Partial altitudinal migration of a Himalayan Forest pheasant.
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Extremely high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Bhutan.
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Suicide and suicidal ideation among Bhutanese refugees--United States, 2009-2012.
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During the period February 2009-February 2012, the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported 16 suicides among the approximately 57,000 Bhutanese refugees who had resettled in the United States since 2008. In 2012, the office requested assistance from CDC and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center to identify risk factors that might be associated with suicidal ideation among Bhutanese refugees. In collaboration with the Massachusetts refugee health center, CDC conducted a survey of randomly selected Bhutanese refugees in four U.S. states with large populations of resettled refugees. The results indicated significant associations between ever having expressed suicidal ideation and current self-reported symptoms of mental health disorder (e.g., anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder) and postmigration difficulties (e.g., family conflict or inability to find work). The findings highlight the need for development of culturally appropriate community-based interventions for suicide prevention and standard procedures for monitoring and reporting suicides and suicide attempts in the Bhutanese refugee population. (+info)
Antibiotics resistance rate of Helicobacter pylori in Bhutan.
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Chikungunya fever outbreak, Bhutan, 2012.
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Update: vitamin B12 deficiency among Bhutanese refugees resettling in the United States, 2012.
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In 2008, clinicians performing routine medical examinations in the United States reported high rates of hematologic and neurologic disorders caused by vitamin B12 deficiency in resettled Bhutanese refugees. To confirm this finding, CDC screened Bhutanese refugees' serum samples for vitamin B12 levels and found vitamin B12 deficiency in 64% (n = 99) of samples obtained before departure and 27% (n = 64) of samples obtained after arrival in the United States. In response, CDC recommended that arriving Bhutanese refugees receive oral vitamin B12 supplements and nutrition advice. In 2012, based on anecdotal reports of decreasing rates of vitamin B12 deficiency in this population, CDC worked with select domestic refugee health programs to determine if the recommendations had reduced the vitamin B12 deficiency rate among Bhutanese refugees. (+info)
Primary medical care in Bhutan.
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I describe a systematic method of planning primary medical services for Bhutan in the light of the needs of the community and coping with current problems which include an infant mortality rate of 153. Objectives were defined which included decentralizing decision taking as much as possible by establishing relatively independent health units consisting of a team of three staff caring for about 10,000 people.I believe that the principle of adapting health services to meet the needs of the local community is equally valid in the United Kingdom. (+info)