Healthcare workers' hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens from patient to patient and within the healthcare environment. Hand hygiene is the leading measure for preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), but healthcare worker compliance with optimal practices remains low in most set...

background: increasing hospital costs and its social and cultural problems has led to the idea of providing healthcare services at home. because of infrastructural and implementation problems, providing healthcare at home in iran has not been initiated yet. therefore, this study set out to elaborate the need for a comprehensive system in order to provide this service in iran. methods: all artic...

Aim: The main purpose of this paper is to look at the Indian healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemic and how acts as barrier also presents some opportunities towards road Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
 Background: has exposed vulnerability health systems across world India no exception. World Organization (WHO) kept definition UHC very flexible left on country which implementing it m...

INTRODUCTION To test the hypothesis that the distribution of healthcare services is according to health need can be achieved under a rather open access system. METHODS The 2001 National Health Interview Survey of Taiwan and National Health Insurance claims data were linked in the study. Health need was defined by self-perceived health status. We used Concentration index to measure need-relate...

This paper presents the “safe-instantiation principle” a new design principle for evaluating extensions of Java with support for generic types. We discuss the GJ and NextGen formulations of Generic Java and the implications of safe instantiation on both approaches. We then consider the implications of safe-instantiation for the addition of mixins to Java via generic types. Finally, we defend th...

BACKGROUND Nigeria has an estimated 3.6 million people with HIV/AIDS and is home to one out of every 11 people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. This study is the first population-based assessment of discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in the health sector of a country. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature and extent of discriminatory practices and attitudes in the hea...