Geographic accessibility around health care facilities for elderly residents in Hong Kong: a microscale walkability assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-646 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Geographic Accessibility ◽  
Care Facilities

The challenge of patient empowerment in hand hygiene promotion in health care facilities in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent C.C. Cheng ◽  
Shuk-Ching Wong ◽  
Ivan W.Y. Wong ◽  
Pui-Hing Chau ◽  
Simon Y.C. So ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Patient Empowerment ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Hygiene Promotion

ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL USES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS ON PNEUMONIA BY THE GUJJAR AND PAHARI TRIBES OF POONCH DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMIL AHMED KHAN ◽  
RAJINDER PAUL
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Care Facilities

Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of enormous natural resources including the wealth of medicinal plants. The present paper deals with 12 medicinal plant species belonging to 8 genera of angiosperms used on pneumonia in cattle such as cows, sheep, goats and buffaloes in different areas of Poonch district. Due to poverty and nonavailability of modern health care facilities, the indigenous people of the area partially or fully depend on surrounding medicinal plants to cure the different ailments of their cattles. Further research on modern scientific line is necessary to improve their efficacy, safety and validation of the traditional knowledge.

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