background     method.     results.     conclusion     edical education , e valuation , a ccreditation , s tandardization . regarding the importance of quality improvement in medical education, it is expected that even if this process would not lead to international accreditation acquisition, it will result in improvement and essential changes in basic medical education. keyword: m   having pri...

Mental health services in Jamaica are in transition. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health is trying to develop a better and more comprehensive community mental health system by building on the success of pioneer community services while scaling down Bellevue, the country’s biggest and best known psychiatric hospital. Mental health officers (MHOs) are at the heart of the transformation; increasing the n...

Role of Tenoxicam in The Prevention of Postlaminectomy Peridural Fibrosis in Rats Mete KARATAY, Haydar CELİK, Ender KOKTEKİR, Eylem KARATAY, Idris SERTBAS, Ali YILMAZ, Muzaffer CAYDERE, Hakan KARABAGLİ Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery, Ankara, Türkiye Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Ankara, Türkiye Selcuk University, Faculty of Medic...

background: malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in nepal. the magnitude of malaria across the country is alarming and varies with location. therefore, the present study aimed to model malaria incidence rates during 1998 to 2009 in nepal. methods: data for the study were obtained from health management information system (hmis), ministry of public health. a negative binomial mode...

As in many other countries, burn injuries are a challenging healthcare problem in Turkey. Initial management of burn patients is very important for future morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the Turkish Ministry of Health prepared "National Burns Treatment Algorithm" aided by the Scientific Burns Council. The basic aim of this algorithm is to guide physicians in the treatment of burn victims un...

The Ministry of Health publishes national clinical practice guidelines to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based guidance on managing important medical conditions. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines on Management of Rhinosinusitis and Allergic Rh...

During the years 1991–1997 the number of nuclear medicine (NM) laboratories and radionuclide investigations in Ukraine decreased significantly. The number of radioimmunoassays decreased by 2.2 times, functional radionuclide investigations fell by 4.6 times, scans and scintigraphies fell approximately by 10 times. The number of NM laboratories decreased from 81 in 1991 to 65 in 1998. Mainly this...

Yeganeh Talebkhan1, Marjan Mohammadi2, Ghader Khalili3, Arghavan Sheykholeslami4, Naser Rakhshani5, Fereidoun Mahboudi6, Sadegh Massarrat7 1 Researcher, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran-National Biotechnology Network, Ministry of Health and Medical Education 2 Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran-National Biotechnology Network, Mi...