1 Access Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, 3 Wellcome Trust, London, United Kingdom, 4 Centre on Global Health Security, ChathamHouse, London, United Kingdom, 5 Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India, 6 South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 INSERM, Paris, France, 8 Department of Health, Pretor...

background and aims: the contribution genetic and antigenic diversity of h9n2 influenza viruses in evading from immune responses, cytotoxic t lymphocytes (ctl) epitopes in hemagglutinin (ha) protein restricted by hla binding peptides was identified. materials and methods: phylogenetic analyses were carried out for all of full length ha and deduced amino acid sequences of h9n2 viruses available ...

1 Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, 3 Key Laboratory of National Health and Family Planning Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, China, 4 Jiangsu Provinc...

a Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China b Department of Epidemiology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China c Department of Biostatistics, Key Laboratory of Canc...

PhD; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Infection Control, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, China MD; Department of Infection Control, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, China MSc; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistic...

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.

Author details Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China. Research Centre of Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China. State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou...

In terms of economic development, China is widely acclaimed as a miracle economy. Over a period of rapid economic growth, however, China's reputation for health has been slipping. In the 1970s China was a shining example of health development, but no longer. Government and public concerns about health equity have grown. China's health-equity challenges are truly daunting because of a vicious cy...

Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan Institute of Environmental Health, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Centre, Fort Worth, Texas, USA Department of Integrative Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University ...

1Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai 10th People’s Hospital, University of Tongji, Shanghai 200072, China 2Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 3School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China 4Health Promotion Service, Sydney Local Health Districts, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia 5Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney Scho...