OBJECTIVES To explore the information needs of patients with progressive, life limiting disease and their family caregivers in South Africa and Uganda and to inform clinical practice and policy in this emerging field. DESIGN Semistructured qualitative interview study. SETTING Four palliative care services in South Africa and one in Uganda, covering rural, urban, and peri-urban locations. ...

Aquaculture is currently responsible for an insignificant proportion of total fish production in Uganda. However, given increasing demand for fresh fish in urban and peri-urban areas, and threats to the supply of fish from natural catch fisheries there seems to be a potentially strong market for fish and fish products produced by aquaculturalists. Small-scale fish farmers that are relatively cl...

This remote sensing study compares growth occurring in three urban types between 2005 and 2014: peri-urban, rural urban, a fast-growing metropolitan region west of Mexico City. Future for the period 2014–24 is modelled using land-use/cover change (LUCC) model Geomod. Urban expansion correlated with some socio-territorial factors impacts are assessed loss biomass. In both periods, zone differed ...

background health is a basic human right necessary for the exercise of other human rights. every human being is, therefore, entitled to the highest possible standard of health necessary to living a life of dignity. establishment of patients’ charter is a step towards protecting the rights and responsibilities of patients, but violation of patients’ rights is common in healthcare institutions, e...

The definition of food security has evolved to emphasise access to food, rather than mere availability of food. It also explicitly incorporates the need for a healthy diet, complete with necessary vitamins and proteins, rather than simply sufficient calories. Therefore, adequate national and community-level food supplies must be available year-round; households must have both physical and econo...

Knowledge of the resource requirements of urban predators can improve our understanding of their ecology and assist town planners and wildlife management agencies in developing management approaches that alleviate human-wildlife conflicts. Here we examine food and dietary items identified in scats of dingoes in peri-urban areas of north-eastern Australia to better understand their resource requ...

OBJECTIVES To describe and contrast injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. SETTINGS One rural and one urban community in Uganda. METHODS Community health workers interviewed adult respondents in households selected by multistage sampling, using a standardized questionnaire. RESULTS In the rural setting, 1,673 households, with 7,427 persons, were surveyed. Injuries had an annual mortal...

Previous evidence has identified potential racial disparities in access to community water and sewer service in peri-urban areas adjacent to North Carolina municipalities. We performed the first quantitative, multi-county analysis of these disparities. Using publicly available data, we identified areas bordering municipalities and lacking community water and/or sewer service in 75 North Carolin...