The cancerous spread of slum has been a rampant problem in urban areas worldwide. The acute shortage of housing facilities compels the poor to live in slums. Proper rehabilitation is considered as a very essential remedial measure to provide better living environment to slum peoples. This study is an essential attempt to gauge the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program, which studies the cha...

Aim: This retrospective analysis documents the features and factors that potentially affect outcomes in septic arthritis in the Cross River Basin area of south-south Nigeria. Patients and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 43 patients who presented with septic arthritis in 45 joints between September 2007 and August 2010. All patients with pain, fever, joint swelling and non-weight bearing/re...

the main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for variouselements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. inthis regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in khorramabad, iran, to reveal the overallsatisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of...

The numbers are self-explanatory. In 1800, only three percent of the world’s population lived in cities. 2007 was a milestone in human history: for the first time ever, more people on earth lived and worked in cities than in rural areas. The UN estimates that the proportion of city-dwellers will climb to 61 percent by 2030, pushing up urban population from three billion today to a total of five...

background: on tuberculosis control standpoint, the treatment of children with tb is not considered a priority as they rarely transmit the disease and contribute little to the maintenance of the tuberculosis epidemic. therefor this study conducted to describe pediatric tb cases, and to identify pattern of risk factors in non-endemic communities materials and methods: the present cross- sectiona...

Urban farming, practiced by about 800 million people globally, has contributed significantly to food security and food safety. The practice has sustained livelihood of the urban and peri-urban low income dwellers in developing countries for many years. Its popularity among the urban low income is largely due to lack of formal jobs and as a means of adding up to household income. There is increa...