BACKGROUND Surveillance designed to detect changes in the type-specific distribution of HPV in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN-3) is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the Australian vaccination programme on cancer causing HPV types. This paper develops a protocol that eliminates the need to calculate required sample size; sample size is difficult to calculate in advance...

[1] We have examined differences in regional and seasonal variability among seven global climatologies of sea-surface dimethyl sulfide (DMS) concentrations. We found large differences between recent climatologies and that typically used by most atmospheric sulfur models. The relative uncertainty (1s/mean) in the latitudinal distribution of the annual mean DMS concentration increases from about ...

Background: Lack of sustainable and affordable health financing mechanisms in India has exposed the poor in informal sector to iatrogenic poverty. Hardship financing of health services has negative financial consequences on the future income of these households. This can be mitigated through micro health insurance (MHI) because it aims to remove financial barriers to access and utilize health s...

The topic of indicators as measurers the effectiveness urban and housing transformations strongly re-emerge because performance approach funding National Recovery Resilience Plan (NRRP) is based on. Within NRRP specific programmes, issue measurability interventions was managed with application different methods. research group had opportunity to work on construction a system for national regene...

Business transformations are complex organisational change endeavours that result in a business performing current work differently, or performing different work. Information Technology (IT) is a key enabler of such initiatives, but comes with its challenges, as revamping the IT infrastructure in large-scale organisations implies high complexity, high risk, and often high failure rates. We view...

Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even contrary to evidence. An accompanying paper describes an innovative progr...

BACKGROUND Physical activity programmes can help to prevent functional decline in the elderly. Until now, such programmes use to target either on healthy community-dwelling seniors or on elderly living in special residences or care institutions. Sedentary or frail people, however, are difficult to reach when they live in their own homes. The general practitioner's (GP) practice offers a unique ...

OBJECTIVE To assess an interdisciplinary follow-up programme for institutionalised elderly people on oral anticoagulant treatment. METHOD The proposed follow-up treatment is of an interdisciplinary nature and includes INR, an interview with the patient and/or carer and an assessment of the treatment plan every week. The quality of drug treatment is assessed by the percentage of time and the p...

The UNDP country offices work with governments and partners to carry out a Country Programme (CP) to tackle poverty and its causes. A Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP), covering the duration of the programme cycle (typically 5 years) is developed and signed with the Government and it forms the basis of the cooperation between UNDP and the host Government. UNDP uses a Result Based Management ...