A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ESTIMATE THE OVERALL EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED TO THE HOSPITAL-BASED TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LEPTOSPIROSIS DURING THE OUBREAK FOLLOWING TROPICAL STORM ONDOY FOR THE HOSPITALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT ATTENDED PATIENTS FROM MARIKINA, THE PHI. FROM SEP. to OCT. 09
Due to its geographic location along the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire and the Typhoon Belt, the Philippines face diverse natural disasters such as typhoons and floods among others. Since 2006, it...

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Promotion of point-of-use water treatment at primary school level by use of flocculant disinfectant
According to KDHS 2008, less than 45% Kenyan households use at least 1 water treatment method for their drinking water. Preferred water treatment methods by many households is boiling in 29%...

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Pattern of Congenital Heart Disease in Children presented to a Paediatric Echocardiography Clinic in the Lake Zone of Tanzania
This study is to provide knowledge about the relative frequencies, pattern and stage of CHD at time of initial diagnosis in children in the Lake Zone of Tanzania as presented to a Paediatric...

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Effect of parasitic infections on the immune modulation and clinical parameters in HIV-1 infected patients in KUMASI, GHANA
Pathogenic parasite infections have been implicated in chronic diarrhoea, anaemia, malnutrition and excessive immunological perturbation. These clinical and immunological disturbances have been...

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Knowledge, perceptions of and attitudes towards cardiovascular disease risk factors among multi-ethnic urban Malaysians
The objective of this study is to understand patients' health beliefs, knowledge and perception of -in particular modifiable- cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors to help in the planning of CVD...

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The determinants of satisfaction for quality of services offered at selected TB dots units in an urban setting in the Philippines
The Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) Units were established in the Philippines in the mid-1990’s as a strategy towards tuberculosis control and eventual elimination. However, despite...

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Community based health insurance and health equity fund a comparative analysis of approaches to reach universal health coverage for the poor and the informal sector in Cambodia with focus on Kampot, Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces
This study is to achieve universal access to health care is the aim of many low income countries. Ensuring access to needed health services for all requires the development of pre-payment and risk...

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Rational use of medicines: Comparison of medicine use practices in a primary health care facility with pharmaceutical support and facilities without pharmaceutical support in urban Madagascar. A medicine use indicator study
The objective of the thesis was to investigate and compare the medicine use practices in this dispensary and three similar health facilities in mahajanga which don't have pharmaceutical support using...

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Lessons learned: The implementation of Syphilis and HIV Screening with Rapid Tests in Special Indigenous Health District of Alto Solimões in the Brazilian Amazon
This study is to describe the approach and difficulties of Health Professionals (HP) implementing Syphilis and HIV screening with RTs in DSEI Alto Solimões. Data on demographics and existing...

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Identification of important factors for development of procurement and supply management plans for health projects financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and managed by the United Nations Development Programme
Globalization is changing the national and international health landscapes. The health initiatives emerged in the last decades brought to light pressing challenges connected with health systems...

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