Impact of Different Levels of Supervision on the Recovery of Severely Malnourished Children Treated by Community Health Workers in Mali.

(1) Background: The Ministry of Health in Mali included the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) into the package of activities of the integrated community case management (iCCM). This paper evaluates the most effective model of supervision for treating SAM using community health workers (CHWs). Methods (2): This study was a prospective non-randomized community intervention trial with two intervention groups and one control group with different levels of supervision.

[Association between herpetic burden and chronic ischemic heart disease: matched case-control study].

Background And Objectives: Previous studies showed a plausible association between herpetic burden and ischemic heart disease. Our aim is to test this hypothesis in an spanish seroepidemiological context.

Patients And Methods: Sex and age matched case-control study (1:1) including patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and healthy controls.

Factors associated with maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: an ecological study.

Background: Maternal health is one of the major worldwide health challenges. Currently, the unacceptably high levels of maternal mortality are a common subject in global health and development discussions. Although some countries have made remarkable progress, half of the maternal deaths in the world still take place in Sub-Saharan Africa where little or no progress has been made.

Burden of herpes zoster requiring hospitalization in Spain during a seven-year period (1998-2004).

Background: A thorough epidemiological surveillance and a good understanding of the burden of diseases associated to VZV are crucial to asses any potential impact of a prevention strategy. A population-based retrospective epidemiological study to estimate the burden of herpes zoster requiring hospitalization in Spain was conducted.

Methods: This study was conducted by using data from the national surveillance system for hospital data, Conjunto Mínimo Básico de Datos (CMBD).

Epidemiology of typhoid and paratyphoid fever hospitalizations in Spain (1997-2005).

Background And Objective: This epidemiological survey was undertaken to estimate the burden of hospitalizations for typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Spain over a nine-year period (1997-2005).

Results: There were 1,106 hospitalizations for typhoid and paratyphoid fever during the study period. The annual hospitalization rate was 0.

[Serum folate levels in adolescent population in Madrid, Spain].

Background And Objective: Serum folate concentrations in children are essential to establish values which allow to compare different regions or countries, and raise the possibility of fortifying diet with group B vitamins and folic acid as a secondary prevention against cardiovascular diseases.

Subjects And Method: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was performed to assess serum folate levels in school children, aged 13-15 years, in Madrid. Folate and vitamin B12 determinations were determined in blood samples of fasting children.

Burden of hospital admissions for cervical cancer in Spain during 1999-2002.

Population-based retrospective epidemiological study to estimate the burden of to hospitalizations by cervical cancer in Spain. It was conducted by using hospital discharge data from the national surveillance system for hospital data, Conjunto Mínimo Básico de Datos (CMBD). Records of all patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of the cervix (ICD-9-MC codes 180.

Hospitalization by pneumonia and influenza in the 50-64 year old population in Spain (1999-2002).

This epidemiological survey was undertaken to estimate the burden of hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza in 50-64 years old persons in Spain during a four-year period (1999-2002). Data were obtained from the national surveillance system for hospital data maintained by the Ministry of Health and covering more than 95% of Spanish hospitals. There were 35,620 hospital admissions for pneumonia and influenza (ICD 9 CM 480-487; first listed diagnosis) during the study period.