in order to identity the pathways to pschiatric care in iran, the rates of visits to general practioners, health care centres, traditional healeers, and use of herbal medicine and referral source of 923 psychiatric patients (494 females and 429 males) visiting private offices, inpatient psychiatric centres and outpatients psychiatric clinics were examined as part of the overall evaluation of th...

Industry 4.0 encompasses a plethora of notions and technologies aimed at assisting manufacturing entities, particularly small medium-sized firms, in gaining competitive edge. Hence, an effective implementation technology the domains asset integration, digitization, automation is dependent on meeting plenty demanding requirements. The role learning centres these firms critical to ensuring countr...

I t is no surprise that there is a lack of evidence on the health of older populations in lowand middleincome countries. Much current attention is focused on the Millennium Development Goals, prioritising maternal and child health and leading infectious diseases. The epidemiological transition is relatively recent and health researchers and policy-makers are still grappling with the new data de...

In the 1990s, the government of Senegal implemented a series of policy changes for the provision of family planning services through the public sector. A strategy to provide high quality services through reference centres was adopted. This paper presents findings from a longitudinal survey of 1,320 Senegalese women who had sought family planning services at ten public sector facilities--five re...

Effective measures to prevent infections from occupaonal exposure of healthcare workers to blood include mmunization against HBV, eliminating unnecessary injections, implementing Universal Precautions, eliminating needle recapping and disposing of the sharp into a sharps container immediately after use, use of safer devices such as needles that sheath or retract after use, provision and use of ...

availability of newer drugs * Recent research advances on schizophrenia * Request for admission in the residential centres of SCARF * General advice on management of a schizophrenic family member/friend * Results of research conduced by SCARF and a request for our publications -* Enquiries about the availability of similar facilities in other parts of India, especially Bombay and Delhi. * Avail...

* Tel.: þ44 1763 838 8 E-mail address: han 1574-7891/$ – see fron doi:10.1016/j.molonc.2 Prof. Ulrik Ringborg is Director of Cancer Center Karolinska, President of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), and one of the original signatories of the Stockholm Declaration. For cancer research, as in other areas of scientific endeavour, Europe’s strong basic science tradition is one o...

BACKGROUND The adoption of a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity, a balanced diet, a moderate alcohol consumption and abstinence from smoking, are associated with large decreases in the incidence and mortality rates for the most common chronic diseases. That is why primary health care (PHC) services are trying, so far with less success than desirable, to promote healthy lifestyles am...