Public health nutrition in Afghanistan-policies, strategies and capacity-building: current scenario and initiatives.

Background: Afghanistan is grappling with high burden of malnutrition in women and children and a rising burden of noncommunicable diseases.

Aims: A narrative review was conducted with the aim of mapping current nutrition policies and capacity development initiatives to assess policy and the institutional environment and identify gaps and opportunities.

Methods: A comprehensive, broad based search was conducted, including databases and websites and policy and programme documents.

[50th anniversery of neurology in Berne].

In 1958 a neurological section of the internal medicine was founded. Eight years late it became an independent department. After a very modest start neurology developped to an important and renowned institution.

[Prevention and treatment of fluctuations in patients with Parkinson's disease].

Fluctuations (wearing-off, on off phenomenon, dyskinesias) are a big challenge in the long term treatment of parkinsonian patients. We describe the current strategies for prevention and treatment of fluctuations. Special emphasis is put on two new methods which will soon be available.