Development of infrastructure has not yet picked up due to variety of reasons in the states of North Eastern Region of the country. Because of inadequate road connectivity, particularly in rural areas, many areas with high development potential remain isolated from the main land and major portion of the common dwellers of these places get deprived of basic facilities like health care, education...

BACKGROUND Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma among secondary school pupils in urban and rural areas of coast districts of Tanzania. The study also aimed to describe pupils' perception towards asthma, and to assess their knowledge on symptoms, triggers, and treatment of asthma...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: since, accurate, appropriate, precise, timely, valid information, and valid interpretation of information is required and the basis for policy and decision making and planning in various levels of the organization management, this study was conducted to evaluate the district health information system evolutio...

INTRODUCTION Palliative care has been both more available and more heavily researched in urban than in rural areas. This research studies factors associated with palliative care program (PCP) enrollment and place of death across the urban/rural continuum. Importantly, rather than simply comparing urban and rural areas, this article examines how the effects of demographic, geographic, and socioe...

BACKGROUND At the turn of the 21st century, India was plagued by significant rural-urban, inter-state and inter-district inequities in health. For example, in 2004, the infant mortality rate (IMR) was 24 points higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. To address these inequities, to strengthen the rural health system (a major determinant of health in itself) and to facilitate action on ot...

Background: Evaluation of existing oral health services showed that it is predominantly urban oriented, mostly curative in nature and accessible mainly to small a part of population, i.e., privileged few. Periodontal diseases are more prevalent in a rural population than the urban population. The socio demographic profi le is highly contrasting between the urban and rural population. It is esse...

INTRODUCTION Each day almost 500 newborns die in Pakistan, ranking this country close to Afghanistan and Iraq amongst developing countries in terms of neonatal mortality. This constitutes more than 70% of the infant mortality rate. Among the various determinants of neonatal mortality in Pakistan, most emerge from behaviors and inappropriate practices of mothers, particularly in rural communitie...