BACKGROUND Life expectancy has been increasing steadily over the past century in most countries, with only a few exceptions such as during wartimes. DISCUSSION Marked reversal of life expectancy has been linked to substance use and related policies. Three such examples are discussed herein, namely the double reversal of life expectancy trends (first to positive, then to negative) associated w...

BACKGROUND Data on rotavirus burden among children in the 15 newly independent states of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, particularly contemporary data from poorer countries, are not widely available. These data are desired by policy makers to assess the value of rotavirus vaccination, especially since the GAVI Alliance approved financial support for the region's eligible countr...

ANAPLASMOSIS was probably introduced into the United States by the Spaniards at the same time that splenic or cattle tick fever entered this country (IS),^ The disease, which is not transmissible to man, chiefly affects cattle, although the antelope, black wildebeest, blesbok, buffalo, camel, deer, duiker, elk, goat, and sheep are reported to be susceptible. Mature cattle are more subject to in...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Uzbekistan has struggled with the burden of a growing tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. A changing healthcare system and the stagnant economy have hindered efforts to produce sustainable, long-term change in the state of the disease. In particular, the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIVassociated TB in prisons has worsened tr...

In this chapter, I explore the impact of the post-Soviet political and socioeconomic transitions on women in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus. I review the impact of Soviet policies on gender roles and relations in order to contextualize post-Soviet developments. The central segment, which examines gender roles and relations after socialism, is divided into two secti...

Despite the increased number of anthrax outbreaks in Georgia and the other Caucasian republics of the former Soviet Union, no data are available on the diversity of the Bacillus anthracis strains involved. There is also little data available on strains from the former Soviet Union, including the strains previously used for vaccine preparation. In this study we used eight-locus variable-number t...

In this article I give some impressions of the actual treatment of people in the Soviet Union in health and in disease, basing it to a fair degree on notes made during a visit to Russia in the late summer of I939. In Britain we are justly proud of the farreaching developments in the prevention and treatment of disease which have taken place in the last I50 years. The development of industry and...

existence of energy reserves as god-given assets was considered as a unique opportunity for the former republics of soviet :union: , their dependence on the former center (russia) for transferring energy to the consuming markets has confronted them with various challenges. as one of these republics, turkmenistan enjoys excellent geo-economic status since a long time ago due to its huge natural ...

iran has the longest political relations with russia among other great powers. this relation is resulted from neighborhood, trade, and cultural and racial factors between iran's people with some of the russia’s independent republics. purchasing of weapons by iran and participations of the soviet :union: in economic projects of iran helped the strengthening of the relations between the two ...