OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of health-system-wide improvements on maternal health outcomes in the Philippines. METHODS A retrospective longitudinal controlled study was used to compare a province that fast tracked the implementation of health system reforms with other provinces in the same region that introduced reforms less systematically and intensively between 2006 and 2009. FINDINGS...

The National Drug Policy (NDP) of Lao PDR, endorsed in 1993, has since 1995 been implemented through an intervention program in five pilot areas out of 18 provinces, including training of health personnel. The aim was to assess the impact of the NDP program to get evidence for revising the policy. In a cross sectional design, comparisons were made between the pilot province of Luangphrabang (LP...

BACKGROUND Hydatidosis is the larval stage of the Echinococcusgranulosus. This disease is endemic in Iran. There are many studies about hydatidosis in different regions of the country, but there is not any information about the disease in Kermanshah Province. This article will review all available data about hydatidosis in this province. METHODS Using web based search engines and a survey on ...

Global warming has brought increased attention to the relationship between carbon emissions and economic development. Research on the driving factors of carbon emissions from energy consumption can provide a scientific basis for regional energy savings, as well as emissions reduction and sustainable development. Henan Province is a major agricultural province in China, and it is one of most pop...

Four new species of Burmagomphus Williamson, 1907 are described from Southwestern China: B. apricus sp. nov. from Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province; B. magnus sp. nov. from Huayudong, Nanxi Town, Hekou County, Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, Yunnan Province, B. dentatus sp. nov. from Zhangjiang River in Xiaoqik...

1 Entrepreneurship Academy, Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College No.2 of Xueyuan Rd., Yiwu, Zhejiang province, zip code: 322000 2 School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, No.111 of Northbound Section 1, Second Ring Rd., Chengdu, Sichuan province, zip code: 610031 3 Sichuan Vocational and Technical College of Communications No.111 of Northbound Section 1, Second Rin...

In recent years, the smalland medium-enterprise cluster has gained fast and healthy development in Shandong province, what contributes a lot to the regional economic development. However, its development still confronts many problems and barriers. Based on a deepening research and analysis on the development of smalland medium-enterprise cluster in Shandong province, this paper puts forward a g...

Yi Wen1,2, Sijun Hu3, Junjie Wu1,2* 1State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China 2Department of Orthodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China 3State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, The Fourth Military Medical University,...

Chinese species of Dianous group I are studied and three new species are described: Dianous fengtingaesp. n. from Hainan Province, Dianous zhujianqingisp. n. from Jiangxi and Guizhou Province, and Dianous huanghaoisp. n. from Yunnan Province. Dianous shan Rougemont and Dianous viridicupreus Rougemont are discovered from China for the first time. Their diagnostic characters are illustrated and a...

Jin-Long Yang 1, 2, Ren-Yong Jia 2, 3, An-Chun Cheng 2, 3* and Ming-Shu Wang 2 1 Chongqing Academy of Animal Science, Chongqing, 402460, China. 2 Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Yaan 625014, Sichuan Province, China. 3 College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, Sichuan Province, China. *e-mail: yjlfir...