Parasitic infection during pregnancy is a major cause of anaemia in Africa. Social and environmental risk factors for the transmission of human parasites vary according to geographical location. Knowledge of the geographical distribution of parasitic helminths and malaria parasites is key to any interventional programme. Thus, in August-November 2005, a hospital-based study was conducted on 300...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of comprehensive intervention by health education and medical intervention to dyslipidemia Uyghur patients in low-income rural areas in Xinjiang, China. METHOD A multistaged (prefecture-county-township-village) stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select participants in southern Xinjiang. Twelve villages in Jiangbazi Township in Jiashi County ...

BACKGROUND Shigellosis is rare in Taiwan, with an average annual incidence rate of 1.68 cases per 100,000 persons in 2000-2007. However, the incidence rate for a mountainous township in eastern Taiwan, Zhuoxi, is 60.2 times the average rate for the entire country. Traveling between Zhuoxi's 6 villages (V1-V6) is inconvenient. Disease transmission among the villages/tribes with endemic shigellos...

This study investigates the transition of Sunan, located in China’s southern Jiangsu Province, China using the orthodox Sunan model of development through a case study of Changzhou City. We found that post-Sunan development retains some of the characteristics of the orthodox Sunan model, and the current production map of Sunan is a combination of new development and the legacies of the developm...

This study examined the development of bikeway policy which was promoted by Taiwanese government from 2002 to 2021. Identifying degree and types dynamics, our analytical framework is based on that three detection indicators change, namely organization, legal framework, budget as proposed Hogwood Peters (1983). Regarding research method, a major goal this synthesize evidence reviewing references...

Abstract Since it was initiated in the mid-2000s, Chinese central government’s agricultural modernization policy has had fundamental impacts on China’s system. Premised creating a foundation for long-term sustainable development, broadly expanded large-scale, mechanized farming. Historically, however, Yangzi River Delta achieved development without capital-intensifying and mechanizing technolog...

1Department of Electrical Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan 2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Mig-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Networking Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168, Jifong E. Road, Wufong Township, Taichung City 41349, Taiwan 4Department of Electrical En...

BACKGROUND A community-based randomized control prenatal care trial was performed in a rural county of China during 2000-2003. The purpose of this paper is to describe the trial implementation and the impact of the trial on the utilization of prenatal care and perinatal outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the study county, 10 townships (from a total of 55) were each paired with a control (20 s...

Abstract This article presents a qualitative empirical study of elite collusion and its influence on village elections rural land development in China. Drawing ethnographic data collected from two Chinese villages, it investigates how cadres collude with other elites, using bribery, gift-giving lavish banquets, to establish reciprocal ties township officials public officials. Meanwhile, the mak...