Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) at antenatal care (ANC) settings allows pregnant women to learn the HIV status of themselves and their partners. Couples can make decisions together to prevent HIV transmission. In Thailand, men were tested at ANC settings only if their pregnant partners were HIV pos...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lolekha R,Kullerk N,Wolfe MI,Klumthanom K,Singhagowin T,Pattanasin S,Sombat P,Naiwatanakul T,Leartvanangkul C,Voramongkol N

更新日期：2014-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a substantial decrease in child mortality in Ethiopia over the past decade, neonatal mortality remains unchanged (37/1000 live-births). This paper describes a qualitative study on beliefs and practices on immediate newborn and postnatal care in four rural communities of Ethiopia conducted to inform d...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Degefie T,Amare Y,Mulligan B

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Given that many low income countries are heavily reliant on external assistance to fund their health sectors the acceptance of obligations of international assistance and cooperation with regard to the right to health (global health obligations) is insufficiently understood and studied by intern...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Hammonds R,Ooms G,Vandenhole W

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health research is shifting focus to the role of socioeconomic indicators in the promotion of health. As such an understanding of the roles that socio-economic factors play in improving health and health-seeking behaviour is important for public health policy. This is because the share of resources de...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Olaogun AA,Adebayo AA,Ayandiran OE,Olasode OA

更新日期：2006-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under the "two countries, one system" policy implemented by China to manage the return of Hong Kong's sovereignty, Hong Kong has maintained a comparatively prosperous economy within the Asian region. This has resulted in an environment which fosters migration from the mainland to Hong Kong, due largely to pr...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Wong WC,Holroyd E,Chan EY,Griffiths S,Bingham A

更新日期：2008-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Armed conflict potentially poses serious challenges to access and quality of maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services, resulting in increased maternal morbidity and mortality. The effects of armed conflict may vary from one setting to another, including the mechanisms/channels through which the confli...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Chi PC,Bulage P,Urdal H,Sundby J

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health status and lifestyle of migrants is often poorer than that of the general population of their host countries. The Nepalese represent a relatively small, but growing, immigrant community in the UK, about whom very little is known in term of public health. Therefore, our study examined the health an...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Adhikary P,Simkhada PP,van Teijlingen ER,Raja AE

更新日期：2008-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is an important component of national HIV programs, which are necessary to realize the right to health. VCT data also provide valuable information on regional HIV epidemiology. METHODS:The study examines data on the population that obtained HIV VCT in Kenema District,...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Kouyoumdjian FG,Seisay AL,Kargbo B,Khan SH

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Costa Rica, like other developing countries, is experiencing an increasing burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM), especially among its elderly population. This article has two goals: (1) to assess the level of metabolic control among the diabetic population age >or= 60 years old in Cost...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Brenes-Camacho G,Rosero-Bixby L

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care and protection of the estimated 143,000,000 orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide is of great importance to global policy makers and child service providers in low and middle income countries (LMICs), yet little is known about rates of child labour among OAC, what child and caregiver chara...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Whetten R,Messer L,Ostermann J,Whetten K,Pence BW,Buckner M,Thielman N,O'Donnell K,Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team.

更新日期：2011-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. There is therefore need to identify relevant factors associated with smoking among adolescents in order to better tailor public health interventions aimed at preventing smoking. METHODS:We used data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) c...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Siziya S,Muula AS,Rudatsikira E

更新日期：2008-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A traditional pathway for developing new health products begins with public research institutes generating new knowledge, and ends with the private sector translating this knowledge into new ventures. But while public research institutes are key drivers of basic research in sub-Saharan Africa, the private se...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Simiyu K,Masum H,Chakma J,Singer PA

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine whether training of providers participating in franchise clinic networks is associated with increased Family Planning service use among low-income urban families in Pakistan. METHODS:The study uses 2001 survey data consisting of interviews with 1113 clinical and non-clinical providers working i...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Qureshi AM

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myanmar/Burma has received increased development and humanitarian assistance since the election in November 2010. Monitoring the impact of foreign assistance and economic development on health and human rights requires knowledge of pre-election conditions. METHODS:From October 2008-January 2009, community-b...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Parmar PK,Benjamin-Chung J,Smith LS,Htoo SN,Laeng S,Lwin A,Mahn M,Maung C,Reh D,Shwe Oo EK,Lee T,Richards AK

更新日期：2014-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines have made a major contribution to public health, including the eradication of one deadly disease, small pox, and the near eradication of another, poliomyelitis.Through the introduction of new vaccines, such as those against rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases, and with further improvements in coverage, vaccin...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Duclos P,Okwo-Bele JM,Gacic-Dobo M,Cherian T

更新日期：2009-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diversity in Europe has both increased and become more complex posing challenges to both national and local welfare state regimes. Evidence indicates specific barriers for migrant, faith and minority ethnic groups when accessing healthcare. However, previous studies of health in diverse cities in European co...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Phillimore J,Bradby H,Knecht M,Padilla B,Brand T,Cheung SY,Pemberton S,Zeeb H

更新日期：2015-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Indian Ocean region, including Mauritius. National records suggest a prevalence of HIV in Mauritius of < 1% in the general population, which is one of the lowest prevalence rates in southern Africa. However, HIV-positive cases have been increasing recently i...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Nishimura YH,Ono-Kihara M,Mohith JC,Ngmansun R,Homma T,Diclemente RJ,Lang DL,Kihara M

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：: Corruption is a serious threat to global health outcomes, leading to financial waste and adverse health consequences. Yet, forms of corruption impacting global health are endemic worldwide in public and private sectors, and in developed and resource-poor settings alike. Allegations of misuse of funds and fraud in glo...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Mackey TK,Liang BA

更新日期：2012-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, thousands of children are acting in different roles in armed groups. Whereas human rights activism and humanitarian imperatives tend to emphasize the image of child soldiers as incapable victims of adults' abusive compulsion, this image does not fully correspond with prevailing pedagogical and jur...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Derluyn I,Vandenhole W,Parmentier S,Mels C

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a significant aspect of adolescents' growth, safeguarded by SRH rights (SRHR). Despite various global efforts to promote adolescents SRHR (ASRHR), the majority of adolescents still lack awareness and autonomy to access SRH related information and services. This researc...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Iqbal S,Zakar R,Zakar MZ,Fischer F

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this article we describe a phenomenological lifeworld study based on the theory of communicative action of 13 women with noncommunicable disease (NCDs) in a rural area in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to generate key concepts of health care access and the management of NCDs in a rural South A...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez D,Tollman SM

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are various harmful traditional practices and beliefs across the different parts of Ethiopia. Shilshalo, which is yet little known about, is one of these practices existing in Argoba, a community in Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia. This study was conducted to explore the various features ass...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Belete YM,Atlaw NK

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of the size of populations at risk of HIV is a key activity in the surveillance of the HIV epidemic. The existing framework for considering future research needs may provide decision-makers with a basis for a fair process of deciding on the methods of the estimation of the size of key populations ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Safarnejad A,Groot W,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children's Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver perceptions of proper child care, their experiences with having to work with child rights principles...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Darkwah E,Daniel M,Yendork JS

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biopiracy - the use of a people's long-established medical knowledge without acknowledgement or compensation - has been a disturbing historical reality and exacerbates the global rich-poor divide. Bioprospecting, however, describes the commercialization of indigenous medicines in a manner acceptable to the l...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Puri M,Masum H,Heys J,Singer PA

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:While there are biomedical drugs for managing diabetes mellitus, some patients with diabetes use traditional medicine. The aim of the study was to explore why patients with diabetes use traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes. METHODS:The study was conducted in Iganga and Bugiri dist...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Rutebemberwa E,Lubega M,Katureebe SK,Oundo A,Kiweewa F,Mukanga D

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women, especially those who marry as children, experience various forms and degrees of exclusion and discrimination. Early marriage is a harmful traditional practice that continues to affect millions around the world. Though it has declined over the years, it is still pervasive in developing countries. In Et...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Abera M,Nega A,Tefera Y,Gelagay AA

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing understanding of the role social determinants such as poverty, gender discrimination, racial prejudice, and economic inequality play on health and illness. While these determinants and effects may be challenging to identify in parts of high-income countries, they are patently obvious in ma...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Ventres WB,Fort MP

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The current political crisis, conflicts and riots in many Middle Eastern and African countries have led to massive migration waves towards Europe. European countries, receiving these migratory waves as first port of entry (POE) over the past few years, were confronted with several challenges as a result of the sheer v...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lionis C,Petelos E,Mechili EA,Sifaki-Pistolla D,Chatzea VE,Angelaki A,Rurik I,Pavlic DR,Dowrick C,Dückers M,Ajdukovic D,Bakic H,Jirovsky E,Mayrhuber ES,van den Muijsenbergh M,Hoffmann K

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the main treatment procedures is through medicine prescription. Considering the rising burden of drug costs, we conducted this study to estimate the impoverishing effects of medicine on Iranian households. METHOD:We carried out calculations based on the Iranian National Household Survey for the year ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Amiresmaili M,Emrani Z

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00