The District Health Information System (DHIS) software from the Health Information System Programme (HISP) based in South Africa is widely implemented in many developing countries as a health data analysis tool. Through the HISP Tanzania project, the DHIS was piloted in five districts in Tanzania. The objective of this study was to qualify and quantify the extent to which district health worker...

(i) (ii) In its Communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the EU's southern maritime borders, the Commission proposed to establish a permanent Coast Patrol Network for the southern maritime external borders and to create a European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR). The European Council in December 2006 considered it a priority to examine the creation of a European S...

Abstract Background Central nervous system (CNS) anomalies are the most commonly diagnosed abnormalities of all fetal malformations and usually primarily discovered on routine prenatal ultrasonography (US). Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive technology with high soft tissue contrast that documented to increase diagnostic accuracy for detection brain anomalies. The aim our ...

The development over several years of a computer system for hospital bacteriology reporting is described. The system was developed from a manual method to a punch-card batch processing system and finally to a real-time on-line system. The value of the system to the clinical departments and laboratory is discussed. Apart from minor defects the system has been of immense advantage to all who make...

Part of the design inputs for our strainers included the performance of plant-specific testing for behavior of coating debris. A proprietary description of this testing and the results is included in Attachment 2. Attachment 2 of the enclosed information is considered proprietary information by Duke Engineering and Services (DE&S). In accordance with 1OCFR2.790(b)(1), an affidavit attesting to ...

Hyper-immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a disorder of immune system characterized by assemblage symptoms including recurrent skin and pulmonary infections, skeletal anomalies elevated serum IgE (>2000 IU/ml). More recently, apart from the typical features, neurological manifestations have also been described central nervous facial nerve palsy demyelinating disorders. Here we describe three patients ...

Although, Facio-auriculo-vertebral sequence (FAVS) is a well recognized condition with cranio-facial, ocular and vertebral anomalies, extreme variability of expression is characteristic. Association of cardiac, CNS, lungs, kidneys and limb defects are described. We report a neonatal case with FAVS in association with congenital hypoparathyroidism.

This study was conducted in a tertiary pediatric epilepsy clinic to ascertain the spectrum of development malformations in children, with seizures. Seventy Six Children (0-12 yr) with seizures and CNS malformations based on neuroimaging were included. Observed anomalies included dysgenetic corpus callosum (DCC), lissencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), pachygyria, polymicrogyria, heteroto...