The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the UK advocates that patients with neutropenia who are at low risk of developing septic complications should be considered for management in the community rather than in hospital. The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) risk index is widely used to identify patients who are deemed to be at low risk of developin...

Integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness is an increasingly popular strategy to expand life-saving health services to underserved communities. However, community health approaches vary widely across countries and do not always distribute resources evenly across local health systems. We present a harmonized framework, developed through interagency consultation and review,...

How is gradual landscape change perceived and dealt with at the community level? Based on a case study approach, this question is investigated with regards to agricultural abandonment and the subsequent expansion of forests in the Black Forest, Germany. In the case presented, local residents’ perception of incremental landscape change does not correspond with a survey on biophysical features of...