... Among them is the inadequacy of human resources (HR) indevelopingcountriesInthe health sector in general, and in maternal health in particular, health care professionals are at the heart of the ... legitimacy in their training, the excessive supervision required, the difficulty of adapting their training to the great diversity of delivery situations, and to interprofessional conflicts generated by ... well as inthe short term by encouraging innovations in existing systems These policies must be implemented with the full involvement of EmOC personnel, broadly defined, as suggested in this...
... MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES III The informal sector and the informal economy III.1 Definition The term ‘informal sector’ was first introduced bythe International Labour Organisation (ILO) in ... characterize the contributions of the informal sector for solid waste management indevelopingcountriesin general and in HCMC in particular and to find out whether an integration of the informal ... activities Incineration and land filling are not part of the informal sector activities and therefore not discussed inthe following section The informal recycling activity indeveloping nations...
... the organic matter from the rice stubble remained inthe soil On the other hand, it is thought that the organic matter inthe soil from the two other test plots are used for denitrification In ... conducted by sampling soil in thin layers Inthe paddy rice division where rice stubbles were put into soil, neither layers show any differences Inthe non-vegetation plot soil, the surface and the ... performed by denitrification but there are also signs of algae growing there The organic matter supplied bythe withering death of these algae played a big role inthe durability of nitrogen - 166...
... at the site The highest concentrations were recorded near the leakage point, declining inthe direction of water flow There is evidence of contamination from organic compounds as indicated bythe ... Groundwater contamination by organic chemicals in industrializing countries 25 CASE STUDIES Case study In January 1996, the Environmental Unit of a plant involved in metal plating and dyeing activities ... contaminants were, however, not determined In infiltration experiments conducted inthe vicinity of the flood spreading site, it was demonstrated that organic compounds could migrate rapidly in the...
... Excess mortality by setting (deaths and % of total) Developed countriesDevelopingcountries Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (9) Indoor air pollution indevelopingcountries Exposure ... exposure is protective in these settings Cancer Lung cancer Tobacco smoke is the most important risk for lung cancer and explains most cases in industrialized countriesIndeveloping countries, non-smokers, ... respectively (8) The mean 24-hour levels of carbon monoxide in homes using biomass fuels indevelopingcountries are inthe range 2–50 ppm; during cooking, values of 10–500 ppm have been reported The United...
... done inthe rough fashion illustrated here 23For certain developing- country cities, including some participating inthe studies listed inthe Appendix, there have been monitoring systems in place ... micro-environments in developed countries , on the other hand, are influenced less by cooking fuels than by ETS and heating stoves AIR POLLUTION IN LDCs Table 549 Indoor coal smoke in Chinese rural households ... (70) Indeed, some of the lowest lung cancer rates inthe world are found in rural nonsmoking women indevelopingcountries This is somewhat of an anomaly and can be only partly explained by poor...
... of the apps inthe stores provided by China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom to their customers19 mLearning holds great potential for supporting education and learning indeveloping countries, ... limited health workforces indevelopingcountries It was estimated in 2004 that only 50 of the 600 doctors trained in Zambia since independence were still practicing inthe country8 Attrition of ... they are the best trained nurses they have ever had because they are from those areas and training by distance gives them the practical and theoretical grounding.” The project is showing excellent...
... sustaining the gains and institutionalizing the successful changes tested by collaborative improvement Such involvement of policy makers can facilitate the following: Incorporating parts of the ... participate together in collaborative improvement, the results achieved in any of them are spread to the remainder inthe same learning community The participating sites re-organize their delivery ... measure the selected indicators The measured indicators will be examined and discussed bythe QI team in each health facility to interpret the effect of the adopted changes in achieving, or not...
... mainly subjects pertaining to the production aspects of pharmaceuticals [24] Pharmaceutical services indevelopingcountries face some specific challenges unlike those faced by pharmacists inthe ... health[42] The pharmacy profession in PakistanAt the time of independence – 1947 – there was no institution offering pharmacy education in Pakistan In 1948, the University of Punjab was the first institution ... indevelopingcountries For example, findings from a survey conducted in a rural region of Ghana revealed that drug retailers in five pharmacy shops were found to have little or no training in...
... clinicians of the usefulness of the data they contribute should in due course further increase the frequency and quality of reporting Yet, it is increasingly likely that mandatory reporting offers the ... surgical incidents being prevented by using the checklist is shown in Figure Table reveals a smaller proportion of ‘near-misses’ being prevented bythe checklist than the proportion of incidents ... of verification inthe operating theatre and of a verification checklist, incorrect marking or consent, preparation of the wrong side, incorrect draping, patient answering to the wrong name [26]...
... clinicians of the usefulness of the data they contribute should in due course further increase the frequency and quality of reporting Yet, it is increasingly likely that mandatory reporting offers the ... surgical incidents being prevented by using the checklist is shown in Figure Table reveals a smaller proportion of ‘near-misses’ being prevented bythe checklist than the proportion of incidents ... of verification inthe operating theatre and of a verification checklist, incorrect marking or consent, preparation of the wrong side, incorrect draping, patient answering to the wrong name [26]...
... problem in our society and it is what the old dread the most – being unwanted and uncared for inthe time of need There are other problems old folks face, but none can be as bad as the indifference ... cursed the traffic Whatever their attitudes, they were better off staying at home It is common to hear of old people being knocked down by vehicles on the roads They just cannot handle the traffic ... have a child or two staying with them The less fortunate ones may have to pine their lives away in an old-folk home or in their empty house that once was filled with the sound of children’s laughter...
... healthcare, including healthcare information, indeveloping countries? Mobile telephone subscriptions have been growing rapidly since the 1980s in both developing and developed countries Subscriptions ... to the end-user as well as society since supportive law would need to be implemented in many countries Nonetheless, in mobile infrastructure indeveloping countries, privacy/security and authentication ... health information and the like [64] From a business point of view, mobile telephone companies make their profit inthe private sector They are only likely to invest in such technology inthe public...
... methadone clinics inthe country Methods Liuzhou is the second largest city of Guangxi The reported number of heroin users inthe Liuzhou City is around 7000 The clinic is housed within the Skin and ... staffed by doctors, counselor, nurses, pharmacists and other supporting administrative personnel We reviewed the case records and workload statistics of the Clinic since the clinic's opening in May ... Journal 2007, 4:8 There are lessons to be learned from the recent initiatives of China where the HIV spread in heroin users has taken root in some provinces, especially those bordering the Golden Triangle...
... of the concoctions they administer to their clients The effect of such antibiotic-laced concoctions would be to accumulate inthe system of the recipients at sub-therapeutic doses, increasing the ... success indevelopingcountries unless some basic issues are addressed Basic issues Poverty is a major factor inthe development of AMR indevelopingcountries [19] Poverty encourages the patronage ... and economic factors hinder their implementation One way to get around the hurdles inthe way of implementing these solutions is to adopt a multi-sectoral approach involving the formation of various...
... characteristics of the RBC formed on that day The seven columns on the right show the haematological findings inthe blood as would be found in a standard haematological report folate; indeveloping countries, ... 11.7 11.7 The rows in normal print show the levels with normal haemopoiesis; the rows in bold print show the changes in levels during iron-deficiency The columns marked with a * show the characteristics ... resulting from acute infection, there is an early and prolonged rise inthe RDW-CV% before the other parameters indicate anaemia The RDW-CV% remains high until the blood is populated entirely by...
... reduction inthe transfer of information and online transactions However due to a lack of infrastructure in most developing countries, theThe Electronic Journal on Information Systems inDevelopingCountries ... to the failure of e-government indevelopingcountriesby examining research undertaken by Heeks (1998; 2002; 2003), which provides clear-cut situations that often result in failures By examining ... focus of technology is the ordering of the relationship between the administration and the citizen, in setting the boundaries between the state and the market, and in ensuring of greater accountability...
... evaded, innovating firms and firms that use formal finance are more likely to be net victims The findings point to the challenges facing innovators indevelopingcountries and the role of banks in ... Maksimovic (forthcoming) for highlighting the importance of thinking about innovation broadly indevelopingcountries 11 Informal Financing which is a dummy variable that takes the value if the firm reported ... margin is defined as the margin by which sales price exceeds operating costs We also have a dummy variable indicating whether or not the firm was profitable in 2003 Second, indeveloping countries, ...