, prevention practices and knowledge of transmission amongst parents in order to inform health education strategies. Yemen is culturally very distinct from most malaria-endemic countries. We aimed to identify beliefs which may be barriers to malaria prevention and treatment, and hypo...

This paper describes the historical background and philosophy of development of health services for school-age children in England. The school health service originated in the early 20th century in response to increasing awareness of signifi cant childhood morbidity and has shifted from a 'seek and treat' to a 'prevent and promote' paradigm. The latter is currently supported by a clear evidence...

The establishment of a health surveillance system for the single homeless is described. Health checks were performed in two Salvation Army hostels by a district nurse supported by general practitioners and other workers from one health centre. High levels of morbidity were discovered and the residents were largely treated by the primary health care team. Those residents who were referred to oth...

BACKGROUND By examining 2013 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps data from the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this paper seeks to add to the available literature on health variances between United States residents living in rural and non-rural areas. We believe this is the first study to use the Rankings data to measure rural and urban health differences across ...

Unsafe abortion continues to be a major contributor to maternal mortality and morbidity around the world. This article examines the role of pharmacists in expanding women's access to safe medical abortion in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Available research shows that although pharmacists and pharmacy workers often sell abortion medications to women, accurate information about how to use the ...

Excellent survival of surgical neonates of western countries could not be duplicated in our region. One very important issue is our failure to maintain reproducible and objective records in our institutions. If we were able to do that more accurately, I fear that the figures of high morbidity and mortality will further rise. Here the commentary is not on sporadic and some selected institutions,...