OBJECTIVE This paper presents a model designed to enable rapid detection and assessment of biological threats that may require swift intervention by the international public health community. DESIGN We utilized Strauss' grounded theory to develop an expanded model of social disruption due to biological events based on retrospective and prospective case studies. We then applied this model to t...

Author details Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, México. National Institute of Health, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Cuernavaca, México. Independent consultant, Maputo, Mozambique. Center for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, Republic of Sout...

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EM initiatives are gaining global acceptance as a result of emergency physicians; local advocates; national, transnational, and international EM organizations; and governmental leadership, organizations, and agencies involved in international health and an evolving global health agenda. Spanning the spectrum from basic initiatives to improve acute care services to mature EM specialty developmen...

Veterinary public health (VPH) is not integrated into the mainstream of public health services in Africa. There are no formal mechanisms within government public health services through which veterinary skills and resources can be effectively harnessed to bear upon community health. There is no conscious, overt or substantial effort by public authorities to incorporate VPH services in the overa...

Editor – The December 2002 issue invites debate on international law. As noted by Aginam (1), states generally comply with a law or a convention if they see it as being in their interests, however that may be interpreted. That the reverse is true is illustrated vividly by US positions on the Kyoto Accord, the International Court of Justice, and the use of a veto to block relaxation of patent la...

Developing countries are increasing their reliance on technology to modernize their industries, and the healthcare industry is no exception. Their governments, healthcare ministries, and public health officials are utilizing IT solutions to improve health outcomes. International Health and Human Services (HHS) organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, and...

anemia is one of the main conditions that impose an adverse impact on the socioeconomic state of any country; however, evidence on the prevalence of anemia is scant in northeastern iran. this study was conducted to determine the overall and age- and sex-specific prevalence of anemia in the city of mashhad, iran. in a cross-sectional, population-based survey, 1675 individuals aged 1-90 years (29...

in our country injury and its related sequelae are major public health problems. organizations that are responsible for dealing with these issues must be familiar with the impact of it on national health status and resources to have prioritized their control strategies and also target trauma centers. injury is the 5th cause of death in the whole population and the 1st in the age first decades o...

At the World Health Assembly in 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared violence "a leading worldwide public health problem" and called for public health strategies to address it. The WHO's call to action, as well as an international political movement that is gaining strength, has helped galvanize health professionals in many countries to employ the tools of public health and their ...