Malaria control and elimination in Kenya: economy-wide benefits and regional disparities.

Background: Malaria remains a public health problem in Kenya despite several concerted control efforts. Empirical evidence regarding malaria effects in Kenya suggests that the disease imposes substantial economic costs, jeopardizing the achievement of sustainable development goals. The Kenya Malaria Strategy (2019-2023), which is currently being implemented, is one of several sequential malaria control and elimination strategies.

Is Bhutan destined for 100% organic? Assessing the economy-wide effects of a large-scale conversion policy.

Organic agriculture (OA) is considered a strategy to make agriculture more sustainable. Bhutan has embraced the ambitious goal of becoming the world's first 100% organic nation. By analysing recent on-farm data in Bhutan, we found organic crop yields on average to be 24% lower than conventional yields.

When water saving limits recycling: Modelling economy-wide linkages of wastewater use.

The reclamation of wastewater is an increasingly important water source in parts of the world. It is claimed that wastewater recycling is a cheap and reliable form of water supply, which preserves water resources and is economically efficient. However, the quantity of reclaimed wastewater depends on water consumption by economic agents connected to a sewage system.

[Presenting problem: abdominal pain].

The Saxon Study for General Medicine (SESAM) investigated the reasons why patients consulted the general physician, what diagnoses were established, and how the patients were subsequently treated. In the majority of cases, the reason for the abdominal complaints was located in the gastrointestinal or urogenital tract, in the presence of infections or psychosomatic problems. Gynecological problems must also be considered, while diseases other than gastrointestinal are of no significance for the differential diagnosis of abdominal complaints in the general physician's office.

[Collaboration between the specialist in general medicine and pediatrics in the rural area with special emphasis on informational relations].

An analysis is made of the scope of health care performances provided by family practitioners and paediatricians to children in a mountainous community (of the Erzgebirge), with special regard to the informational relations existing in the community. The survey is, in the main, a two-stage interval investigation. At the first stage, a description is given of the high share the family practitioner has in the health care performances provided to children (preventive care: 100%; curative care: 95.

[DNA content of lymphocytes and mononuclear tumor cells in Hodgkin's disease].

Thirteen lymph node biopsy specimens with Hodgkin's disease (six cases of the nodular sclerosis type; six cases of the mixed cellularity type; one case of the lymphocytic depletion type) were studied with scanning cytophotometric measurements. The DNA content of small lymphocytes, large lymphocytes, atypical mononuclear cells and Hodgkin cells was measured. The sizes of the nuclei and mitotic indices were also measured.