million); Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey each had well over 1 million. The 65 or older population was slightly less likely to live in metropolitan areas in 1999 than younger persons. About 50 percent of older persons lived in the suburbs, 27 percent live in central cities, and 23 percent lived in nonmetropolitan areas.2 Living arrangements of America’s older adults are closely linked ...

Introduction It is often said that the majority of surgery in Africa occurs in cities because the surgeons prefer to live in the cities. This is certainly true in Malawi where all the country’s practising surgeons live in the four main towns. We have recently reported (1) on the low level of surgical activity in district hospitals despite several new district hospitals being built with multiple...

Previous proposals for improving the integration of Computing Facilities within the Division of Informatics have concentrated on merging the ex-departmental systems (See the paper Computing Facilities in the Division of Informatics1). Many of the suggested changes would be difficult and expensive to perform on a “live” network, and the inevitable compromises would make a poor foundation for a m...

During 2016 in Guangzhou, China, we detected infectious avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in 39.8% of samples from chicken carcasses slaughtered at live poultry markets but none from carcasses supplied to supermarkets by facilities bypassing live poultry markets. Promoting supply chains with high biosecurity may reduce the risk for zoonotic AIV transmission.

In the present paper, we plan to examine the potential of the concept of Live Work in the development of new strategies for the maintenance of electrical facilities in HV transformer stations, in order to protect their operational characteristics from operating-related degradation, while preserving service availability and continuity. For this purpose, we expose the principles of Live Work whic...

We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Uzbekistan from the healthcare system and societal perspectives. Disease burden was estimated using national statistics on hospitalizations and deaths, and international estimates of under-five mortality. Without vaccination, the risk for rotavirus hospitalization by age 5 is 10 per 1000 children. Rotavirus hospitalizations cost US...

BACKGROUND Access to transportation is vital to reducing the travel time to emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) for managing complications and preventing adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study examines the distribution of travel times to EmONC in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, using various transportation schemes, to estimate the proportion of live births (a proxy indicator of w...

OBJECTIVES Studies on factors affecting neonatal mortality have rarely considered the impact of place of delivery on neonatal mortality. This study provides epidemiological information regarding the impact of place of delivery on neonatal deaths. METHODS We analyzed data from the Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (RHDSS) in Tanzania. A total of 5,124 live births and 166 neonat...

Aged care has been in the news frequently this year, often not in the most positive light. Reports of facilities failing to provide basic care have hit the media regularly. In September, the Dominion Post reported incidents of neglect, preventing the elderly receiving appropriate care.1 Conflicting opinions on whether the number of complaints is increasing or not, only add to the confusion abou...

CONTEXT Japan's maternal mortality rate is higher than that of other developed countries. OBJECTIVES To identify causes of maternal mortality in Japan, examine attributes of treating facilities associated with maternal mortality, and assess the preventability of such deaths. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study of maternal deaths occurring in Japan between January 1, 1991, and December ...