Stigma in Malta; A Mediterranean Perspective.

The Occurrence of Mediterranean or Malta Fever in Bombay

came to be applied to the diagnosis of this disease, Bruce and others had long surmised that the geographical distribution of Mediterranean fever was much wider than is indicated by its name. Cases which clinically resembled Malta fever have been for long described by observers in America under such names as typho-malarial fever, and malarial continued fever. And in India anomalous forms of con...

The Survey of Economic Convergence and Spillover Effects between EU and Mediterranean Countries: a Spatial Econometric Perspective

Mediterranean islands: a concept.

This article represents some of the results of my fieldwork and research on the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, Sicily, Crete and Susak between the years 1962-1986. My main field-work in Sardinia was supported by the Social Science Research Council, London and the University of Reading/Berks, and the ones in Corsica, Malta and Sardinia by the Department of Ethnology, University of Cologne ...

Measurements of Saharan dust over the Eastern Mediterranean

A. Papayannis, D. Balis, V. Amiridis, G. Chourdakis, G. Tsaknakis, C. Zerefos, A. D. A. Castanho, S. Nickovic, S. Kazadzis, and J. Grabowski Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Geology, University of Athens, Greece Department of Physics, University of São Paulo, Br...

Knowledge, perceived stigma, and care-seeking experiences for sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative study from the perspective of public clinic attendees in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BACKGROUND An estimated 12 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are documented in Brazil per year. Given the scope of this public health challenge and the importance of prompt treatment and follow-up counseling to reduce future STI/HIV-related risk behavior, we sought to qualitatively explore STI clinic experiences among individuals diagnosed with STIs via public clinics in Rio de Jan...