Since 2006, Myanmar has been listed as one of the 57 crisis countries facing critical health workforce shortages. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the current situation of HRH in the public health sector where major healthcare services are provided to the people of Myanmar. Methods A cross...
Urban nutrition situation in the slums of three cities in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Matern Child Nutr. 2023;e13543. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13543 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Policy innovations for transformative change: implementing the 2030 agenda for ...
Comments on "Safe Motherhood in South Asia: Current Status and Strategies for Change" The author comments on a paper describing the situation of women in South Asia in the context of safe motherhood. Pakistan has long had family planning pro... S.Samad - 《Pakistan Development Review》 被引...
The report gives great highlights of the current malaria burden and situation in malaria prevention and control. •• Bhatt S, Weiss DJ, Cameron E, Bisanzio D, Mappin B, Dalrymple U, et al. The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015. Bhatt ...
Much as the government has developed strategies to reverse the situation, implementation of such strategies will be an uphill struggle. He said: “While all these measures are designed to slow the bleeding, they are not enough to stop it or heal the primary wound haemorrhaging our economy. “...
Continued urbanization over the last 50 years has resulted in a situation whereby close to half of the world's population (47.1 percent) now live in urban areas. In absolute terms, the numbers of urban dwellers almost quadrupled between 1950 and 2000 going from 733 million to 2.857 billion. ...
The primary bottleneck to achieving the MDGs in low-income countries is health systems that are too fragile to deliver the volume and quality of services to those in need. Strong and effective health systems are increasingly considered a prerequisite to
The recent jihadist attack in Algeria, and the subsequent hostage situation prompted some knee-jerk discussions. From these discussions came the belief that the incident was unprecedented. A closer examination shows quite the opposite Subdued Excitement as South Africa Hosts Africa Cup of Nations ...
This review focuses on key foodborne helminths: providing an overview of their lifecycles and major transmission routes to humans, their geographical distr
(Fig.1). With an official report of confirmed ASF in Papua New Guinea submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on 30 March 2020 (Table4), the disease is now present in all of the main regions of the world exception the Americas. The situation is highly concerning for...