Background Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. There is little documentation about dyslipidemia among patients attending public primary care clinics in Jamaica. This study reports on an intervention to improve the management of these patients. Methods 500 records of patients with chronic diseases from six randomly selected health centers were audited in 2012. An inte...

The environment continues to be a source of ill-health for many people, particularly in developing countries. International environmental law offers a viable strategy for enhancing public health through the promotion of increased awareness of the linkages between health and environment, mobilization of technical and financial resources, strengthening of research and monitoring, enforcement of h...

Rudimentary horn is one of the rarest congenital uterine anomalies and consists of a relatively normal appearing uterus on one side with a rudimentary horn on the other side. Pregnancy in the rudimentary horn of the uterus is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy of which most of the patients present in second trimester in haemorrhagic shock and severe anaemia due to rupture. We report a case of rup...

Nuclear medicine studies often play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of oral and maxillofacial diseases. While not commonly used in everyday dental practice, the dental provider should have a conversational knowledge of these imaging modalities and understand the indications and limitations of these studies. The purpose of this review is to discuss the nuclear medicine studies ...

Tuberculosis remains an infectious disease with high prevalence worldwide. An association between tuberculosis-induced inflammation and hypercoagulable state has been described in the literature. Deep vein thrombosis is a rare complication of the disease, and very few cases are reported worldwide. Furthermore, such manifestation is very rare in the paediatric age group. The paediatrician’s awar...

Globalization is one of the characteristics that define the beginning of the 21st century. Yet, there is no single agreed definition of what it is, and there are widely divergent views of what it means in terms of its economic and social repercussions, including its impact on health. What is clear is that it is a multidimensional process encompassing economic, social, cultural, political, and t...

Disease outbreaks of international public health importance continue to occur regularly; detecting and tracking significant new public health threats in countries that cannot or might not report such events to the global health community is a challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global Disease Detection (GDD) Operations Center, established in early 2007, monitors in...

In this paper we emphasize the importance of questioning the global validity of significant concepts underpinning global health policy. This implies questioning the concept of global health as such and accepting that there is no global definition of the global. Further, we draw attention to ‘quality’ and ‘empowerment’ as examples of world-forming concepts. These concepts are exemplary for the g...