Cancer: A problem of public health in Brazil

Fatal motorcycle crashes: a serious public health problem in Brazil

INTRODUCTION The numbers of two-wheel vehicles are growing across the world. In comparison to other vehicles, motorcycles are cheaper and thus represent a significant part of the automobile market. Both the mobility and speed are attractive factors to those who want to use them for work or leisure. Crashes involving motorcyclists have become an important issue, especially fatal ones. Specific s...

[Sickle cell disease as a public health problem in Brazil].

Sickle cell anemia is the most prevalent hereditary disease in Brazil. However, the Brazilian literature registers no investigations into the public health aspects of the disease. This present study investigates the way of life of 80 adult patients (49 women and 31 men) with a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, at a blood center in Brazil. The late diagnosis of the disease was one of the most sig...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

[Cancer as a public health problem in Peru].

El cáncer, en sus diferentes localizaciones y variantes, es un importante problema de salud pública a nivel mundial. De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en Latinoamérica ocupa el tercer lugar como causa de muerte (1). La expectativa de vida de nuestras poblaciones está creciendo debido a un mejor control de las enfermedades infecciosas, parasitarias y perinatales y, con ello, cr...

Crack in Brazil: a public health emergency.