diverticular disease then the dietary theory would not explain the occurrence of the disease in five young patients in this series. Possibly the most important factor in diagnosing diverticular disease is the availability of radiological facilities. As the population coverage of health services in Kenya is not expected to reach even 50% by 19845 very few people are likely to undergo barium-enem...

This presidential election year reminds us of the importance of each vote and of the integrity of the electoral process. Recent elections have been decided by very narrow margins. In this context, the voting rights and capacity of persons with dementia warrant attention. About 4.5 million Americans currently live with dementia. Whether these citizens should vote raises a host of ethical, legal,...

BACKGROUND In the past few decades many countries have worked to increase the number of women delivering in facilities, with the goal of improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to explore the current situation of facility deliveries in Africa and Asia to understand where and with whom women deliver. Furthermore, we aim to test potential drivers of facility ...

the scheme but are not exclusive to it. An integral but often ignored aspect is the community dimension of mental health whose importance is underscored by the fact that a significant majority of people in the third world live in rural areas with minimal or no access to formal psychiatric facilities. In this paper, I shall review the conceptual framework and practi cality of primary health care...

Background Serbia hosts some 228,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Kosovo, of whom more than 2,000 live in 24 collective centers. A large number of refugees and IDPs reside in substandard temporary housing or in illegal settlements lacking basic facilities. The research to assess vulnerability to HIV among young IDPs in Serbia was carried out with the support of the UN Joint AIDS Tea...

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The IMAP4rev1 protocol has powerful search facilitie...

It is almost impossible for a majority of the students to create the same environment at home that they have at school to prepare and review. To solve this problem, the authors have developed and tested a Live CD to distribute to students so they can do their work away from the school. Moreover, we developed some application software for children because of availably for not only the university...

BACKGROUND With a view to developing health systems strategies to improve reach to high-risk groups, we present information on health and survival from household and health facility perspectives in five districts of southern Tanzania. METHODS We documented availability of health workers, vaccines, drugs, supplies and services essential for child health through a survey of all health facilitie...