BACKGROUND Reducing maternal and child mortality requires focused attention on better access, utilisation and coverage of good quality health services and interventions aimed at improving maternal and newborn health among target populations, in particular, pregnant women. Intervention coverage in resource and data poor settings is rarely documented. This paper describes four different methods, ...

BACKGROUND There is a growing body of evidence that integrated packages of community-based interventions, a form of programming often implemented by NGOs, can have substantial child mortality impact. More countries may be able to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 targets by leveraging such programming. Analysis of the mortality effect of this type of programming is hampered by the cost a...

BACKGROUND Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) have a high mortality. Therefore, new risk markers and predictors of an adverse outcome for MI are required. The role of hyperglycemia in the development of cardiovascular complications in MI patients is still unclear. METHODS A total of 529 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome within 24 h o...

Tensile strength is a crucial parameter involved in the design and analysis of cemented paste backfill (CPB). The ability CPB to withstand tensile forces essential for stability backfilled stopes, particularly areas with high stress or deformation. critical used sill mats perform underhand cut-and-fill operations. This study presents novel technique that utilizes rectangular dog-bone specimens ...