conclusions the hepatitis b vaccination coverage was more than many studies in other countries. it seems that the vaccination program of the current study had sufficient efficacy for medical surveillance of hcws in the academic hospitals under study. the essential point for success at a vaccination program was good performance of occupational health department. methods this retrospective descri...

objectives: clinical laboratory health care workers can become infected through their occupation with blood-borne pathogens by percutanous injuries and mucocutaneous blood contacts such as cuts, needle sticks, splashes to mucous membranes or other body injuries. the purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of, hepatitis c virus (hcv), and some of the risk factors in medical lab...

background: needle stick accidents  are a serious health  risk  for blood-borne infections among health-care workers(hcws). objective: to determine the frequency of needle stick injuries (nsis)  among hcws. material & methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in  behesti hospital  of kashan from september 2012 to march 2013. data were collected using  a questionnaire. result: needle stick ...

BACKGROUND By 2030, 80 % of the annual 8.3 million deaths attributable to tobacco will be in low-income countries (LICs). Yet, services to support people to quit tobacco are not part of routine primary care in LICs. This study explored the challenges to implementing a behavioural support (BS) intervention to promote tobacco cessation within primary care in Nepal. METHODS The study used qualit...

How to finance and provide health care for the more than 1.3 billion rural poor and informal sector workers in low- and middle-income countries is one of the greatest challenges facing the international development community. This article presents the main findings from an extensive survey of the literature of community financing arrangements, and selected experiences from the Asia and Africa r...

This study was carried out to highlight the probable correlates of mortality among patients managed for abortion related complications at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. All patients managed for abortion related complications between 1st January 2000 and 31st December 2003 were studied. Certain relevant socio demographic and clinical factors were compared among the survivor...

INTRODUCTION In countries where leprosy control is integrated to general heath services, health workers, at primary health care level, often manage a large number of patients with skin diseases including leprosy. The distinction of leprosy from others skin diseases requires more skill and attention. Basic dermatological knowledge will help these staff to provide a better quality of care. A few ...

Most countries in the developing world have experienced rising female labor force participation over the past twenty years (Heath and Jayachandran, forthcoming). This trend provides the backdrop for my research, which focuses on labor markets in developing countries, with an emphasis on gender. In particular, I study how firms select workers—and how workers select the firms in which they seek w...