BACKGROUND In 2013, Kenya transitioned into a devolved system of government with a central government and 47 semi-autonomous county governments. In this paper, we report early experiences of devolution in the Kenyan health sector, with a focus on public county hospitals. Specifically, we examine changes in hospital autonomy as a result of devolution, and how these have affected hospital functio...

background: to determine the epidemiological status of cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, isolation and identification of the agent parasite, leishmania , using pcr method in gonbad-e qabus county, north iran, during 2006-2007. methods : data were collected on the prevalence of scars and ulcers over a period of 3 months among 6990 inhabitants of five villages around gonbad-e qabus county, north ...

Agriculture sector faces risks caused by natural damaging events. So, it is necessary to predict, counteract and mitigate the risks of agricultural activities to increase investment security, to identify risks and to practice risk management methods, in which insurance has a special niche as a risk counteraction and mitigation measure. The objective of this study was to study the role of insura...

The extent of utilization of drought management practices by the farmers of Tafresh County was studied in a descriptive-correlational research. Statistical population consisted of all farmers in Tafresh County which summed up to around 9061 people out of which 300 farmers were taken as the sample in accordance with Cochran’s formula. The main tool of the study was a questionnaire. The validity ...

This study examines the stages of development for county-level e-government implementations in the United States for 344 randomly selected websites. Population size, poverty levels and income levels were examined. Results indicate that most counties have some form of e-government but counties with smaller populations are more likely to have only an online presence with no citizen interaction.

the main purpose of this descriptive–survey research was to analysis organizational intelligence components in agricultural organization (jihad-e-keshavrzi) of guilan province. the statistical population of the study consisted of agricultural organization of guilan province’s staffs (n=1296). in order to determine sample size (n=183), the table for determining sample from a given population, de...