• QECH is an urban district hospital, which takes direct admissions and referrals from surrounding district health centers. (cdc.gov)
  • Neonates may also be referred from surrounding health centers in Blantyre District if problems occur immediately after delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • It has areas of dense urban slums, poorly demarcated trading centers, open markets along busy roads, light and medium industry, a tertiary level hospital, and a university campus. (bmj.com)
  • Proportion of health facilities/points (district hospitals, health centers and drug kits managed by trained village health volunteers) providing integrated MCH services (national average and by poverty category and rural/urban). (who.int)
  • The risk of maternal death is increased by limited access to hospitals, with 80 percent of the population living outside urban centers. (hrw.org)
  • All these studies were done in urban centers. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • In this zone there are 3 general hospitals, 1 comprehensive specialized referral hospital, 6 primary hospitals, 54 health centers and around 200 health posts with 1582 health care workers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods Using a phased scale-up design between August 2006 and November 2009, 14 primary healthcare clinics, one community health centre, one district hospital and one tertiary hospital in a subdistrict were recruited into a 'learning network' using QI methods to facilitate cross-facility learning/mentorship/support. (bmj.com)
  • Referral centre for first contact health facilities, supervision, training, participation in the District Health Management Team. (maximuse.one)
  • The Hospital has a full range of rehabilitation services, is the designated District Stroke Centre for our region, and provides community-based mental health services throughout Renfrew County. (pemreghos.org)
  • These outbreaks are required to be reported by the hospitals as soon as possible to the National Surveillance Unit of the National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD). (who.int)
  • General health care in the region been reduced to a minimum is provided predominantly by ALGERIA, SETIF (1998-2002) thanks to a careful control of ALGERIA, SETIF (1998-2002) the CHU (University Hospital name, sex, date of birth and Centre) and 6 other hospitals, diagnosis. (who.int)
  • The registry, founded in 1989, is located in the epidemiology and The populations of 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 are estimated on preventive Medicine service of the Hospital Mere Enfant of the the basis of the1998 National Census. (who.int)
  • A community-based cross-sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection was conducted in Goba district of Bale Zone in the south Eastern Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Conclusion A QI approach, using learning networks to teach simple data-driven methods for addressing system failures, with increased training and resource inputs, can assist districts to quickly reach universal coverage targets. (bmj.com)
  • The primary healthcare system has a fundamental role in to stunting, wasting is patent to the child's current improving the health status of any country's population. (who.int)
  • The following is a list of hospitals in the Volta Region of Ghana as well as Health Centres. (wikipedia.org)
  • The existence of high schools, hospitals and district authorities plays a role in defining regional centres. (statistik.at)
  • The classification of municipalities outside of urban and regional centres was based on commuting connections (residential municipality - working municipality, but without taking transport routes into account). (statistik.at)
  • A qualitative In-Depth Interview study was conducted among the primary care physicians at seventeen urban primary health care centres at Bhubaneswar city of Odisha, India. (researchsquare.com)
  • Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in the world, delivery system that includes: basic health units (BHUs), comprising a population that is 66% rural and 34% urban rural health centres (RHCs), tehsil headquarters (THQ), ( 2 ). (who.int)
  • This study aims to assess the diabetes self-care behaviours of patients attending two tertiary hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In South Africa (SA), >2.4 million cases of COVID-19 and >72 000 deaths were recorded between March 2020 and 1 August 2021, affecting the country's 52 districts to various extents. (bvsalud.org)
  • For the 52 districts of SA, 26 COVID-19 indicators such as hospital admissions, deaths in hospital and mobility were ranked and hierarchically clustered with cases to identify which indicators can be used as indicators for severity or resurgence risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • The population density is 87 square kilometres with 30% of the population living in urban areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stage I: the 18 parishes in Kawempe were divided into seven strata, based on population density. (bmj.com)
  • The urban-rural typology is primarily based on factors such as population and employment density. (statistik.at)
  • Districts with high mobility, population size and density were found to be at highest risk of resurgence. (bvsalud.org)
  • are collected, including the date of diagnosis, the site, and the It represents 4.7% of the national population at a density of 213 morphology. (who.int)
  • However, Pakistan with one of the most widely spread district health system networks in the region, has not delivered at the expected capacity. (who.int)
  • Clinicians were not aware of African populations vary widely ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Investigate the mobile, technology-based and outreach services provided to rural populations to gauge their effectiveness in reducing health inequities in those communities. (rnzcgp.org.nz)
  • 6. In many countries, hospital beds are inadequate and inequitably distributed between rural and urban areas, with availability ranging from 0.9 to 2.9 beds per 1,000 people.8 Lack of national health infrastructure development planning and irrational interference in the location of hospitals account for this situation. (who.int)
  • The number of inpatient beds available relative to the total population for the same geographical area. (who.int)
  • This includes total hospital beds (for long-term and acute care), maternity beds and pediatric beds, but not delivery beds. (who.int)
  • District and national databases provide the number of beds. (who.int)
  • In terms of accessibility, we found that 47.2% of the population are within 5 km of a hospital with ≥50 beds, and this percentage ranged from 87.0% in City of Cape Town to 0% in Namakwa district. (bvsalud.org)
  • Interpreting the results practitioners and hospitals for Arrangements have been made a total of 2115 beds, or 1 bed with the hospitals outside the per 690 inhabitants. (who.int)
  • The sampled population excluded all prisoners in prisons, patients in hospitals, people residing in boarding houses and hotels (whether temporary or semi-permanent). (worldbank.org)
  • Outcomes of cataract surgery in a rural and urban south Indi. (lww.com)
  • 12 ] The purpose of this study was to report the visual outcome of cataract surgery and associated factors that influenced visual outcomes in the population we studied. (lww.com)
  • We further compared outcomes between the rural and urban populations. (lww.com)
  • In order to lower medical costs while achieving better outcomes, and to support "aging in place," it is necessary to decentralize treatment from acute care hospitals to outpatient clinics, as well as community- and home-based care. (metropolismag.com)
  • Retrospective chart review analysis was conducted to determine effects of integrated care on bidirectional screening and treatment outcomes for both TB patients and people with DM (PWD) recruited in eight Malawian hospitals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Rural and urban populations in Nepal remain highly vulnerable to infection, disease, and mortality due to HEV. (jhu.edu)
  • APRNs, in states with full practice authority, are developing practices outside hospital walls to increase access of care to the most vulnerable while leveraging emerging reimbursement from commercial healthcare providers. (medscape.com)
  • In order to obtain a close estimate of the population, the 1988 national census figures and census figures from the ivermectin distribution team were used to define the sampling frame for the study. (bmj.com)
  • The census is more than a simple population count. (naswil.org)
  • Thursday night's Skid Row homeless census included appearances by two Cabinet members: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald. (fsrn.org)
  • The sample was based on the 1991 Population Census enumerator areas. (worldbank.org)
  • The 1991 population Census was used as a basis for the weighting for the OHS 1995. (worldbank.org)
  • Papua New Guinea national population census quarterly news : final edition National Statistical Office. (who.int)
  • Technical report : 1980 national population census National Statistical Office. (who.int)
  • 1980 national population census : pre-release summary of final figures National Statistical Office. (who.int)
  • Visit rates for the total population are based on sets of estimates of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population developed by the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Division and reflect the population as of July 1 of each year during 2015-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • The end goal is to provide equal distribution of vaccines proportional to district populations, which will provide fair protection. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is divided into 18 administrative districts with Ho as the regional capital. (wikipedia.org)
  • To examine the area characteristics affecting the prescription of antibiotics and injections in primary care practices in the treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTIs), a nationwide cross-sectional study was performed in all 250 administrative districts of Korea. (snu.ac.kr)
  • Districts such as Buffalo City, City of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay experienced very severe first and second waves of the pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • A study on determinants of immunisation coverage among 12-23 monthsold children slums of Lucknow district, India Indian J Med Sci. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Evaluation of immunisation in urban slums of Jamnagar city. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • visits to her catchment area population citizens is back on the agenda. (who.int)
  • This study was designed to provide prospective data on falls in a healthy adult population presenting to The Ulster Hospital, a large district general hospital in Dundonald, Northern Ireland, with a total catchment population of 300 000, about 65 000 new attendances per annum in a mixed urban/rural environment. (bmj.com)
  • CannonDesign 's plan for Jaypee Sports City features a continuous 10-mile park woven through a dense urban fabric of high- and low-rise developments. (metropolismag.com)
  • in their study conducted in a rural district of India on challenges in primary care for diabetes and hypertension management have found fragmented care and a poor health information system as major barriers faced by physicians in quality management. (researchsquare.com)
  • The never ending queues outside the clinics, jam packed hospitals, and the backlogs of the surgeries, this is the typical scene outside any hospital in India. (countercurrents.org)
  • India comprises a population of 1,380 million people. (countercurrents.org)
  • Now, let us throw some light on the potential reasons responsible for the significant lack of healthcare professionals as well as the health inequality among rural and urban India. (countercurrents.org)
  • If done effectively in rest of the geographical terrains of India, this would not only bridge the gap between the number of doctors per population, at the same time, it would significantly decrease the health inequalities in urban and rural setup. (countercurrents.org)
  • Childhood tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) and active healthcare clinics in the Tshwane subdistricts 3 and 4, the referral contact tracing, as per the South African (SA) national TB guidelines, area of the Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital. (who.int)
  • Around 22% of the population of New Zealand (1 million inhabitants) is exposed to significant earthquake risk. (oecd-ilibrary.org)
  • The model general district hospital should offer a broad service package for the inhabitants of its district based not on excluding medical disciplines, but based on patient severity, chronic diseases, etc. (maximuse.one)
  • After adjust sting for other factors on the multivariable logistic model, being in the urban area [AOR: 4.1 (95%C.I: 2.31-7.30)] and getting postnatal counseling [AOR: 2.7(1.86-3.94)] were independent predictors of timely initiation of breastfeeding. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and determinant factors of timely initiation of breastfeeding among mothers in Bale Goba District, South East Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu, increased prevalence of thalassemia is noted in the tribal population at Sitheri. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • In the Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu, there is increased prevalence of thalassemia in the tribal population at Sitheri and its surrounding hamlets. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • This study, designed to complement a large population survey on prevalence of stroke risk factors, assessed knowledge and perception of stroke and associated factors. (mak.ac.ug)
  • A RHC is a contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), and deliveries by second-level healthcare facility that serves a population skilled birth attendants (SBA) ( 2,4-7 ). (who.int)
  • Located approximately 150 kilometers north-west of Ottawa, the Pembroke Regional Hospital delivers a broad range of acute, post-acute, outpatient and diagnostic services to a mixed urban and rural population of approximately 55,000 residents in the City of Pembroke, the Town of Petawawa, and surrounding municipalities. (pemreghos.org)
  • All the 7 district health authorities surveyed had monthly targets for number of normal deliveries and the outpatient department. (who.int)
  • The characteristics of migrants' home districts will predominately reflect the socioeconomic profile of these states. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The study was conducted during 14 months from May 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005, at QECH in Blantyre District. (cdc.gov)
  • Birth and death statistics for Blantyre for the study period were obtained directly from QECH and the Blantyre District Health Office. (cdc.gov)
  • The study aimed to describe women's childbirth experiences in two state hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal. (scielo.org.za)
  • Population-based cross-sectional study of subjects aged 40 years or more. (lww.com)
  • 8 - 11 ] The Chennai glaucoma study (CGS) is a population-based cross-sectional study in a rural and an urban south Indian population aged ≥40 years. (lww.com)
  • The districts were selected by using simple random sampling technique, and all the HEWs in the districts were included in the study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We enrolled 2363 pregnant women in a community-based cohort study in Sarlahi District and followed threm through three months postpartum. (jhu.edu)
  • Ten District Hospitals in Malawi's Central Region were selected based on proximity to a Lilongwe based research organization in partnership with this study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study was funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Islamabad as part of evaluation of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Project. (plos.org)
  • The present study was undertaken in the pediatric OPD of medical college hospital among children(n=194) in the age group of 12 to 60 months. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • A hospital and clinic based study by Potter 3 provides the only published data on causes of blindness in the country. (bmj.com)
  • The town of Bossangoa with its newly established eye hospital provided the base for the study. (bmj.com)
  • The descriptive study comprised retrospective investigation of local hospital medical records and surveillance data, and interviews with school teachers, doctors, probable cases and their close contacts. (who.int)
  • Approximately 88% of the Ugandan population live in rural areas. (bmj.com)
  • Children living in rural areas are twice as likely to die in their first five years of life compared to children living in urban areas. (hrw.org)
  • Nine of the District Hospitals represented rural/semi-urban areas of the Central Region with just one hospital serving patients from a urban area. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Not only is there a paucity of health workers, they are also stuffed in the urban areas, completely depriving the rural regions of standard healthcare. (countercurrents.org)
  • We already know that migrants will go back from urban industrial hubs to their homes in rural areas. (hindustantimes.com)
  • No other city in China presents such a stark contrast between its urban and surrounding areas. (npr.org)
  • The report noted that both economics and logistics have been factors in causing physicians to cluster in urban areas, leaving gaping geographic holes in what should be a uniform net of primary care providers. (crosscut.com)
  • They provide independent, economical primary care that studies have consistently found to be without compromise, and they often do so while serving populations in rural areas, on Indian reservations, and in underserved urban communities. (crosscut.com)
  • Districts with a high risk of resurgence and severity should be prioritised for vaccine roll-out, particularly the major metropolitan areas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Policymakers are discovering NP independent practice can increase access of care, particularly in urban and rural areas. (medscape.com)
  • About 48% of the population live in rural permits the information to be completed and checked before areas, and 99% are Sunni Muslims. (who.int)
  • 2. Hospitals have benefited from investments in human resources, infrastructure and equipment, and they have received a significant portion of public resources. (who.int)
  • Nurses are the backbone of care in every hospital, but we need greater public awareness of the full range of capabilities for which nurses are being educated today. (crosscut.com)
  • Florida's public health authorities are working with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District to try and decrease the local mosquito population. (cdc.gov)
  • These public generalists, 278 private outside hospitals are visited generalists, 2944 public nurses regularly to collect records, but and 50 private nurses. (who.int)
  • Only 24% of households in these districts had access to a private water source in 2016 (Chart 3). (hindustantimes.com)
  • As many as 58% of the households in these districts practised open defecation in 2016. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The proportion of estimated need for HAART met in the region increased from 35.8% to 72.4% at a time of rapid population growth. (bmj.com)
  • Five hundred and twenty-eight (216 males, 312 females, 781 eyes) rural subjects (13.5%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 12.4% to 14.6%) and 406 (197 males, 209 females, 604 eyes) urban subjects (10.5%, 95% CI 9.6-11.5%) had undergone cataract surgery. (lww.com)
  • 5. Hospitals have undergone many changes in the last four decades. (who.int)
  • En este estudio se analizan las recomendaciones del Informe Goldmark para el ajuste en la formación de las (los) enfermeras (os) en dos áreas: la tuberculosis y las enfermedades nerviosas y mentales. (bvsalud.org)
  • Los resultados mostraron que las Escuelas de Enfermería y Cursos en el momento cumplieron mas los requisitos de sus instituciones, patrocinadores y formadoras , que de seguir las directrices del informe, para incluir, en sus planes de estudio, materiales específicos para la tuberculosis y enfermedades mentales. (bvsalud.org)
  • Tuberculosis the hospital, stigma and segregation. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 30% of rural and 16% of urban subjects uncorrected refraction was the cause of visual impairment. (lww.com)
  • AIMS A population based survey of blindness and visual impairment was conducted in the district of Bossangoa, Central African Republic. (bmj.com)
  • NRHP members are working every day to make high quality hospital-based healthcare services available to the rural communities in Nevada. (nrhp.org)
  • The increase of the world population, resistance against antibiotics and pandemics make healthcare more important. (maximuse.one)
  • A suitable approach towards a service concept depends on the specific characteristics of a hospital, a healthcare region or a healthcare system. (maximuse.one)
  • Objectives -To describe and contrast injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. (bmj.com)
  • This leads to an overwhelming number of urban practitioners. (countercurrents.org)
  • Investigate and remedy the current shortfall of vocationally registered general practitioners, rural hospital doctors and other health professionals in order to meet current demand for services, and also to make recommendations to future-proof New Zealand's medical workforce in light of the high numbers that will retire in the next 10 years. (rnzcgp.org.nz)
  • And the International Community Health Services clinic in the Seattle Chinatown-International District established a highly successful nurse practitioner residency program that has attracted and retained newly graduated nurse practitioners. (crosscut.com)
  • ADVANCES IN NURSING regulations alongside strained access to primary care for an aging population present entrepreneurial opportunity for nurse practitioners (NPs), especially NPs in states with full practice authority. (medscape.com)
  • Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia grant advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) full practice authority, wherein APRN practice is governed solely by the local board of nursing and practice is absent any locally regulated non-nursing involvement or physician involvement (American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2017). (medscape.com)
  • It is the only major hospital providing free care in Blantyre. (cdc.gov)
  • In contrast, urban settings have congested housing, better physical health care access, a wider range of economic activity, roads with busy vehicle and pedestrian traffic, but little provision for pedestrians and cyclists. (bmj.com)
  • 1. Despite efforts made by countries, the situation of hospitals in the African Region is getting worse in both scope and quality of health care. (who.int)
  • Despite these efforts, the situation of hospitals is getting worse in terms of both the scope and quality of health care they provide. (who.int)
  • 3. Given the importance of hospitals, the Regional Committee, at its thirty-eighth session, adopted resolution AFR/RC38/R123 on improving primary health care (PHC) through hospital sector development, and the forty-second session adopted resolution AFR/RC42/R64 on reorientation and restructuring of hospitals based on PHC. (who.int)
  • CCR defines a hospital as "a health facility that, under an organized medical staff, offers and provides twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week inpatient services, emergency medical and surgical care, continuous nursing services, and necessary ancillary services, to individuals for diagnosis or treatment of injury, illness, pregnancy or disability. (who.int)
  • This paper provides an overview of the district health system infrastructure and organization of primary health care services in Pakistan, the evolving governance pattern and the operational significance and merit of health system pillars for effective service implementation. (who.int)
  • Tertiary health care is provided by medical college hospitals, and the district and sub-divisional hospitals render secondary care. (researchsquare.com)
  • Working together with the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax, Nova Scotia, we created a plan to shift the city's centralized health system to neighborhood-centered care. (metropolismag.com)
  • In spring 1994, a population based survey was undertaken in the north western district of Bossangoa as part of the development of a primary health care and prevention of blindness programme in the area. (bmj.com)
  • Serving Lander County residents and visitors, Battle Mountain General Hospital (BMGH) is a community-oriented health care facility dedicated to patient safety and quality care. (nrhp.org)
  • An accurate count of Illinois' population is essential to ensure that the state receives the funding it needs to properly care for its residents and provide critical services and programs. (naswil.org)
  • All health professionals and auxiliary workers at governmental health care facilities of central zone of Tigray were the source population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A District Health System based on Primary Health Care is a more or less self-contained segment of the National Health System. (maximuse.one)
  • It includes all institutions and individuals providing health care in the District, whether governmental, private or traditional. (maximuse.one)
  • It includes self-care and all health workers and facilities, up to and including the hospital at first referral level and appropriate laboratory, other diagnostic and logistic support services. (maximuse.one)
  • Delivery of hospital based services (diagnostic, therapeutic and institutional care). (maximuse.one)
  • With the dedicated support of nearly 900 staff members, and an engaged physician community, the Pembroke Regional Hospital provides acute services in emergency and intensive care, medical/surgical care, acute mental health, orthopaedics and obstetrics. (pemreghos.org)
  • Elevating the role of nursing and nursing education will ultimately mean better access to care - especially primary care - particularly in states such as Washington that have substantial rural and underserved populations. (crosscut.com)
  • Despite the was fatal in half of the affected population, the Psychiatric Reform, nurses accumulate crystal- result of poor living conditions of the urban lized experiences, which disregard the partic- middle classes who lived in crowded tenements ularities of individuals and neglecting the care common in the center of the Federal District in demands of each situation. (bvsalud.org)
  • He is owner and president of District Primary Care, LLC (DPC). (medscape.com)
  • National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2015-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • Under this are 18 municipal and district health directorates and a total of 84 health sub-districts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Approximately 70% of the total Indian population resides in rural regions, where only 3% of the total doctors practice. (countercurrents.org)
  • It owns three urban and nine rural districts with a total population of 1,352,557: (663,191 males). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The total population for the same geographical area. (who.int)
  • A BHU is a hosting over 50% of the country's total population ( 2-3 ). (who.int)
  • During 2015-2018, there were annual averages of 42 ED visits per 100 total population, 42 ED visits per 100 nonhomeless persons, and 203 ED visits per 100 homeless persons. (cdc.gov)
  • After decades selected peri-urban population of the significance of health system pillars and of focusing on vertical disease control country with a workforce of 100 000. (who.int)
  • Zhao Yanjing, an urban planner at Xiamen University, adds that Beijing has been trying unsuccessfully for decades to control its population. (npr.org)
  • Smart D8, one of five Smart Districts of the Smart Dublin programme designed to improve health and wellbeing in an urban population, has today announced the successful applicants from their third call for pilot projects. (thedigitalhub.com)
  • States that even meet the WHO standards comprise few districts with poor health indices, as doctors tend to congest the cities. (countercurrents.org)
  • Taken together, the Boomer and Millennial generations generally comprise half the population of a typical city. (metropolismag.com)
  • About 12% of the population reside in small towns along a highway and the remainder is entirely rural. (bmj.com)
  • It is equally hard to understand why there is no real pressure to deal seriously with declining rural schools or the threatened closing of hospitals in our small towns. (ibj.com)
  • Isolating oneself may not be a trivial endeavour for returnee migrants: a typical household in the home districts has 5.9 members in contrast to 4.6 members in other districts. (hindustantimes.com)
  • In the urban setting 2322 households, with 10 982 people, were surveyed. (bmj.com)
  • These districts accounted for almost three-fourths of the migrant-sending households in the country. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The fact that less than half of the households in migrants' home districts may be able to comply with recommended hand-washing with soap practices further reveals their vulnerability. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Health information system focused trainings were found to be positively associated with actual competency levels and being a hospital or health center head was found to be associated negatively to the actual competency levels of health workers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Field counts : all provinces and districts National Statistical Office. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) prescribes the ratio of 1:1000, that is, one doctor for a population of 1000 individuals. (countercurrents.org)
  • Ten District Hospitals were selected for data collection and 2 participants were interviewed from each site ( N = 20). (biomedcentral.com)
  • 1] Previously published an urban district in the Gauteng Province of SA, has 7 service data documented suboptimal TPT implementation in the SA delivery regions and a population of 3 275 152. (who.int)
  • According to the most recent data provided by the Health Ministry in 2019, we have an active population of 1.16 million doctors, of which only 80%, or 0.9 million are practicing. (countercurrents.org)
  • The population at risk for onchocerciasis infection is estimated to be 1.5 million for the whole country (unpublished data). (bmj.com)
  • In this article, we stitch together several different data sets to understand the characteristics of their home districts and some potential challenges that await them. (hindustantimes.com)
  • To approximate the districts migrants will potentially return to, we rely on the most recent data available from the National Sample Survey, 2007-08. (hindustantimes.com)
  • We use data on both interstate seasonal migrants and recent migrants who moved for economic reasons.Since most of the return migration is expected to be geographically concentrated, we focus on the top 25% districts in the country that are most likely to receive migrants (Chart 1). (hindustantimes.com)
  • Data collected includes population data, particulars of dwellings and data on services and on perceived quality of life. (worldbank.org)
  • The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is Magisterial District. (worldbank.org)
  • Additional data are required on the performance of the tests in the South African population, especially with regard to development and persistence of antibody responses and whether antibodies are protective against reinfection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Visit rates for the homeless population are based on sets of estimates of the U.S. homeless population, reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from data collected on a single night in January of each year during 2015-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • Settings -One rural and one urban community in Uganda. (bmj.com)
  • Consequently, we report results from an urban community survey, conducted in June 1997, and a rural survey, conducted in November 1998. (bmj.com)
  • The initial work of Smart D8 focused on significant community research to measure unmet population health and wellness needs. (thedigitalhub.com)
  • See the difference our member hospitals and their community partners are making in the lives of the patients they serve. (nrhp.org)
  • Banner Churchill Community Hospital (BCCH) is a 25-bed licensed hospital that opened in 1996. (nrhp.org)
  • We tested sera collected from healthy adults in Biratnagar and Dharan before the outbreak and from patients seen at three hospitals in Biratnagar during the outbreak. (jhu.edu)
  • The population seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgG was low in Biratnagar (~5.6%) before the outbreak. (jhu.edu)
  • The Gurvantes district in Omnogovi Province reported a suspected mumps outbreak to the Mongolia Ministry of Health in March 2011. (who.int)
  • the outbreak affected an estimated 5% of the population ( see report ). (cdc.gov)
  • Review district health board boundaries according to current population health needs and population mobility information. (rnzcgp.org.nz)
  • Twelve miles away, volunteers in the Skid Row district had to do nothing more than step outside the gates of the Los Angeles Mission to find thousands of men and women who live in one of the most dense homeless populations in the country. (fsrn.org)
  • When asked specifically about the 26 homeless vets found at the VA Hospital, Secretary McDonald said his biggest hope for them is that "we do something with that land to be able to provide housing for them. (fsrn.org)
  • With a count somewhere around 4,000, Los Angeles County also has the country's largest population of homeless veterans. (fsrn.org)
  • A search of a section of the business district and the area around the Beverly Hills Civic Center uncovered evidence of eight homeless people including two encampments. (fsrn.org)
  • 4. Countries should systematically monitor and evaluate the performance of hospitals. (who.int)
  • Acute HEV markers varied geographically and by hospital. (jhu.edu)
  • Urban and rural accessibility were also explored as factors that could limit vaccine roll-out in hard-to-reach communities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although a resource-rich country, almost 40 percent of Papua New Guinea's (PNG) population lives in poverty. (hrw.org)
  • Assessments are yet to be completed in the south western districts of the country. (bmj.com)
  • The north west, including the district of Bossangoa, shows the highest levels of endemicity of onchocerciasis, as well as being the most densely populated region of the country. (bmj.com)
  • As migrants return from severely affected districts to their home districts concentrated in the northern and eastern parts of the country, practising strict self-isolation will be critical to limit the spread of the virus. (hindustantimes.com)
  • While access to a private source in these districts is still higher than other districts in the country, many still lack this necessity. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The country has a population of about 27 million and is growing at the rate of 3.1 percent (1991). (nzdl.org)
  • In view of the importance of hospitals in national health systems and the declining trend in hospital performance, it is necessary to review their role. (who.int)
  • 3. The document provides a framework for strengthening the role of hospitals in national health systems. (who.int)
  • Region despite significant endeavours initiated for improvement.1 The role of hospitals within national health systems is one of the fundamental issues which requires priority attention. (who.int)
  • 4. In view of the importance of hospitals in national health systems and because of their current poor performance, there is a need to review and strengthen their roles. (who.int)