BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The prevalence of hypertension, the greatest contributor to mortality globally, is increasing in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). In urban regions of LMICs, excessive salt intake is associated with increased risk of hypertension. We aimed to determine whether this is the case in rural regions as well. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN We performed a meta-analysis of s...

Access to appropriate health care is often difficult for people living in rural areas because of a widespread shortage of appropriately educated local, rural healthcare workers and the distance, time and cost of travelling to larger urban health centres. This shortage is due to many factors including medical education, practice conditions, health system, regulatory, community, personal, family ...

Current global trends (globalization, environmental protection, consumer demand for food safety and quality) constitute major challenges for the European rural economy as more than 80% of EU territory is rural. Thus, EU policies are oriented towards rural economies aiming at greater integration and economic development. Different rural development policies are devised to improve the socioeconom...

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2 OECD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKING PAPERS This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies on regional development issues prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal authors are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language English or French with a summary in the other if available. The opinions e...

Large number of unfilled teaching positions in rural regions is a common problem most the countries, including Azerbaijan. In this paper, we try to identify factors affecting preferences teachers on workplace and thus, reasons for not choosing schools areas propose an incentive mechanism reduce vacancies these To understand student preferences, wesurveyed around 2000 junior students majoring va...

required that the Commission report on: • rural Medicare beneficiaries' access to care, • rural providers' quality of care, • special rural Medicare payments, and • the adequacy of Medicare payments to rural providers. In addition to the findings presented on each of the four topics, this report presents a set of principles designed to guide expectations and policies with respect to rural acces...