Health inequalities
- Mapping of health system functions to strengthen priority programs. The case of maternal health in Mexico
- M. Gonzalez-Block / BMC Public Health, 2011
- Health system strengthening is critical to ensure the integration and scaling-up of priority health promotion, disease prevention and control programs. Normative guidelines are available to address he...
- How HIV/AIDS scale-up has impacted on non- HIV priority services in Zambia
- R. Brugha / BMC Public Health, 2010
- Much of the debate as to whether or not the scaling up of HIV service delivery in Africa benefits non-HIV priority services has focused on the use of nationally aggregated data. This paper analyses an...
- Spatial distribution and characteristics of injecting drug users (IDU) in five northeastern states of India
- G.K. Medhi;J. Mahanta;R. Adhikary / BMC Public Health, 2011
- Injecting drugs is the major driving force of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Northeastern India. ...
- Incidence, patterns and severity of reported unintentional injuries in Pakistan for persons five years and older: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan 1990 to 1994
- Z. Fatmi;W. C. Hadden;J.A. Razzak / BMC Public Health, 2007
- This article from BMC Public Health journal estimates the annual incidence, patterns and severity of unintentional injuries among people aged over five in Pakistan. Unintentional injuries are the main...
- Effect of meteorological factors on clinical malaria risk among children: an assessment using village-based meteorological stations and community-based parasitological survey
- Y. Ye;V. R. Louis;S. Simboro;R. Sauerborn / BMC Public Health, 2007
- This paper, published in BMC public health, examines the effects of meteorological factors (temperature, relative humidity and rainfall) on the incidence of clinical malaria. It uses data collected fr...
- Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam – different socio-demographic factors are associated with different forms of violence: need for new intervention guidelines?
- N. D. Vung;P. O. Ostergren;G. Krantz / BMC Public Health, 2008
- This population-based study published in BMC public health, investigates the different forms, magnitude and risk factors of men’s violence against women in intimate relationships in a rural part...
- Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
- N. T. Huong;M. Vree;B. D. Duong / BMC Public Health, 2007
- This paper in BMC public health looks at the factors that delay people’s access to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Vietnam. It analyses patient delay (the time interval between onset of ...
- A systematic review of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- D. G. Storla;S. Yimer;G. A. Bjune / BMC Public Health, 2008
- This paper in BMC public health reviews 58 studies that assess the delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Delay in diagnosis can affect disease prognosis at the individual level an...
- Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence
- C. R. Stevenson;N. G. Forouhi;G. Roglic / BMC Public Health, 2007
- Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality in developing countries, and in these countries diabetes prevalence is rapidly increasing. This article, in BMC public health, assesses the potenti...
- Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water
- J. C. Fotso;A. C. Ezeh;N. J. Madise;J. Ciera / BMC Public Health, 2007
- This paper, published in BMC Public Health, highlights the effects of urban population growth and access to health and social services on progress in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 &nda...
