Objectives. Review of burden of congenital transmission of malaria, challenges of preventive measures, and implications for health system strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods. Literature from Pubmed (MEDLINE), Biomed central, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Database were reviewed. Results. The prevalence of congenital malaria in sub-Saharan Africa ranges from 0 to 23%. Diagnosis and existi...

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) population consists of about 45% children, while in Europe and North America children population is 10-15%. Lately, attention has been directed at mitigating childhood infectious and communicable diseases to reduce under-five mortality. As the under-five mortality index in Sub-Saharan Africa has relatively improved over the last two decades, more Sub-Saharan African ch...

general, any n-sequence determines a multiset of (= n!/k!(n-k)!) k-sequences. "J Suppose, conversely, that we are given a multiset 01 k-sequences. Does that multiset come from some sequence? If so, is the source sequence unique? Such questions are reminiscent of the problem of reconstructing graphs from vertex-deleted sub raphs, which has received a great deal of attention in the last twent yea...

The paper deals with a new technique of fragile image watermarking. Proposed technique exploits inter-subband dependencies in order to minimize the influence of inserted watermark on the host image quality. Using the unique watermark based on the low-frequency subband, proposed scheme is resistant against attacks based on series of images analysis. Tampering detection ability of the proposed te...

There has been an increase in Australia's intake of refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa over the last two decades. These refugees have been exposed to nutritional risks prior to migration, which, together with changes associated with acculturation, impact on their health and nutritional status post-migration. However, there is a paucity of data in Australia that has examined the healt...

Health ontologies are commonly used as the standardization for interoperability between different health institutions. Since health knowledge changes rapidly, health ontology also evolves frequently. A mechanism of change propagation is needed to maintain the consistency between the ontology with the dependent artefacts. In this paper, we present the classification of health ontology changes ba...

Fine particulate matter has become the premier air pollutant of Beijing in recent years, enormously impacting the environmental quality of the city and the health of the residents. Fine particles with aerodynamic diameters of 0~0.3 μm, 0.3~0.5 μm, and 0.5~1.0 μm, from the yeasr 2007 to 2012, were monitored, and the hospital data about respiratory diseases during the same period was gathered and...

BACKGROUND Excellence and quality models are comprehensive methods for improving the quality of healthcare. The aim of this study was to design excellence and quality model for training centers of primary health care using Delphi method. METHODS In this study, Delphi method was used. First, comprehensive information were collected using literature review. In extracted references, 39 models we...

background: infertility is accompanied by numerous psychological and social problems. infertile couples are more anxious and emotionally distressed than other fertile people. previous studies suggested that infertility is more stressful for women than men. objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the status of general health of infertile couples. materials and methods: this cross-s...