Contact screening is a key component in national tuberculosis (TB) programs and is an active case finding strategy to identify more TB cases. It involves systematic screening of the contacts of known TB patients…
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PRESS RELEASE: This year’s Nobel Laureate discovered and elucidated mechanisms underlying autophagy, a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components…
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The current prequalified oral cholera vaccines provide over 80% (direct) protection in the first 6 mo after vaccination, with protection of up to 65% for 5 y estimated in an endemic settin. However, this estimate does not include herd protection…
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There has been substantial progress in reducing maternal, neonatal and under-five mortality rates over the past two decades…
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INTRODUCTION With the high costs and paperwork that is involved many rural hospitals even in the West do not seek accreditations of health care organizations [1]. Also the rural hospitals have been shielded from many of the external pressures to improve quality till now. In USA Joint Commission for the…
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Pharmacy is one of the most important revenue generating areas of the hospital and a well-run pharmacy could generate a lot of income for the hospital…
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Treatment Contact Coverage for Probable Depressive and Probable Alcohol Use Disorders in Four Low- and Middle-Income Country Districts
Mental, neurological and substance use disorders are the fifth-leading cause of disability-adjusted life years, with up to 3.8% of the global burden attributed to depression and…
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