Substantial research has been dedicated to simulating the spread of infectious diseases. These simulation models have focused on major urban centers. Rural people have drastically different interaction and travel patterns than urban people. This paper describes a generic simulation package that can simulate the spread of an epidemic on a small rural town. This simulation package is then used to...

According to National Survey, nearly 80 million of Indians reside in rural areas, consuming medicines for various diseases and data from them are absolutely essential to make Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) penultimate. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) extended this service. ICMR-based rural pharmacovigilance comprises allocating funds to ADR monitoring centers (AMCs) and e...

THE ELECTORAL MAP OF 2000—WITH ITS COASTAL BLUE EDGES AND POINtillist urban centers set against great swaths of red—told many political and economic stories. Attitudes toward rural life often reveal a complex mixture of affection and disdain, ideas about neighborliness and isolation, simplicity and provincialism. In his recent essay, “One Nation, Slightly Divisible,” David Brooks argues that th...

More than 60% of the population in Germany lives in rural areas [1]. For these areas, it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure a basic supply of public transport services because of the demographic change and the proceeding urbanization. Therefore, a main challenge is to ensure the accessibility of infrastructure, such as medical services or shopping centers that are mainly located in nearby...

THE ELECTORAL MAP OF 2000—WITH ITS COASTAL BLUE EDGES AND POINtillist urban centers set against great swaths of red—told many political and economic stories. Attitudes toward rural life often reveal a complex mixture of affection and disdain, ideas about neighborliness and isolation, simplicity and provincialism. In his recent essay, “One Nation, Slightly Divisible,” David Brooks argues that th...

As the prevalence of overweight and obesity has been increasing in South Korea, it is critical to better understand possible associations between environmental surroundings and general health status. We characterize key health test readings and basic demographic information from 10,816 South Koreans, obtained from two Ubiquitous Healthcare (U-Healthcare) centers that have distinct surrounding n...

BACKGROUND Many HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa reside in rural areas, yet most research on treatment outcomes has been conducted in urban centers. Rural clinics and residents may face unique barriers to care and treatment. METHODS A prospective cohort study of HIV-infected children was conducted between September 2007 and September 2010 at the rural HIV clinic in Macha, Zambia. H...

Sexual compulsivity has been associated with higher frequencies of sexual behaviors that may increase risk for transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). In a rural midwestern region where social and community resources for the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) are relatively few, the patterns of partner-seeking and sexual behavior, and their relations t...

Australia's rural hospitals face most of the same issues and challenges faced by metropolitan hospitals. However they also face additional challenges around geographic isolation, their iconic status and role as major employers in local communities, and their close relationship with community based health services. Future opportunities include more formal integration with community service throu...