Introduction: The results of previous scientific studies made in China and Vietnam have shown a big difference in feeding practices of children living in rural areas and those living in urban areas suggesting the influence of economic and socio-cultural factors. The aim of the study is to compare feeding practices of children under the age of five years between urban and rural areas in southern...

Following a decline in prevalence during the 1980s and early 1990s, gonorrhoea and syphilis infections are once again posing a threat to public health. In addition, the antibiotic sensitivity pattern for gonorrhoea appears to have changed with an increased prevalence of resistance. Both syphilis and gonorrhoea appear to disproportionately affect MSM and black ethnic minorities, and are concentr...

Urban areas are increasing in size and human population density. The implications of widespread urbanization are apparent for a wide variety of stream organisms, but the responses of stream-dwelling salamanders to urbanization have been understudied historically. Studies on this assemblage have increased sufficiently over the last decade to warrant a review and synthesis of current knowledge. O...

We analysed the performance of Ethiopia in achieving the health-related millennium development goals (MDGs) with the aim of acquiring lessons for the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Ethiopia achieved most of the health MDGs: a 67% reduction in under-five mortality, a 71% decline in maternal mortality ratio, a 90% decline in new HIV infections, a decrease in malaria-related deaths by 73% a...

A steady decline in the incidence of positive results to the Kahn test is reported in Malawian patients during the period 1968-75. Other studies have shown that the incidence of early and late syphilis in sub-Saharan Africa has dropped considerably over the past few decades. The number of reported cases of early syphilis in certain urban areas, however, appears to be high. It is suggested that ...

About 90 percent of the land in Maine is in forests. We analyzed past land use trends in Maine and developed projections of future land use. Since the 1950s, the area of forest in Maine has increased by almost 400,000 acres; however, the trends differ among ownerships, as the area of nonindustrial private timberland declined by 800,000 acres since 1950, while private industrial area rose by 681...

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has a total area of approximately 269 square kilometres: the respective islands having areas of 176 square kilometres and 93 square kilometres. The population of the Federation is approximately 46,000. There has been an upsurge in the urban growth in and around the capital city of Basseterre, due, in part, to a decline in the agricultural sector. There is s...