BACKGROUND Intervention coverage and funding for the control of malaria in Africa has increased in recent years, however, there are few descriptions of changing disease burden and the few reports available are from isolated, single site observations or are of reports at country-level. Here we present a nationwide assessment of changes over 10 years in paediatric malaria hospitalization across K...

Fleur Lowe, RGN, DipHE, BSc, Senior Nurse, Patient At-Risk Team, Salisbury District Hospital, UK (✉) Paul Fulbrook, MSc, BSc(Hons), PGDE, RGN, DPSN, Clinical Reader in Critical Care, Bournemouth University, and Directorate of Nursing, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Helen Aldridge, RGN, DipHE, Senior Staff Nurse, ICU, Radnor ICU/HDU, Salisbury District Hospital, UK Sharon Fox, RGN, DipHE, Senio...

Faculty members from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences [8] – University of Nairobi [9] Dr. Alfred Osoti [10] and Dr. Rose Kosgei [11], had a meeting with Consultants from Partnerships for Innovative Medical Education in Kenya (PRIME-K) [12] decentralized sites. Institutions represented were: Karatina District Hospital, Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Isiolo Dist...

some light work. He had scabies on his body at the time. On the morning of July 23rd, he complained of fever and slight cough, for which he was admitted into the Hospital. Fever mixture with vin. ipecac, was ordered. The fever, which was not high, continued, but the cough was less. On the 28ih, the temperature went up, and aconite was prescribed. Next morning the fever was higher, and the morni...

Described in an analysis of the cost to the Ministry of Health of providing district health services in Malawi, with particular emphasis on the district hospital. District resource allocation patterns were assessed by carefully disaggregating district costs by level of care and hospital department. A strikingly low proportion of district recurrent costs was absorbed by salaries and wages (27-39...

BACKGROUND The South African Mental Health Care Act (the Act) No. 17 of 2002 stipulated that regional and district hospitals be designated to admit, observe and treat mental health care users (MHCUs) for 72 hours before they are transferred to a psychiatric hospital. METHODS Medical managers in 49 'designated' hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) were surveyed on infrastructure, staffing, adminis...

MD. Associate pathologist, Pathology Reference Laboratory, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Pathologist, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. MD. Urologist, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. MD. General surgeon, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. MD, PhD. Chief pathologist, Pat...

1 Nursing School, Southwest Medical University, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, China. 2 Basic School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, University Island, Panyu District, Guangzhou, China. 3 Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, China. 4 Department of Orthopedic, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, ...

1 Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2 Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 3 Institute of Clinical Medicine (Psychiatry), University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 4 Departments of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 5 Departments of Psychiatry, South-Savonia Hospital District, Mikkel...

The Bonham-Carter Report on the Functions of the District General Hospital favoured the idea of locating a department or office of the local health authority at the district general hospital, in order to help in achieving functional integration of the hospital and community health services. This paper describes the establishment and development of such a department in a district general hospita...