aims: this study aims to review the economic cost of childhood (0-18 years) unintentional injuries (ui) and focuses upon comparing the cost burden between developing and developed countries. methods: articles were selected from pubmed using the search words “economic cost”, “unintentional injuries” and “children”. nine articles were selected. results: studies in china focused upon cost to hospi...

energy conservation in buildings plays a vital role for sustainable development of societies and nations. although, newer buildings in developing nations are being constructed using energy conservation approach, existing buildings have higher energy demand to meet the desired comfort. excessive energy demand for cooling the built environment is a major problem over most of the arid climatic zon...

BACKGROUND Regional generalized cost-effectiveness estimates of prevention, screening and treatment interventions for colorectal cancer are presented. METHODS Standardised WHO-CHOICE methodology was used. A colorectal cancer model was employed to provide estimates of screening and treatment effectiveness. Intervention effectiveness was determined via a population state-transition model (PopMo...

The article on HIV testing in abortion clinics provides a compelling argument for normalising HIV testing and making it part of our general medical care.1 Similar discussions regarding approaches to HIV testing in low prevalence settings are ongoing in general practice.2 3 We recently reviewed the recorded HIV status of patients from countries of high HIV prevalence (>1%) in our practice in Por...