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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Léon G. Blaise Savadogo, Bernard Ilboudo, Maurice Kinda, Nacro Boubacar, Philippe Hennart, Michèle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen
Appropriate use of antibiotics remains critical for success in achieving MDG4. The aim of this study was to investigate antibiotics prescribing practices to febrile under-five children outpatients in urban public health services in a low income country. Metho…
Abubaker Ibrahim Elbur, M. A. Yousif, Ahmed S. A. El Sayed, Manar E. Abdel-Rahman
Purpose: This study was conducted to audit prophylactic antibiotic use and to quantify the rate of wound infection. Methods: Across-sectional prospective study was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan duri…
Giovanna Blandino, Silvana Mastrojeni, Rosanna Inturri, Agata Sciacca, Giuseppe Nicoletti
Understanding local susceptibility patterns is important when selecting antimicrobials for initial empirical antibiotic-therapy of bloodstream infections. Because the determination of susceptibility is dependent on the breakpoints used, the aim of the study w…
Ekene Vivienne Ezenduka, Oboegbulem Steve Ike, Nwanta John Anaelom
A cross sectional survey was conducted in three major poultry markets at Enugu Urban area of Enugu State, South Eastern, Nigeria, to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial residues in commercial broiler birds using Premi? Test Kit. Antimicrobials generally…
Katarina Hedin, Annika Brorsson, Sigvard Mölstad, Eva Lena Strandberg
Background and Aim: Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is a common reason for consulting primary health care. Antibiotic prescribing for RTIs varies among physicians indicating that national guidelines are not always adhered to. The aim was to study if antibio…
Seyed Mansour Razavi, Ahmad Masoud, Hosein Ziaee Ardakani, Soheila Dabiran
Background: The sources of respiratory dis orders commonly occurred during the Hajj ceremony are now challenging and its infectious or allergic nature remained unknown. The present comprehensive study was conducted to assess sources of respiratory disorders i…
Eugenia Amporfu
The difficulty of assessing funds to directly fund healthcare for the poor makes governments adopt user fee in the health system. Many studies have shown how user fee can cause the poor to under utilize healthcare but not on how it can lead to the waste of re…
Soheyla Dabiran, Seyed Mansour Razavi, Ahmad Sabouri Kashani, Mojgan Karbakhsh, Haleh Naser-Hodjati, Far Peyafarin
Background: Respiratory disorders are the most common diseases among Iranian pilgrims in Hajj. Some studies recommended flu and pneumococcal vaccines separately or in combination to reduce respiratory diseases occurrence and its morbidity. These effects are n…
Mary Brauchla, Katherine Reidenbach, Selena Baker, Sean McCabe, Sibylle Kranz
The aim of this community-based, randomized- controlled prospective nutrition intervention study was to assess the impact of serving high-fiber snacks twice a day to a sample of school-age children on their dietary fiber intake and health-related quality of l…
Shota Saito, Utako Shimizu, Zhang Nan, Junji Yokoyama, Mayumi Watanabe, Kenshi Terajima, Kohei Akazawa
Although infliximab (IFX) is effective for inducing and maintaining remission in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), it is much more expensive than other treatments. The aim of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of several therapies, including I…
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