William Sullivan’s 1899 paper, ‘A Note on the Influence of Maternal Inebriety on the Offspring’, often cited as a precursor to modern fetal alcohol research, was published at a time when alcoholism was a topic of great interest in Europe and North America. Emerging theories of heredity, eugenics and temperance movements drove alcoholism research from 1860 to 1910. In addition to an upsurge of m...

The global targets for tuberculosis (TB) control were postponed from 2000 to 2005, but on current evidence a further postponement may be necessary. Of the constraints preventing these targets being met, the primary one appears to be the lack of adequately trained and qualified staff. This paper outlines: 1) the human resources and skills for global TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) TB c...

The lack of health human resources is a global issue. China also faces the same issue, in addition to the equity of human resources allocation. With the launch of new healthcare reform of China in 2009, have the issues been improved? Relevant data from China Health Statistical Yearbook and a qualitative study show that the unequal allocation of health human resources is getting worse than before.

most developed countries have already accepted ‘competency’ as the major factor in making management more competitive, therefore they have discovered the importance of qualification models and their application to cause human resources growth. consequently, their aim is to improve the qualification of their human resources, and to reach this end, considering different ways of assessing competen...

nowadays, organizations in a competitive environment need an efficient and integrated system of resources in order to rich more quality and speed in product and service's delivery. one of the main problems to implement erp is the lack of coordination and relevance with business process reengineering (bpr). successful implementation of bpr inspired by strategic planning and top management s...