BACKGROUND Health-related websites have become a common tool for public health authorities to inform the general public of their health promotion information and programs. However, building traffic in the cluttered health Internet universe is becoming increasingly complex, costly, and challenging for governmental health promotion websites. In 2006, the Canadian Health Network (CHN), a cooperati...

In 2003, the UK Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health began attempts to reduce national salt intakes via reformulation of processed foods and a consumer awareness campaign on the negative impacts of salt on health. The present study uses large nationally representative samples of households in England to assess whether discretionary salt use was affected by the national salt reduct...

In view of the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS in South Africa, particularly among adolescents, the Departments of Health and Education have proposed a school-based HIV counselling and testing (HCT) campaign to reduce HIV infections and sexual risk behaviour. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, our qualitative study explored perceptions of parents regarding the ethico-legal and socia...

BACKGROUND In Bihar State, proportion of fully immunized children was only 19% ;in Coverage Evaluation Survey of 2005. In October 2007, a special campaign called Muskaan Ek Abhiyan (The Smile Campaign) was launched under National Rural Health Mission to give a fillip to the immunization program. OBJECTIVES To evaluate improvement in the performance and coverage of the Routine Immunization Pro...

In a randomized controlled trial, an intensive promotional campaign failed to increase the uptake of vaccination against influenza among health care workers. The uptake of vaccination was low.

BACKGROUND Despite marked improvements over the last few decades, maternal mortality in Tanzania remains among the world's highest at 454 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Many factors contribute to this disparity, such as a lack of attendance at antenatal care (ANC) services and low rates of delivery at a health facility with a skilled provider. The Wazazi Nipendeni (Love me, parents) s...

HEALTH DEPARTMENT officials joined nursing and midwifery organisations last week at talks on the future of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BEI), the worldwide campaign to promote breastfeeding.

1 Medécins Sans Frontières, Access Campaign, Geneva, Switzerland, 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Singapore, 3 Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva...