Esra Erdem a,∗∗, Volkan Patoglu b and Peter Schüller c,∗∗∗ a Computer Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] b Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] c Department of Computer Engineering, Marm...

Murvet Yilmaz, Ozlem Harmankaya Kaptanogullari, Can Caliskan, Ayse Sinangil Arar, Cuneyt Akgol, Kayhan Erturk, Abdulkadir Unsal I Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey. II Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey. III Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Department of Nephr...

This report presents the case of a middle-aged Torres Strait Islander male with HIV who contracted Plasmodium vivax malaria in Papua New Guinea. His presentation included clinical and radiological features of pneumonia and he required inpatient treatment for 13 days. This study reviews the literature concerning co-infection with HIV and malaria, which is an uncommon combination in Australia, di...

OBJECTIVE To assess the completeness of data describing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in NSW invasive meningococcal disease notifications and determine the relative risk for invasive meningococcal disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NSW. METHODS Surveillance data from the NSW Notifiable Diseases Database was reviewed for 5-year periods between 1991 an...

1Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA 3University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA 4Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul, Turkey 5Department of Cardiology, Endodontology and P...

The aim of this work was to determine the feasibility of improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status recording for notifiable diseases using all Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) notifications in a regional area of New South Wales, Australia. In Australia people with IPD are nearly always admitted to hospital and their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status is recorded. Abori...

BACKGROUND Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are under-reported in administrative health datasets in NSW, Australia. Correct reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is essential to measure the effectiveness of policies and programmes aimed at reducing the health disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This study investigates the ...

In this paper I will describe some of the sentinel events in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy and strategy during 2003 and the early part of 2004. This will involve discussion on the:* National Strategic Framework in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health* National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Mental Health and Social and Emotion...

Since 1999, the Commonwealth has provided free annual influenza vaccine for all at-risk Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. The uptake of the vaccine in this population in north Queensland in 2002 was determined using the state-wide computerised immunisation register. Although 59.4 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 50 years or over were vaccinated, the upta...

Ahmet ÖZTÜRK*, Erdem DEVECİ, Erman BAĞCIOĞLU, Figen ATALAY, Zehra SERDAR Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, İstanbul, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Department of Psychiatry, Pendik State Hospital, ...