Sickness absence among employees of healthcare organizations in the public sector in Mongolia: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aimed to understand the rate of sickness absence (SA) among employees of public healthcare organizations in Mongolia, to identify factors associated with long-term SA, and to estimate costs due to SA.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included employees of public healthcare organizations who had certified SA from 2016 to 2018. Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of absentees and the data on absences were collected.

Estimation of the unvaccinated among those aged less than 25 years according to aimag and its association with incidence of measles outbreak 2015-2016 in Mongolia.

Mongolia had an epidemic of measles in 2015-2016, even though more than 90% of the population have been vaccinated since 1997. This study aimed to examine the associations between unvaccinated proportion and measles incidence according to aimag. Mongolia has 21 provinces (aimag) with Ulaanbaatar as the capital city.

Epidemiological characteristics and trends of a Nationwide measles outbreak in Mongolia, 2015-2016.

Background: Mongolia was one of the four countries that received a measles-elimination certificate from the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific in 2014. Following the outbreaks in many countries including China, a large measles outbreak occurred in Mongolia in 2015. This study reports 2015-2016 measles outbreak incidence, mortality, and complications, according to time, geographical distribution, and host characteristics.

HIV/AIDS related knowledge and risk behaviors among female sex workers in two major cities of Mongolia.

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Mongolia is still low. Only 29 HIV/AIDS cases have been registered in Mongolia with a population of 2.6 millions, as of April, 2007.