BACKGROUND Yunnan province is located in south western China and is one of the poorest provinces of the country. This study examines the premature mortality burden from common causes of deaths among an urban region, suburban region and rural region of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. METHODS Years of life lost (YLL) rate per 1,000 and mortality rate per 100,000 were calculated from medical dea...

background; providing safe drinking water is a prime concerninany community. this analytical study was carried out to evaluate the microbial quality of drinking water in rural areas of northeastern iran. methods;the water microbial quality was determined in all villages (a population of 53047 people), in 3 rounds and based on 3 measurements, i.e. total coliform, fecal coliform, and heterotrophi...

This study determined the situation of rural tourism and agro-tourism in Tehran Province as well as the expected economic impacts of agro-tourism development on it. In this research, we used documental research method and field research based on questionnaires and face-to-face interview. It was found out that despite different tourist attractions in rural areas of Tehran province, tourist arriv...

Until 2012, most of China’s population lived in rural areas with markedly different patterns of household energy consumption from those in Chinese cities. The studies so far done on residential energy use in rural Chinese households have been limited to questionnaire surveys and panel data analyses. Hardly any studies on energy demand in rural areas have considered both the climatic and economi...

Australia's rural hospitals face most of the same issues and challenges faced by metropolitan hospitals. However they also face additional challenges around geographic isolation, their iconic status and role as major employers in local communities, and their close relationship with community based health services. Future opportunities include more formal integration with community service throu...