behçet’s disease is a vasculitis with multi-organ involvement. our knowledge of the psychological aspects of behçet’s disease is very limited . 40 women and 24 men who fulfilled the international study group (isg) criteria of behçet’s disease were selected from behçet’s disease clinic of nemazee hospital shiraz, south of iran. controls consisted of 65 healthy volunteers. both patients and contr...

background: primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (fsgs) is defined by the presence of proteinuria, often in nephrotic range and pathologically by segmental scars (ss). the aim of this study is to identify the possible predictors of complete remission or progression to chronic kidney disease in iranian adults with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. methods: in this historical coho...

The Disease Control Priorities (DCP) publications have pioneered new ways of thinking about investing in health. We agree with Norheim, that a useful first step to advance efforts to translate DCP’s global evidence into local health priorities, is to develop a clear Theory of Change (ToC). However, a ToC that aims to define how global evidence (DCP and others) can be used to inform national pol...

Introduction: The increasing number of global health initiatives have contributed to improving access to health services and building knowledge platforms. However, the distribution of activities and knowledge produced has been uneven. To scope the scientific output in global health, publications from 2008-2017 were reviewed to identify major players, assess the extent of involv...

The recent history of research on cholera illustrates the importance of establishing research and care facilities equipped with advanced technologies at locations where specific health problems exist. It is in such settings, where scientific research is often considered difficult due to poverty and the lack of essential infrastructure, that investigators from many countries are able to make imp...

As we have seen in the last chapter, infectious and parasitic diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in developing countries. Approximately 26% of global deaths and 26% of global burden of disease were attributed to infectious diseases in 2001 (Lopez et al. 2006; see Chapter 1). One in two deaths that are mostly preventable occurs in developing countries (K...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an economically important infection since the presence of the disease affects cattle health and export of cattle products. It is caused by capripoxvirus and shows characteristic skin lesions in infected cattle. The disease was first reported in Zambia, in 1929. It then spread to Africa, Middle East and recently to European countries like Greece and Bulgaria. The firs...

Food and mouth disease (FMD) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) are highly contagious diseases for pigs, and they are classified on the List A of the Organisation International des Epizooties (OIE) in Paris, France. Being a List A disease implies that every suspected case has to be investigated and once it is confirmed, the outbreak has to be notified. Both FMD and CSF are widespread in many parts...

In the past decade, leptospirosis has emerged as a globally important infectious disease. It occurs in urban environments of industrialised and developing countries, as well as in rural regions worldwide. Mortality remains significant, related both to delays in diagnosis due to lack of infrastructure and adequate clinical suspicion, and to other poorly understood reasons that may include inhere...