scholarly journals Measles Morbidity and Mortality in the Developed World are Greater than the Public Perceives

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S574-S574 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D Cherry ◽  
Ulrich Heininger
Keyword(s):  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Developed World

Measles (Rubeola) and Rubella: (1) Dangers of the Layman's Confusion (2) Mass Measles Immunization

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 978-978
Author(s):  
Norman Lewak
Keyword(s):  
Medical Profession ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Routine Immunization ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mass Immunization ◽  
Immunization Campaign

The apathy of the public (including the medical profession) in regard to the fact that measles can be a dangerous disease has been a concern of mine for the past few years (Pediatrics, 34:438, 1964). Because of that apathy, a mass immunization campaign never occurred and we had unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Routine immunization is now with us; the incidence of measles has finally declined. But the apathy has continued, and since immunity is far from universal, new epidemics are being forecast.

Fighting the Public Health Burden of AIDS With the Human Pegivirus

2019 ◽  
Vol 188 (9) ◽  
pp. 1586-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Greenhalgh ◽  
Rebecca Schmidt ◽  
Troy Day
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Hiv Aids

Abstract Highly active antiretroviral therapy has revolutionized the battle against human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). From its current global rollout, HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality has been greatly reduced, yet there exists substantial interest in the development of new therapies to further mitigate the HIV/AIDS health burden and to inhibit any fallout from the development of antiretroviral drug resistance. One potential intervention is the human pegivirus (HPgV). HPgV is not known to cause disease, and most remarkably it is shown to delay the progression of HIV to AIDS. However, the health benefit of increasing HPgV prevalence in the community of HIV-infected men remains unknown at the public health level. We evaluated the utility of HPgV biovaccination for mitigating the HIV/AIDS health burden using mathematical models. Importantly, our work considers the potential concern that HPgV will, itself, evolve to become disease-causing by permitting mutant disease-causing HPgV strains to potentially arise during treatment. Our findings show that HPgV biovaccination rates of 12.5%–50% annually could prevent 4.2–23.6 AIDS incidences and 3.3–18.8 AIDS deaths, and could save 2.9–18.6 disability-adjusted life years per 1,000 people. Together, these findings indicate that HPgV biovaccination could be an effective therapy for reducing HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality, and thus warrants further exploration.

scholarly journals Social and Material Status of Teachers from The Perspective of Teacher Education Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 257-270
Author(s):  
Filduza Prušević Sadović ◽  
Sefedin Šehović
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Human Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teacher Education Faculty ◽  
Developed World

The social status and position of teachers have changed throughout history and is conditioned by the development of human society. In the developed world, the teacher is a highly positioned member of society, part of the intellectual elite and a positive model of behavior. We are witnesses that the period of media development, the inflow of information, the collapse of previous value systems, led to a change in the evaluation and position of teachers in Serbia and the surrounding countries. Teachers are experiencing one of the most difficult periods. They are usually poorly paid, insufficiently valued, unmotivated. The paper describes positive examples of the attitude of social systems in the world towards teachers, where teachers are still part of the elite and where, thanks to a positive and encouraging attitude towards educators, societies experience prosperity in economic, cultural, material and other aspects of development. In this way, the assumption is confirmed that a society that invests in education and teaching staff, is profitable in the long run and has positive results in development. Also, the paper presents the results of research conducted by surveying students of the Teacher Education Faculty in Belgrade, in which we wanted to find out the attitudes, motives, and views of students about the position of teachers in society, and the projections of their future occupation. The results of the research show that students are motivated to work as teachers and that they like working with children and young people, but at the same time, they are aware of the unfavorable position of teachers in society and hope that this position can be improved by raising to make the public aware of the importance of teaching at the earliest age of students and stricter criteria when enrolling and selecting future teachers at faculties and schools.

scholarly journals Professional development as viewed by EFL teachers at lower secondary schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Rachmajanti ◽  
Gunadi Harry Sulistyo ◽  
Fika Megawati ◽  
Ayu Alif Nur Maharani Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Instructional Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Developed World ◽  
English Instruction

In the developed world, teachers are compelled to be professional in handling instructional process for students’ optimum learning. There are many ways for teacher professionalism. This study deals with an exploratory survey to probe EFL teachers’ views of teacher professionalism at the public and private lower secondary levels of education on the areas for professional development or learning. A number of  302 EFL teachers of the lower secondary level of education are conveniently drawn from a number of cities/regencies as samples of the present study representing EFL teachers with diverse teaching experiences in East Java. A questionnaire was developed to collect data on their ideas connected with aspects of developing themselves professionally. The results of the present study are discussed pertaining  to EFL teacher normative responsibilities and concepts on professional development/learning. Pedagogical and theoretical implications of the findings are drawn with reference to the context of English instruction.

scholarly journals What you need to know about imaging the liver

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Gaurav Bhattacharya ◽  
Michael Kabiri ◽  
Laura Callan
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Algorithm ◽  
Metastatic Lesion ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Imaging Modalities ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Hepatic Lesions ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Selection Of

Hepatic cancers are an increasing source of morbidity and mortality in the developing and the developed world. In this paper, we highlight the current imaging modalities used for various cystic and solid hepatic lesions. The rationale behind selection of these modalities and an efficient evidence‐based step‐bystep diagnostic algorithm are presented. Emphasis is placed on both identifying as well as differentiating between a benign, primary malignant and metastatic lesion.

scholarly journals Incorporating Issues of Elderly Loneliness into the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Public Health Response

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e13-e14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonny S. Patel ◽  
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Elderly Populations

ABSTRACTAs the systems that people depend on are increasingly strained by the coronavirus disease–2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, public health impacts are manifesting in different ways beyond morbidity and mortality for elderly populations. Loneliness is already a chief public health concern that is being made worse by COVID-19. Agencies should recognize the prevalence of loneliness among elderly populations and the impacts that their interventions have on loneliness. This letter describes several ways that loneliness can be addressed to build resilience for elderly populations as part of the public health response to COVID-19.

Nicotine Dependence: Diagnosis, Chemistry, and Pharmacologic Treatments

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 275-279
Author(s):  
Norman S. Miller ◽  
James A. Cocores
Keyword(s):  
Vietnam War ◽  
Tobacco Plant ◽  
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
The United States ◽  
Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
High Rate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Pharmacologic Treatments

Columbus brought tobacco to the Old World, and in the following centuries, tobacco smoking spread throughout the world, despite vigorous opposition. The tobacco plant was named Nicotiana tabacum after Jean Nicot, who promoted his belief that the plant had medicinal value. Nicotine, the basic addicting drug contained in cigarettes, may be the deadliest drug known to humans in terms of overall morbidity and mortality. The morbidity and mortality from nicotine addiction is greater than that from World Wars I and II, the Vietnam War, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), and heroin and cocaine addiction combined. Tobacco use is linked to more than 390 000 deaths per year in the United States alone. The powerful lobbying forces of the tobacco industry have managed to keep supplies of nicotine available to the public despite efforts from medical and legal bodies to reduce advertising and educate the public about the adverse consequences of nicotine use. The addictive potential of cigarettes and the extent to which nicotine is the active ingredient in generating and sustaining addiction has been debated. The reasons for the resistance to considering whether nicotine is addictive have origins in attitudes toward addiction. Free will and personal choice have prevailed as explanations for why a 20-cigarette per day smoker will receive more then 70 000 boluses of nicotine per year despite the high rate of morbidity and mortality associated with this drug.

PROTEINURIA IN PREECLAMPSIA: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGUS RITCHIE ◽  
MARK A BROWN
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Fetal Mortality ◽  
Developed World

Pre-eclampsia (PE) remains the leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality in the developed world and parts of the developing world. Morbidity and mortality from PE is increased in the developing world compared to the developed world, as availability and access to antenatal care and pathology services are limited.

The Nature and Functions of the State

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Taggart
Keyword(s):  
Safety Net ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Reforms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Impact

For much of last century it was taken for granted in many countries that it was the duty of the State to care for its citizens ‘from cradle to grave’: to provide education, pensions, medical services, and public utilities, and to hold out a safety net for the less fortunate so that they had food, shelter, and the other necessaries of life. Since the late 1970s, however, these functions of the State have been put in question by the worldwide march towards privatization. The privatization movement was said to be a response to budget deficits and mounting public debt, perceived inefficiencies in government operations, and a loss of faith in the ability of governments in the developed world to meet the expectations of their citizenry of an ever-increasing standard of living. This article discusses the influence of economic theory on the privatization movement; the impact of changes in the economy (namely, the privatization movement) on law, particularly legal scholarship; the meaning of privatization; the public/private law divide; and privatization in the UK; corporatization and public sector reforms; deregulation; and contracting out.

Current Challenges

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewart Keep
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Demand For Education ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Developed World ◽  
And Training

This chapter explores the major challenges facing skills policy across the developed world. These include uneven demand for skills, the dangers of over-qualification and poor skills utilisation, occupational change leading to polarised job structures, cuts in public spending and the integration of skills policies into wider economic development and workplace innovation. It argues that traditional models of policy are coming under massive pressure, not last in terms of finding the public money to power them, and that the law of diminishing returns is starting to bite as over-supply meets congested occupational labour markets. As a result, there are now divergent policy pathways, with some countries continuing with traditional supply-led models, while others are devoting far more attention to how to boost demand for education and training and improve skill utilisation and productivity. The days of the traditional human capital accumulation model may be numbered.

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