Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements. This paper discusses the use of vaccinations against measles, cholera and meningitis in this context. The role of NGOs in the advocacy for making new and more effective vaccines available to the most vulnerable populations is also emphasised.

Background: Web of Science (WoS) is an online academic citation index provided by Thomson Reuters which supplies valuable bibliometric information for comparing impact of specific author, organization, or country in science production. The aim of this study was to compare toxicology publications of Iran and Turkey indexed in WoS from bibliometric point of view. Methods: The WoS database was ...

Though governmental officials often have far greater responsibilities and make far more consequential decisions than do CEOs of private firms, government officials often earn far less. We offer explanations for the differences, considering Nash bargaining with the head of a governmental agency or with the CEO of a private firm. In the benchmark case, with a governmental agency providing consume...

background: malathion (mal) is a choice insecticide in the stored grain in different countries. the aim of the present study is to evaluate toxicological effects of 30-day intake of mal on the male reproductive system of wistar rats. methods: this research was ethically approved by the local authority at faculty of medicine, monastir, tunisia. three mal treated groups received 1 ml corn oil con...

introduction: chlorpyrifos (cpf), an organophosphate insecticide, was evaluated for potential teratogenic effects in mice. a single oral dose of insecticide (i.e. 72, 36 18 or 9 mg/kg) was given to the pregnant females on gestation day6 (gd6). these doses correspond 50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25% to the calculated ld50 value (144 mg/kg) for the pregnant mice. no signs of overt toxicity were observed at...

the asia pacific journal of medical toxicology (apjmt) was born in december 2012 to open up new perspectives for dissemination of research in medical toxicology. it was also created to expand the science of medical toxicology, addiction morbidities, drug interactions and adverse effects in the asia pacific region (1,2). the journal has attracted the support of medical toxicologists from differe...

BACKGROUND Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessments. Bibliometric indicators involve the application of statistical methods to scientific publications to obtain the bibliographics for each journal. The main objective of this study was to conduct a bibliometric evaluation of Human & Experimental Toxicology retrieved from the Scopus database. METHODS This study ...

background and purpose: problem based medical education had been useful in education of medical sciences students. the objective is the determination of effects of problem based medical education on occupational health students' learning. methods: this study was a semi-experimental study. by using the curriculum of ministry of health, occupational toxicology course had been taught based on a pr...

Introduction Since the science of toxicology began thousands of years ago, behavioral endpoints have been used to study the effects of chemicals and drugs on humans and other mammals. In aquatic toxicology however, the nexus of behavioral sciences with the study of toxicants has only become prominent within the last 5 decades. Behavioral endpoints have been slow to be integrated in aquatic toxi...

USA Government wiretapping activities is a very controversial issue. Undoubtedly this technology can assist law enforced authority to detect / identify unlawful or hostile activities; however, this task raises severe privacy concerns. In this paper, we have discussed this complex information technology issue of governmental wiretapping and how it effects both public and private liberties. Legis...