BACKGROUND Using reliable information from routine health information systems over time is an important aid to improving health outcomes, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency, and encouraging innovation. In Ethiopia, routine health information utilization for enhancing performance is poor among health workers, especially at the peripheral levels of health facilities. Therefore, this study...

The formation of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) and the National Preventative Task Force in 2008, demonstrate a renewed Australian Government commitment to health reform. The re-focus on prevention, bringing it to the centre of health care has significant implications for health service delivery in the primary health care setting, supportive organisational structure...

Government initiatives are continuously being designed to create stable and supportive environments for developing new industries, enhancing the global competitiveness of companies, promoting innovation, and fostering fair competition. Because of its significant potential, electronic business is now the focus of efforts in many countries, and governments are beginning to play a critical role in...

Kikuchi Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare, generally benign and self limited condition with an unknown etiology. There isn’t guideline for treatment of KFD, recommendations are based on clinical experience management typically supportive. However, sometimes more ominous course the may be experienced. Thus, patients severe disease, refractory symptoms recurrences, definite efficient options requi...

The paper examines rationales relevant to the evolving roles of government intervention and private venture capital industry in the commercialization of new technologies. SpeciŽcally, government interventions may aim to mitigate market and systemic failures, eliminate structural rigidities, or respond to anticipatory myopia. Ex ante, constructive, and ex post evaluations are discussed in relati...

Background: Direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors are gaining popularity as alternatives to warfarin for patients requiring anticoagulation. Toxicity due to these medications is difficult to manage because overdose experience is very limited and there is no clear guidance on when or whether to use antidote in this setting. Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with normal renal fu...

OBJECTIVES To describe Action Schools! BC (AS! BC) from efficacy to scale-up. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING Education and health system stakeholders and children in grades 4-6 from elementary schools in British Columbia, Canada. INTERVENTION At the provincial level, the AS! BC model reflected socioecological theory and a partnership approach to social change. Knowledge translation and exchange were ...

The effect of identity, as socially constructed by race and gender, on social policies has been widely examined in policy analysis. Policy analysis would be improved by a wider discussion that includes the influence of social-psychological constructs on social provision. We fill this gap by drawing on the theory of the “belief in a just world” and link this theory to attitudes toward the suppor...

Background: Collodion baby is a rare condition (i.e., 1:300000 birth), which is referred to a neonate covered with a tight and shiny membrane desquamating within two weeks. This condition takes place as a result of the epidermal cornification disorder. Given the impairment of the skin barrier function, these neonates are at the risk of several complications, including hypernatremic dehydration,...

Cascading spatiotemporal pattern (CSTP) is a reflection of the underlying mechanism of natural or social processes. Identifying CSTPs provides meaningful evidence for domain experts and government agencies to forecast potential consequences of an event and plan ahead. In a natural disaster such as a hurricane, it normally results in heavy rainfall and strong winds, which will further cause floo...